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2134-2143

  • از ضمیر او بدانست آن جلیل  ** هم ز نور دل بلی نعم الدلیل 
  • The venerable (saint) knew his secret thought by the light of the heart: yea, ’tis an excellent guide (to knowledge of the occult).

  • خواند بر وی یک به یک آن ذوفنون  ** آنچ در ره رفت بر وی تا کنون  2135
  • (Then) the master of (mystical) sciences recited to him in detail all that had befallen him (the disciple) on his journey until now.

  • بعد از آن در مشکل انکار زن  ** بر گشاد آن خوش‌سراینده دهن 
  • Afterwards that man of sweet discourse opened his mouth (to speak) on the difficult matter of his wife's disbelief,

  • کان تحمل از هوای نفس نیست  ** آن خیال نفس تست آنجا مه‌ایست 
  • Saying, “My long-suffering is not from (the motive of) sensual desire; that (suspicion) is a vain fancy of your carnal soul: do not take that standpoint.

  • گرنه صبرم می‌کشیدی بار زن  ** کی کشیدی شیر نر بیگار من 
  • Unless my patience had endured the burden of (supporting) my wife, how should the fierce lion have endured the labour of (carrying) me?

  • اشتران بختییم اندر سبق  ** مست و بی‌خود زیر محملهای حق 
  • I am (like) Bactrian camels, (speeding) in advance (of the caravan), intoxicated and beside myself under the panniers of God.

  • من نیم در امر و فرمان نیم‌خام  ** تا بیندیشم من از تشنیع عام  2140
  • I am not half-raw (imperfect) in (fulfilling) the (Divine) order and command, that I should take any thought of revilement by the public.

  • عام ما و خاص ما فرمان اوست  ** جان ما بر رو دوان جویان اوست 
  • My public and my private (object) is His command: my spirit is running on its face in search of Him.

  • فردی ما جفتی ما نه از هواست  ** جان ما چون مهره در دست خداست 
  • My being single or wedded is not on account of sensual desire: my spirit is like a die in the hand of God.

  • ناز آن ابله کشیم و صد چو او  ** نه ز عشق رنگ و نه سودای بو 
  • I endure the disdain of that foolish (woman) and a hundred like her, neither from love of colour nor passion for scent.