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  • سنگ و آهن خود سبب آمد و لیک ** تو به بالاتر نگر ای مرد نیک‌‌
  • The stone and the iron are indeed causes, but look higher, O good man!

  • کاین سبب را آن سبب آورد پیش ** بی‌‌سبب کی شد سبب هرگز ز خویش‌‌
  • For this (external) cause was produced by that (spiritual) cause: when did a cause ever proceed from itself without a cause?

  • و آن سببها کانبیا را رهبر است ** آن سببها زین سببها برتر است‌‌
  • And those causes which guide the prophets on their way are higher than these (external) causes.

  • این سبب را آن سبب عامل کند ** باز گاهی بی‌‌بر و عاطل کند 845
  • That (spiritual) cause makes this (external) cause operative; sometimes, again, it makes it fruitless and ineffectual.

  • این سبب را محرم آمد عقلها ** و آن سببها راست محرم انبیا
  • (Ordinary) minds are familiar with this (external) cause, but the prophets are familiar with those (spiritual) causes.

  • این سبب چه بود به تازی گو رسن ** اندر این چه این رسن آمد به فن‌‌
  • What is (the meaning of) this (word) “cause” (sabab) in Arabic? Say: “cord” (rasan). This cord came into this well (the world) by (Divine) artifice.

  • گردش چرخه رسن را علت است ** چرخه گردان را ندیدن زلت است‌‌
  • The revolution of the water-wheel causes the cord (to move), (but) not to see the mover of the water-wheel is an error.

  • این رسنهای سببها در جهان ** هان و هان زین چرخ سر گردان مدان‌‌
  • Beware, beware! Do not regard these cords of causation in the world as (deriving their movement) from the giddy wheel (of heaven),

  • تا نمانی صفر و سر گردان چو چرخ ** تا نسوزی تو ز بی‌‌مغزی چو مرخ‌‌ 850
  • Lest you remain empty and giddy like the (celestial) wheel, lest through brainlessness you burn like markh wood.

  • باد آتش می‌‌خورد از امر حق ** هر دو سر مست آمدند از خمر حق‌‌
  • By the command of God the wind devours (extinguishes) fire: both are drunken with the wine of God.

  • آب حلم و آتش خشم ای پسر ** هم ز حق بینی چو بگشایی بصر
  • O son, when you open your eyes you will see that from God too are the water of clemency and the fire of anger.

  • گر نبودی واقف از حق جان باد ** فرق کی کردی میان قوم عاد
  • Had not the soul of the wind been informed by God, how would it have distinguished (the believers and unbelievers) amongst the people of ‘Ád?

  • قصه‌‌ی باد که در عهد هود علیه السلام قوم عاد را هلاک کرد
  • The story of the wind which destroyed the people of ‘Ád in the time of (the prophet) Húd, on whom be peace.

  • هود گرد مومنان خطی کشید ** نرم می‌‌شد باد کانجا می‌‌رسید
  • Húd drew a line round the believers: the wind would become soft (subside) when it reached that place,

  • هر که بیرون بود ز آن خط جمله را ** پاره پاره می‌‌گسست اندر هوا 855
  • (Although) it was dashing to pieces in the air all who were outside of the line.

  • همچنین شیبان راعی می‌‌کشید ** گرد بر گرد رمه خطی پدید
  • Likewise Shaybán the shepherd used to draw a visible line round his flock

  • چون به جمعه می‌‌شد او وقت نماز ** تا نیارد گرگ آن جا ترک تاز
  • Whenever he went to the Friday service at prayer-time, in order that the wolf might not raid and ravage there:

  • هیچ گرگی در نرفتی اندر آن ** گوسفندی هم نگشتی ز آن نشان‌‌
  • No wolf would go into that (circle), nor would any sheep stray beyond that mark;

  • باد حرص گرگ و حرص گوسفند ** دایره‌‌ی مرد خدا را بود بند
  • The wind of the wolf's and sheeps' concupiscence was barred because of (by) the circle of the man of God.

  • همچنین باد اجل با عارفان ** نرم و خوش همچون نسیم یوسفان‌‌ 860
  • Even so, to those who know God (‘árifán) the wind of Death is soft and pleasant as the breeze (that wafts the scent) of (loved) ones like Joseph.

  • آتش ابراهیم را دندان نزد ** چون گزیده‌‌ی حق بود چونش گزد
  • The fire did not set its teeth in Abraham: how should it bite him, since he is the chosen of God?

  • ز آتش شهوت نسوزد اهل دین ** باقیان را برده تا قعر زمین‌‌
  • The religious are not burned by the fire of lust which bore all the rest down to the bottom of the earth.

  • موج دریا چون به امر حق بتاخت ** اهل موسی را ز قبطی واشناخت‌‌
  • The waves of the sea, when they charged on by God's command, discriminated the people of Moses from the Egyptians.

  • خاک قارون را چو فرمان در رسید ** با زر و تختش به قعر خود کشید
  • The earth, when the (Divine) command came, drew Qárún (Korah) with his gold and throne into its lowest depth.

  • آب و گل چون از دم عیسی چرید ** بال و پر بگشاد مرغی شد پرید 865
  • The water and clay, when it fed on the breath of Jesus, spread wings and pinions, became a bird, and flew.

  • هست تسبیحت بخار آب و گل ** مرغ جنت شد ز نفخ صدق دل‌‌
  • Your glorification (of God) is an exhalation from the water and clay (of your body): it became a bird of Paradise through the breathing (into it) of your heart's sincerity.