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676-700

  • وقت بازی کودکان را ز اختلال ** می‌نماید آن خزفها زر و مال
  • To children at play-time, from infirmity (of mind), those potsherds (with which they play) appear to be gold and riches.
  • عارفانش کیمیاگر گشته‌اند ** تا که شد کانها بر ایشان نژند
  • His (God’s) knowers have become alchemists, so that mines (of gold) have become worthless in their eyes.
  • دیدن درویش جماعت مشایخ را در خواب و درخواست کردن روزی حلال بی‌مشغول شدن به کسب و از عبادت ماندن و ارشاد ایشان او را و میوه‌های تلخ و ترش کوهی بر وی شیرین شدن به داد آن مشایخ
  • How a dervish saw in dream a company of Shaykhs and begged for a daily portion of lawful food (which he should receive) without being occupied with earning (it) and being (thereby) incapacitated from devotional service; and how they directed him, and how the sour and bitter mountain-fruit became sweet to him through the bounty of those Shaykhs.
  • آن یکی درویش گفت اندر سمر ** خضریان را من بدیدم خواب در
  • A certain dervish said in the night-talk, “I saw in dream those (saints who are) connected with Khizr.
  • گفتم ایشان را که روزی حلال ** از کجا نوشم که نبود آن وبال
  • I said to them, ‘Whence shall I (get to) eat a daily portion of lawful food that is not pernicious?’
  • مر مرا سوی کهستان راندند ** میوه‌ها زان بیشه می‌افشاندند 680
  • They took me along towards the mountainous country: they were shaking down the fruit from (the trees in) the forest,
  • که خدا شیرین بکرد آن میوه را ** در دهان تو به همتهای ما
  • Saying, ‘God hath made the fruit (to taste) sweet in thy mouth because of our benedictions.
  • هین بخور پاک و حلال و بی‌حساب ** بی صداع و نقل و بالا و نشیب
  • Come, eat (food that is) clean and lawful, and free of reckoning, without trouble and change of place and (going) up and down.’
  • پس مرا زان رزق نطقی رو نمود ** ذوق گفت من خردها می‌ربود
  • Then from that daily provision there appeared in me a (gift of) speech: (the spiritual) savour of my words was transporting (the people's) minds.
  • گفتم این فتنه‌ست ای رب جهان ** بخششی ده از همه خلقان نهان
  • I said, ‘This is a temptation: O Lord of the world, bestow (on me) a gift hidden from all (Thy) creatures!’
  • شد سخن از من دل خوش یافتم ** چون انار از ذوق می‌بشکافتم 685
  • Speech departed from (forsook) me; I gained a joyous heart: I was bursting with rapture, like the pomegranate;
  • گفتم ار چیزی نباشد در بهشت ** غیر این شادی که دارم در سرشت
  • I said, ‘If there be naught in Paradise (for me) but this delight which I have within my nature,
  • هیچ نعمت آرزو ناید دگر ** زین نپردازم به حور و نیشکر
  • No other blessing will be desired (by me): I will not be diverted from this (delight) by the houris and sugar-cane (of Paradise).’
  • مانده بود از کسب یک دو حبه‌ام ** دوخته در آستین جبه‌ام
  • Of my (former) earnings one or two small pieces (of money) had remained with me, sewn in the sleeve of my jubba.
  • نیت کردن او کی این زر بدهم بدان هیزم‌کش چون من روزی یافتم به کرامات مشایخ و رنجیدن آن هیزم‌کش از ضمیر و نیت او
  • How he formed an intention, saying, ‘I will give this money to that carrier of firewood, since I have obtained daily provision through the miraculous gifts of the Shaykhs’; and how the carrier of firewood was offended by his secret thought and intention.
  • آن یکی درویش هیزم می‌کشید ** خسته و مانده ز بیشه در رسید
  • A poor man was carrying firewood: he approached (me), weary and exhausted, from the forest.
  • پس بگفتم من ز روزی فارغم ** زین سپس از بهر رزقم نیست غم 690
  • So I said (to myself), ‘I am independent of (earning) daily bread: henceforth I have no anxiety for the daily portion.
  • میوه‌ی مکروه بر من خوش شدست ** رزق خاصی جسم را آمد به دست
  • The loathed fruit has become sweet to me: a special provision for my body has come to hand.
  • چونک من فارغ شدستم از گلو ** حبه‌ای چندست این بدهم بدو
  • Since I have been freed from the (cravings of the) gullet, here are some small pieces of money: I will give him these.
  • بدهم این زر را بدین تکلیف‌کش ** تا دو سه روزک شود از قوت خوش
  • I will give this money to this toil-worn man, that for two or three brief days he may be made happy by food.’
  • خود ضمیرم را همی‌دانست او ** زانک سمعش داشت نور از شمع هو
  • He himself was knowing my mind, because his (inward) hearing had illumination from the candle of Hú (God).
  • بود پیشش سر هر اندیشه‌ای ** چون چراغی در درون شیشه‌ای 695
  • To him the secret of every thought was as a lamp within a glass.
  • هیچ پنهان می‌نشد از وی ضمیر ** بود بر مضمون دلها او امیر
  • No mental conception was hidden from him: he was ruler over the contents of (men's) hearts.
  • پس همی منگید با خود زیر لب ** در جواب فکرتم آن بوالعجب
  • Therefore that wondrous man was muttering to himself under his breath in answer to my (unspoken) thought,
  • که چنین اندیشی از بهر ملوک ** کیف تلقی الرزق ان لم یرزقوک
  • ‘Thou thinkest so concerning the (spiritual) kings: how shouldst thou meet (receive) the daily provision unless they provide thee (with it)?’
  • من نمی‌کردم سخن را فهم لیک ** بر دلم می‌زد عتابش نیک نیک
  • I was not understanding his words, but his rebuke smote my heart mightily.
  • سوی من آمد به هیبت هم‌چو شیر ** تنگ هیزم را ز خود بنهاد زیر 700
  • He approached me with awful mien, like a lion, and laid down his bundle of firewood.