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1696-1720

  • ای بسا مستور در پرده بده ** شومی فرج و گلو رسوا شده
  • Oh, many the chaste (woman) in a curtained bower that was brought to open shame by the misfortune of lust and gluttony! [Oh, many the chaste (woman) in a curtained bower that was brought to open shame by the misfortune of (her) vulva and throat!]

  • ای بسا قاضی حبر نیک‌خو ** از گلو و رشوتی او زردرو
  • Oh, many the learned and honest judge that was disgraced by greed and bribery!

  • بلک در هاروت و ماروت آن شراب ** از عروج چرخشان شد سد باب
  • Nay, in the case of Hárút and Márút that wine (of lust) debarred them from ascending to Heaven.

  • با یزید از بهر این کرد احتراز ** دید در خود کاهلی اندر نماز
  • On this account Báyazíd took precaution: he observed in himself remissness in (the performance of) the ritual prayer.

  • از سبب اندیشه کرد آن ذو لباب ** دید علت خوردن بسیار از آب 1700
  • (When) that possessor of the marrow (of spiritual knowledge) meditated concerning the cause, he perceived that the cause was (too) much water-drinking.

  • گفت تا سالی نخواهم خورد آب ** آنچنان کرد و خدایش داد تاب
  • He said, “For a year I will not drink water.” He acted accordingly, and God bestowed on him the power (to abstain).

  • این کمینه جهد او بد بهر دین ** گشت او سلطان و قطب العارفین
  • This was his least penance for the Religion’s sake: he became a (spiritual) sultan and the Pole of the Gnostics.

  • چون بریده شد برای حلق دست ** مرد زاهد را در شکوی ببست
  • Since the ascetic’s hand had been cut off by reason of his gullet (appetite), he closed the door of complaint.

  • شیخ اقطع گشت نامش پیش خلق ** کرد معروفش بدین آفات حلق
  • His name amongst the people came to be Shaykh Aqta’:the calamities (which he suffered because) of his gullet made him well-known by this (name).

  • کرامات شیخ اقطع و زنبیل بافتن او بدو دست
  • The miraculous gifts of Shaykh Aqta’, and how he used to weave palm-leaf baskets with both hands.

  • در عریش او را یکی زایر بیافت ** کو بهر دو دست می زنبیل بافت 1705
  • A visitor found him in his hut, (and saw) that he was weaving a basket with both hands.

  • گفت او را ای عدو جان خویش ** در عریشم آمده سر کرده پیش
  • He (the Shaykh) said to him, “O enemy of thine own life, who hast come putting thy head into my hut.

  • این چراکردی شتاب اندر سباق ** گفت از افراط مهر و اشتیاق
  • Why hast thou made such hot haste?” He replied, “From excess of love and longing.”

  • پس تبسم کرد و گفت اکنون بیا ** لیک مخفی دار این را ای کیا
  • Then he (the Shaykh) smiled and said, “Now come in, but keep this (thing) secret, O noble sir.

  • تا نمیرم من مگو این با کسی ** نه قرینی نه حبیبی نه خسی
  • Till I die, do not tell this to any one, neither to a comrade nor to a beloved nor to a worthless fellow.”

  • بعد از آن قومی دگر از روزنش ** مطلع گشتند بر بافیدنش 1710
  • Afterwards other folk, (looking) through his window, became acquainted with his weaving.

  • گفت حکمت را تو دانی کردگار ** من کنم پنهان تو کردی آشکار
  • He said, “O Creator, Thou knowest the wisdom (the purpose in this). I conceal (my secret), Thou hast revealed it.”

  • آمد الهامش که یکچندی بدند ** که درین غم بر تو منکر می‌شدند
  • The Divine inspiration came to him: “There were a number of people who were beginning to disbelieve in thee in (consequence of) this affliction,

  • که مگر سالوس بود او در طریق ** که خدا رسواش کرد اندر فریق
  • Saying, ‘Perchance he was a hypocrite in the Way (of God), so that God made him infamous among humankind.’

  • من نخواهم کان رمه کافر شوند ** در ضلالت در گمان بد روند
  • I don not wish that that party should become infidels and in thinking evil (of thee) fall into perdition;

  • این کرامت را بکردیم آشکار ** که دهیمت دست اندر وقت کار 1715
  • (Hence) We divulged this miracle- (namely), that We give thee a hand in thy working-time-

  • تا که آن بیچارگان بد گمان ** رد نگردند از جناب آسمان
  • To the end that these wretched evil-thinking men may not be turned back from the Lord of Heaven.

  • من ترا بی این کرامتها ز پیش ** خود تسلی دادمی از ذات خویش
  • Erstwhile, indeed, without these miracles I was giving thee consolation from My Person;

  • این کرامت بهر ایشان دادمت ** وین چراغ از بهر آن بنهادمت
  • This miracle I have given thee for their sake, and on that account have I bestowed on thee this (spiritual) lamp.

  • تو از آن بگذشته‌ای کز مرگ تن ** ترسی وز تفریق اجزای بدن
  • Thou art past being afraid of bodily death and dismemberment of the limbs.

  • وهم تفریق سر و پا از تو رفت ** دفع وهم اسپر رسیدت نیک زفت 1720
  • Vain imagination concerning the dismemberment of head and foot has gone from thee: there has come to thee, for a defence against imagination, a shield exceeding strong.”

  • سبب جرات ساحران فرعون بر قطع دست و پا
  • The reason why the magicians of Pharaoh had courage to suffer the amputation of their hands and feet.