هیچ بغضی نیست در جانم ز تو ** ز آن که این را من نمیدانم ز تو
There is no hatred of thee in my soul, because I do not regard this (act) as (proceeding) from thee.
آلت حقی تو فاعل دست حق ** چون زنم بر آلت حق طعن و دق
Thou art God's instrument, God's hand is the (real) agent: how should I assail and oppose God's instrument?’”
گفت او پس آن قصاص از بهر چیست ** گفت هم از حق و آن سر خفی است
He (the knight) said, “For what reason, then, is retaliation (sanctioned)?” “’Tis from God, too,” said ‘Alí, “and that is a hidden mystery.
گر کند بر فعل خود او اعتراض ** ز اعتراض خود برویاند ریاض3855
If He takes offence at His own act, (yet) He causes gardens (of good) to grow from that taking offence.
اعتراض او را رسد بر فعل خود ** ز آن که در قهر است و در لطف او احد
It beseems Him to take offence at His own act, inasmuch as in vengeance and mercy He is One.
اندر این شهر حوادث میر اوست ** در ممالک مالک تدبیر اوست
In this city of phenomena He is the Prince; in (all) the realms (of the world) He is the Ruler.
آلت خود را اگر او بشکند ** آن شکسته گشته را نیکو کند
If He breaks His own instrument, He mends that which has become broken.”
رمز ننسخ آیه او ننسها ** نأت خیرا در عقب میدان مها
Recognise, O noble sir, the indication of (the text), (Whatever) verse We shall cancel or cause to be forgotten, followed by We shall bring a better.
هر شریعت را که حق منسوخ کرد ** او گیا برد و عوض آورد ورد3860
Every (religious) law that God has cancelled—He has taken away grass and brought roses in exchange.
شب کند منسوخ شغل روز را ** بین جمادی خرد افروز را
Night cancels the business of day: behold an inanimateness (inertia) that enlightens the intellect!
باز شب منسوخ شد از نور روز ** تا جمادی سوخت ز آن آتش فروز
Again, night is cancelled by the light of day, so that the inanimateness is consumed by that fire-kindling one.
گر چه ظلمت آمد آن نوم و سبات ** نی درون ظلمت است آب حیات
Although that sleep and rest are darkness, is not the Water of Life within the darkness?
نی در آن ظلمت خردها تازه شد ** سکتهای سرمایهی آوازه شد
Did not minds become refreshed in that darkness? Did not a pause (in recitation) become the source of (increased beauty in) the voice?
که ز ضدها ضدها آمد پدید ** در سویدا روشنایی آفرید3865
For contraries are manifested by means of contraries: in the black core (of the heart) He (God) created the light (of love).
جنگ پیغمبر مدار صلح شد ** صلح این آخر زمان ز آن جنگ بد
The wars of the Prophet became the pivot (determining cause) of peace: the peace of this latter age was (produced) from those wars.
صد هزاران سر برید آن دلستان ** تا امان یابد سر اهل جهان
That heart-ravisher cut off hundreds of thousands of heads, in order that the heads of the (whole) world's people might win security.
باغبان ز آن میبرد شاخ مضر ** تا بیابد نخل قامتها و بر
The gardener lops the harmful bough, in order that the date-palm may gain (tallness of) stature and goodness.
میکند از باغ دانا آن حشیش ** تا نماید باغ و میوه خرمیش
The expert (gardener) digs up the weeds from the garden, in order that his garden and fruit may look flourishing.
میکند دندان بد را آن طبیب ** تا رهد از درد و بیماری حبیب3870
The physician extracts bad teeth, in order that the beloved (patient) may be saved from pain and sickness.
بس زیادتها درون نقصهاست ** مر شهیدان را حیات اندر فناست
Advantages, then, are (concealed) within defects: for martyrs there is life in death.
چون بریده گشت حلق رزق خوار ** یرزقون فرحین شد گوار
When the (martyr's) throat has been cut that swallowed the daily bread, (the spiritual blessings implied in the text) receiving the (Divine) bounty, rejoicing, shall be delicious (to him).
حلق حیوان چون بریده شد به عدل ** حلق انسان رست و افزون گشت فضل
When the throat of an animal is cut duly (in the manner prescribed by law), there grows (from it) the throat of man, and its excellence is increased (thereby).
حلق انسان چون ببرد هین ببین ** تا چه زاید کن قیاس آن بر این
When a (martyred) man's throat is cut, come, consider what the result will be! Judge of this (case) by the analogy of that (case).
حلق ثالث زاید و تیمار او ** شربت حق باشد و انوار او3875
A third throat will be born, and care of it will be (taken by) the sherbet of God and His lights.
حلق ببریده خورد شربت ولی ** حلق از لا رسته مرده در بلی
The throat that has been cut drinks (the Divine) sherbet, but (only) the throat that has been delivered from Nay and has died in Yea.