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  • 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.

  • خاطر مجرم ز ما ترسان شود ** لیک صد اومید در ترسش بود
  • The sinner’s heart becomes afraid of Us, but in his fear there are a hundred hopes.

  • من بترسانم وقیح یاوه را ** آنک ترسد من چه ترسانم ورا
  • I frighten the impudent man who has lost the (right) way: why should I frighten him who is afraid?

  • بهر دیگ سرد آذر می‌رود ** نه بدان کز جوش از سر می‌رود
  • Fire is used for the cold pot, not for that (pot) which is boiling over.

  • آمنان را من بترسانم به علم ** خایفان را ترس بردارم به حلم
  • I frighten the unafraid by (My) knowledge; I take away the fear of the afraid by (My) clemency.

  • پاره‌دوزم پاره در موضع نهم ** هر کسی را شربت اندر خور دهم 4385
  • I am a patcher: I put the patch in (its proper) place; I give drink to every one in due measure.”

  • هست سر مرد چون بیخ درخت ** زان بروید برگهاش از چوب سخت
  • A man’s inmost consciousness is like the root of a tree; hence his leaves grow from the hard wood.

  • درخور آن بیخ رسته برگها ** در درخت و در نفوس و در نهی
  • The leaves grow according to the root, in the tree and in souls and in minds.

  • برفلک پرهاست ز اشجار وفا ** اصلها ثابت و فرعه فی السما
  • From the trees of faithfulness there are wings (that soar) to heaven its root is fast (in the earth), and its branch is in the sky.

  • چون برست از عشق پر بر آسمان ** چون نروید در دل صدر جهان
  • Since through love grew the wing (that soars) to heaven, how should it not grow in the heart of the Sadr-i Jahán?

  • موج می‌زد در دلش عفو گنه ** که ز هر دل تا دل آمد روزنه 4390
  • Forgiveness of the sin was surging in his heart, for as much as there is a window from each heart to (every other) heart;

  • که ز دل تا دل یقین روزن بود ** نه جدا و دور چون دو تن بود
  • For assuredly there is a window from heart to heart: they are not separate and far (from each other), like two bodies.

  • متصل نبود سفال دو چراغ ** نورشان ممزوج باشد در مساغ
  • The earthenware (basins) of two lamps are not joined, but their light is mingled in (its) passage.

  • هیچ عاشق خود نباشد وصل‌جو ** که نه معشوقش بود جویای او
  • No lover, in sooth, is seeking union without his loved one seeking him;

  • لیک عشق عاشقان تن زه کند ** عشق معشوقان خوش و فربه کند
  • But the love of lovers makes the body (thin as) a bowstring, (while) the love of loved ones makes it comely and fat.

  • چون درین دل برق مهر دوست جست ** اندر آن دل دوستی می‌دان که هست 4395
  • When the lightning of love for the beloved has shot into this heart, know that there is love in that heart.

  • در دل تو مهر حق چون شد دوتو ** هست حق را بی گمانی مهر تو
  • When love for God has been doubled in thy heart, without any doubt God hath love for thee.

  • هیچ بانگ کف زدن ناید بدر ** از یکی دست تو بی دستی دگر
  • No sound of clapping comes forth from one hand of thine without the other hand.

  • تشنه می‌نالد که ای آب گوار ** آب هم نالد که کو آن آب‌خوار
  • The thirsty man is moaning, “O delicious water!” The water moans too, saying, “Where is the water-drinker?”

  • جذب آبست این عطش در جان ما ** ما از آن او و او هم آن ما
  • This thirst in our souls is the attraction exerted by the Water: we are Its, and It is ours.

  • حکمت حق در قضا و در قدر ** کرد ما را عاشقان همدگر 4400
  • The Wisdom of God in destiny and in decree made us lovers of one another.

  • جمله اجزای جهان زان حکم پیش ** جفت جفت و عاشقان جفت خویش
  • Because of that fore-ordainment all the particles of the world re paired as mates and are in love with their own mate.

  • هست هر جزوی ز عالم جفت‌خواه ** راست همچون کهربا و برگ کاه
  • Every particle of the universe is desiring its mate, just like amber and the blade of straw.

  • آسمان گوید زمین را مرحبا ** با توم چون آهن و آهن‌ربا
  • Heaven says to the earth, “Welcome! To thee I am (in the same relation) as the iron and the magnet.”

  • آسمان مرد و زمین زن در خرد ** هرچه آن انداخت این می‌پرورد
  • In (the view of) the intellect, heaven is man and the earth woman: whatever that (heaven) casts forth this (earth) fosters