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226-235

  • جمله دانسته کای این هستی فخ است  ** فکر و ذکر اختیاری دوزخ است 
  • All know that this existence is a snare, that volitional thought and memory are a hell.

  • می‌گریزند از خودی در بیخودی  ** یا به مستی یا به شغل ای مهتدی 
  • They are fleeing from selfhood into selflessness either by means of intoxication or by means of (some engrossing) occupation, O well-conducted man.

  • نفس را زان نیستی وا می‌کشی  ** زانک بی‌فرمان شد اندر بیهشی 
  • Thou (O God) drawest the soul back from that state of not-being because it entered into unconsciousness without Thy command.

  • لیس للجن و لا للانس ان  ** ینفذوا من حبس اقطار الزمن 
  • Neither for the Jinn (genies) nor for mankind is it (possible) to pierce through the prison of the regions of the temporal world.

  • لا نفوذ الا بسلطان الهدی  ** من تجاویف السموات العلی  230
  • There is no piercing through the cavities of the highest heavens save by the power of Guidance.

  • لا هدی الا بسلطان یقی  ** من حراس الشهب روح المتقی 
  • There is no guidance save by a power that preserves the spirit of the devout from the keepers of the shooting stars.

  • هیچ کس را تا نگردد او فنا  ** نیست ره در بارگاه کبریا 
  • There is no way (admittance) for any one, till he become naughted, into the audience-chamber of (Divine) Majesty.

  • چیست معراج فلک این نیستی  ** عاشقان را مذهب و دین نیستی 
  • What is the means of ascension to Heaven? This not-being. Not-being is the creed and religion of the lovers (of God).

  • پوستین و چارق آمد از نیاز  ** در طریق عشق محراب ایاز 
  • From self-abasement in the way of Love the fur jacket and rustic shoon became the prayer-niche of Ayáz.

  • گرچه او خود شاه را محبوب بود  ** ظاهر و باطن لطیف و خوب بود  235
  • Even though he was beloved by the king (Mahmúd), and was charming and beauteous outwardly and inwardly—