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.

پست می‌‌گویم به اندازه‌‌ی عقول ** عیب نبود این بود کار رسول‌‌

I speak low according to the measure of (their) understandings: ’tis no fault, this is the practice of the Prophet.

از غرض حرم گواهی حر شنو ** که گواهی بندگان نه ارزد دو جو

“I am free from self-interest: hear the testimony of a freeman, for the testimony of slaves is not worth two barleycorns.”

در شریعت مر گواهی بنده را ** نیست قدری وقت دعوی و قضا

In the religious law the testimony of a slave has no value at the time of litigation and judgement.

گر هزاران بنده باشندت گواه ** بر نسنجد شرع ایشان را به کاه‌‌

(Even) if thousands of slaves bear witness on thy behalf, the law does not assign to them the weight of a straw.

بنده‌‌ی شهوت بتر نزدیک حق ** از غلام و بندگان مسترق‌‌ 3815

In God's sight the slave of lust is worse than menials and slaves brought into servitude,

کاین به یک لفظی شود از خواجه حر ** و آن زید شیرین و میرد سخت مر

For the latter becomes free at a single word from his master, while the former lives sweet but dies exceedingly bitter.