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  • بعد از آن برخاست آن شیر عتید ** تا سحرگه زر به بیرون می‌کشید
  • Afterwards that ready lion (valiant man) rose up, and till dawn he was carrying out the gold

  • دفن می‌کرد و همی آمد بزر ** با جوال و توبره بار دگر
  • And burying it and coming (back) to it once more with sack and bag.

  • گنجها بنهاد آن جانباز از آن ** کوری ترسانی واپس خزان
  • That self-devoting one laid by (great) stores thereof, to the confusion of (in despite of) the timidity of the backsliders.

  • این زر ظاهر بخاطر آمدست ** در دل هر کور دور زرپرست
  • (The thought that) this (is) external (material) gold has occurred to the mind of every blind, God-forsaken gold-worshipper.

  • کودکان اسفالها را بشکنند ** نام زر بنهند و در دامن کنند 4360
  • (Similarly) children break potsherds, give the name of gold (to the fragments), and put them in their skirts.

  • اندر آن بازی چو گویی نام زر ** آن کند در خاطر کودک گذر
  • When in that game you mention the name of gold, (the idea of) that (potsherd) crosses the child's mind.

  • بل زر مضروب ضرب ایزدی ** کو نگردد کاسد آمد سرمدی
  • Nay, (’tis) the gold stamped with the Divine stamp, (the gold) which does not become obsolete, (but) is everlasting;

  • آن زری کین زر از آن زر تاب یافت ** گوهر و تابندگی و آب یافت
  • The gold from which this (worldly) gold gained lustre and derived sheen and splendour and brilliance;

  • آن زری که دل ازو گردد غنی ** غالب آید بر قمر در روشنی
  • The gold whereby the heart is made rich: it surpasses the moon in brightness.

  • شمع بود آن مسجد و پروانه او ** خویشتن در باخت آن پروانه‌خو 4365
  • That mosque was the candle, and he (the guest) was the moth: that man of moth-like nature gambled himself away (sacrificed himself).

  • پر بسوخت او را ولیکن ساختش ** بس مبارک آمد آن انداختش
  • It burnt his wings, but it complied with him (granted his desire): his throwing (himself into the flame) was very blessed.

  • همچو موسی بود آن مسعودبخت ** کاتشی دید او به سوی آن درخت
  • That man of happy fortune was like Moses who beheld a fire in the direction of the tree.

  • چون عنایتها برو موفور بود ** نار می‌پنداشت و خود آن نور بود
  • Since the (Divine) favours were plenteously bestowed on him, he (only) fancied it was fire, and really it was the Light.

  • مرد حق را چون ببینی ای پسر ** تو گمان داری برو نار بشر
  • O son, when you see a man of God, you suppose (that you see) in him the fire of human nature.

  • تو ز خود می‌آیی و آن در تو است ** نار و خار ظن باطل این سو است 4370
  • You are coming (to that conclusion) from yourself, and that (human nature) is in you (not in him): the fire and thorns of vain opinion are in this quarter.

  • او درخت موسی است و پر ضیا ** نور خوان نارش مخوان باری بیا
  • He is the tree of Moses and filled with radiance: come, now, call him the Light, do not call him fire.

  • نه فطام این جهان ناری نمود ** سالکان رفتند و آن خود نور بود
  • Did not the weaning from this world seem (as) a fire? The pilgrims went (on their way), and that (weaning) was really the Light.

  • پس بدان که شمع دین بر می‌شود ** این نه همچون شمع آتشها بود
  • Know, then, that the Candle of Religion is always mounting (shining more and more): this is not like the candle of flames.

  • این نماید نور و سوزد یار را ** و آن بصورت نار و گل زوار را
  • This (flaming candle) seems to be Light, (but) it burns its friend, while that (Candle of Religion) is fire in appearance, but is (delicious as) roses to (its) visitors.

  • این چو سازنده ولی سوزنده‌ای ** و آن گه وصلت دل افروزنده‌ای 4375
  • The former is like a complaisant (friend), but it is a burner, while that (other) is an illuminator of the heart at the moment of union.

  • شکل شعله‌ی نور پاک سازوار ** حاضران را نور و دوران را چو نار
  • To those present (with God) the appearance of the spark of pure and worthy Light is luminous, while to those far (from God) it is like fire.

  • ملاقات آن عاشق با صدر جهان
  • The meeting of the lover with the Sadr-i Jahán.

  • آن بخاری نیز خود بر شمع زد ** گشته بود از عشقش آسان آن کبد
  • The man of Bukhárá also cast himself upon candle: because of his passion that suffering had become easy to him.

  • آه سوزانش سوی گردون شده ** در دل صدر جهان مهر آمده
  • His burning sighs went up to heaven: kindness (for him) came into the heart of the Sadr-i Jahán,

  • گفته با خود در سحرگه کای احد ** حال آن آواره‌ی ما چون بود
  • (Who) said, (communing) with himself at dawn, “O (Thou who art) One, how fareth that distraught wanderer of Ours?

  • او گناهی کرد و ما دیدیم لیک ** رحمت ما را نمی‌دانست نیک 4380
  • He committed a sin, and We saw (it), but he was not well acquainted with Our mercy.