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  • در محل قهر این رحمت ز چیست ** اژدها را دست‌‌دادن راه کیست‌‌
  • Wherefore this mercy in the place of vengeance? Whose way is it to give the hand to a dragon?”

  • جواب گفتن امیر المؤمنین که سبب افکندن شمشیر از دست چه بود در آن حالت‌‌
  • How the Prince of the Faithful made answer (and explained) what was the reason of his dropping the sword from his hand on that occasion.

  • گفت من تیغ از پی حق می‌‌زنم ** بنده‌‌ی حقم نه مأمور تنم‌‌
  • He said, “I am wielding the sword for God's sake, I am the servant of God, I am not under the command of the body.

  • شیر حقم نیستم شیر هوا ** فعل من بر دین من باشد گوا
  • I am the Lion of God, I am not the lion of passion: my deed bears witness to my religion.

  • ما رمیت إذ رمیتم در حراب ** من چو تیغم و آن زننده آفتاب‌‌
  • In war I am (manifesting the truth of) thou didst not throw when thou threwest: I am (but) as the sword, and the wielder is the (Divine) Sun.

  • رخت خود را من ز ره برداشتم ** غیر حق را من عدم انگاشتم‌‌ 3790
  • I have removed the baggage of self out of the way, I have deemed (what is) other than God to be non-existence.

  • سایه‌‌ام من کدخدایم آفتاب ** حاجبم من نیستم او را حجاب‌‌
  • I am a shadow, the Sun is my lord; I am the chamberlain, I am not the curtain (which prevents approach) to Him.

  • من چو تیغم پر گهرهای وصال ** زنده گردانم نه کشته در قتال‌‌
  • I am filled with the pearls of union, like a (jewelled) sword: in battle I make (men) living, not slain.

  • خون نپوشد گوهر تیغ مرا ** باد از جا کی برد میغ مرا
  • Blood does not cover the sheen of my sword: how should the wind sweep away my clouds?

  • که نیم کوهم ز حلم و صبر و داد ** کوه را کی در رباید تند باد
  • I am not a straw, I am a mountain of forbearance and patience and justice: how should the fierce wind carry off the mountain?”

  • آن که از بادی رود از جا خسی است ** ز آن که باد ناموافق خود بسی است‌‌ 3795
  • That which is removed from its place by a wind is rubbish, for indeed the contrary winds are many.

  • باد خشم و باد شهوت باد آز ** برد او را که نبود اهل نماز
  • The wind of anger and the wind of lust and the wind of greed swept away him that performed not the (ritual) prayers.

  • کوهم و هستی من بنیاد اوست ** ور شود چون کاه بادم یاد اوست
  • “I am a mountain, and my being is His building; and if I become like a straw, my wind (the wind that moves me) is recollection of Him.

  • جز به باد او نجنبد میل من ** نیست جز عشق احد سر خیل من‌‌
  • My longing is not stirred save by His wind; my captain is naught but love of the One.

  • خشم بر شاهان شه و ما را غلام ** خشم را هم بسته‌‌ام زیر لگام‌‌
  • Anger is king over kings, and to me it is a slave: even anger I have bound under the bridle.

  • تیغ حلمم گردن خشمم زده ست ** خشم حق بر من چو رحمت آمده ست‌‌ 3800
  • The sword of my forbearance hath smitten the neck of my anger; the anger of God hath come on me like mercy.

  • غرق نورم گر چه سقفم شد خراب ** روضه گشتم گر چه هستم بو تراب‌‌
  • I am plunged in light although my roof is ruined; I have become a garden although I am (styled) Bú Turáb (the father of dust).

  • چون در آمد علتی اندر غزا ** تیغ را دیدم نهان کردن سزا
  • Since a motive (other than God) entered (my heart) in the (holy) war, I deemed it right to sheathe my sword,

  • تا احب لله آید نام من ** تا که ابغض لله آید کام من‌‌
  • That my name may be he loves for God's sake, that my desire may be he hates for God's sake,

  • تا که اعطا لله آید جود من ** تا که امسک لله آید بود من‌‌
  • That my generosity may be he gives for God's sake, that my being may be he withholds for God's sake.

  • بخل من لله عطا لله و بس ** جمله لله‌‌ام نیم من آن کس‌‌ 3805
  • My stinginess is for God's sake, my bounty is for God's sake alone: I belong entirely to God, I do not belong to any one (else);

  • و آن چه لله می‌‌کنم تقلید نیست ** نیست تخییل و گمان جز دید نیست‌‌
  • And that which I am doing for God's sake is not (done in) conformity, it is not fancy and opinion, it is naught but intuition.

  • ز اجتهاد و از تحری رسته‌‌ام ** آستین بر دامن حق بسته‌‌ام‌‌
  • I have been freed from effort and search, I have tied my sleeve to the skirt of God.

  • گر همی‌‌پرم همی‌‌بینم مطار ** ور همی‌‌گردم همی‌‌بینم مدار
  • If I am flying, I behold the place to which I soar; and if I am circling, I behold the axis on which I revolve;

  • ور کشم باری بدانم تا کجا ** ماهم و خورشید پیشم پیشوا
  • And if I am dragging a burden, I know whither: I am the moon, and the Sun is in front of me as the guide.”

  • بیش از این با خلق گفتن روی نیست ** بحر را گنجایی اندر جوی نیست‌‌ 3810
  • There is no means (possibility) of communicating more than this to the people: in the river there is no room for the Sea.