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2040-2064

  • هست منهاج و نهان در مکمنست ** یافتش رهن گزافه جستنست 2040
  • The path is there, but it is hidden in a secret place: its discovery is in pawn to (involves) seeking in vain (before it can be found).

  • تفرقه‌جویان جمع اندر کمین ** تو درین طالب رخ مطلوب بین
  • Separation is secretly in quest of union: in this seeker do thou discern the face of the sought.

  • مردگان باغ برجسته ز بن ** کان دهنده‌ی زندگی را فهم کن
  • The dead (trees and plants) of the orchard spring up from the root, saying, “Perceive the Giver of life!”

  • چشم این زندانیان هر دم به در ** کی بدی گر نیستی کس مژده‌ور
  • How should the eyes of these prisoners (of the world) be always (fixed) on (what lies) beyond, if there were no bringer of the good news (of deliverance)?

  • صد هزار آلودگان آب‌جو ** کی بدندی گر نبودی آب جو
  • How should there be a hundred thousand befouled ones seeking water, if there were no water in the river?

  • بر زمین پهلوت را آرام نیست ** دان که در خانه لحاف و بستریست 2045
  • (If) there is no rest for thy side upon the earth, (yet) know that there is a coverlet and mattress at home.

  • بی‌مقرگاهی نباشد بی‌قرار ** بی‌خمار اشکن نباشد این خمار
  • Without (there being) a resting-place there would not be the restless (seeker); without (there being) that which takes away the headache of intoxication, there would not be this headache.

  • گفت نه نه یا رسول الله مکن ** سرور لشکر مگر شیخ کهن
  • He (the objector) said, “Nay, nay, O Messenger of God, do not appoint any but an old Shaykh to be chief of the army.

  • یا رسول الله جوان ار شیرزاد ** غیر مرد پیر سر لشکر مباد
  • O Messenger of God, (even) if the youth is lion-born (heroic), may none but an old man be head of the army!

  • هم تو گفتستی و گفت تو گوا ** پیر باید پیر باید پیشوا
  • Thou too hast said, and thy word is (a true) witness, ‘The leader must be old, must be old.’

  • یا رسول‌الله درین لشکر نگر ** هست چندین پیر و از وی پیشتر 2050
  • O Messenger of God, look on this army, (in which) there are so many elders and (persons) superior to him.”

  • زین درخت آن برگ زردش را مبین ** سیبهای پخته‌ی او را بچین
  • Do not regard the yellow leaves of this tree, (but) pick its ripe apples.

  • برگهای زرد او خود کی تهیست ** این نشان پختگی و کاملیست
  • How, in sooth, are its yellow leaves void (of worth)? This is the sign of maturity and perfection.

  • برگ زرد ریش و آن موی سپید ** بهر عقل پخته می‌آرد نوید
  • The yellow leaf of the (elder's) beard and his white hair bring tidings of joy on account of his mature intelligence.

  • برگهای نو رسیده‌ی سبزفام ** شد نشان آنک آن میوه‌ست خام
  • The newly-arrived green-coloured leaves signify that this fruit is unripe.

  • برگ بی‌برگی نشان عارفیست ** زردی زر سرخ رویی صارفیست 2055
  • The provision of leaflessness (spiritual poverty) is the sign of being a gnostic; the yellowness of gold is the (cause of the) money-changer's ruddiness of face (cheerful countenance).

  • آنک او گل عارضست ار نو خطست ** او به مکتب گاه مخبر نوخطست
  • If he that (still) is rosy-cheeked has fresh down (on his face), (yet) he has just begun to learn writing in the school of knowledge.

  • حرفهای خط او کژمژ بود ** مزمن عقلست اگر تن می‌دود
  • The letters of his handwriting are very crooked (misshapen): he is a cripple in respect of intelligence, though his body moves with agility.

  • پای پیر از سرعت ار چه باز ماند ** یافت عقل او دو پر بر اوج راند
  • Although an old man's feet are deprived of rapid movement, his intelligence has gotten two wings and has sped to the zenith.

  • گر مثل خواهی به جعفر در نگر ** داد حق بر جای دست و پاش پر
  • If you wish for an example (of this), look at Ja‘far: God gave him wings instead of hands and feet.

  • بگذر از زر کین سخت شد محتجب ** هم‌چو سیماب این دلم شد مضطرب 2060
  • Cease from (speaking of) gold (pallor), for this topic is recondite: this heart of mine has become agitated like quicksilver.

  • ز اندرونم صدخموش خوش‌نفس ** دست بر لب می‌زند یعنی که بس
  • From within me a hundred sweet-breathing silent ones put their hands on their lips, signifying, “It is enough.”

  • خامشی بحرست و گفتن هم‌چو جو ** بحر می‌جوید ترا جو را مجو
  • Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking thee: do not seek the river.

  • از اشارتهای دریا سر متاب ** ختم کن والله اعلم بالصواب
  • Do not turn thy head away from the indications given by the sea: conclude (the subject)—and God best knoweth the right course.

  • هم‌چنین پیوسته کرد آن بی‌ادب ** پیش پیغامبر سخن زان سرد لب
  • That irreverent (objector) made no pause in the words (which he poured forth) in this fashion from those cold (insipid) lips (of his) in the presence of the Prophet.