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1594-1618

  • رختها را سوی خاموشی کشان  ** چون نشان جویی مکن خود را نشان 
  • Direct your course towards silence: when you seek the marks (of the Way), do not make yourself a mark (for attention).

  • گفت پیغامبر که در بحر هموم  ** در دلالت دان تو یاران را نجوم  1595
  • The Prophet said, ‘Know that amidst the sea of cares (my) Companions are (as) stars in respect of guidance.’

  • چشم در استارگان نه ره بجو  ** نطق تشویش نظر باشد مگو 
  • Fix your eye on the stars, seek the Way; speech is a cause of confusion to the sight: do not speak.

  • گر دو حرف صدق گویی ای فلان  ** گفت تیره در تبع گردد روان 
  • If you utter two true words, O such-and-such, the dark (false) speech will begin to flow in their train.

  • این نخواندی کالکلام ای مستهام  ** فی شجون حره جر الکلام 
  • Haven’t you read that (your) talk concerning (your) griefs, O frenzied (lover) is drawn along by the draw (ride) of talk?

  • هین مشو شارع در آن حرف رشد  ** که سخن زو مر سخن را می‌کشد 
  • Beware, do not begin (to speak) those right words, for words quickly draw (other) words (after them).

  • نیست در ضبطت چو بگشادی دهان  ** از پی صافی شود تیره روان  1600
  • When you have (once) opened your mouth, they are not in your control: the dark(falsehood) flows on the heels of the pure (truth).

  • آنک معصوم ره وحی خداست  ** چون همه صافست بگشاید رواست 
  • He (alone) may open (his mouth) who is preserved (from error) in the way of (Divine) inspiration; ‘tis permissible, since he is entirely pure;

  • زانک ما ینطق رسول بالهوی  ** کی هوا زاید ز معصوم خدا 
  • For a prophet does not speak from self-will: how should self-will proceed from him who is preserved by God?

  • خویشتن را ساز منطیقی ز حال  ** تا نگردی هم‌چو من سخره‌ی مقال 
  • Make yourself one that speaks eloquently from ecstatic feeling, lest you become a slave to argumentation like me.”

  • سال کردن آن صوفی قاضی را 
  • How the Súfi questioned the Cadi.

  • گفت صوفی چون ز یک کانست زر  ** این چرا نفعست و آن دیگر ضرر 
  • The Súfi said, “Since (all) the gold is from a single Mine, why is this beneficial and that other harmful?

  • چونک جمله از یکی دست آمدست  ** این چرا هوشیار و آن مست آمدست  1605
  • Since the whole (Creation) has come from a single Hand, why has this one come sober and that one intoxicated?

  • چون ز یک دریاست این جوها روان  ** این چرا نوش است و آن زهر دهان 
  • Since (all) these rivers flow from a single Sea, why is this one honey and that one poison in the mouth?

  • چون همه انوار از شمس بقاست  ** صبح صادق صبح کاذب از چه خاست 
  • Since all lights are (derived) from the everlasting Sun, wherefore did the true dawn and the false dawn rise?

  • چون ز یک سرمه‌ست ناظر را کحل  ** از چه آمد راست‌بینی و حول 
  • Since the blackness of every seeing person’s eye is (derived) from a single Collyrium, wherefore did true sight and strabism come (into being)?

  • چونک دار الضرب را سلطان خداست  ** نقد را چون ضرب خوب و نارواست 
  • Since God is the Governor of the Mint, how is it that (both) good and spurious coins are struck?

  • چون خدا فرمود ره را راه من  ** این خفیر از چیست و آن یک راه‌زن  1610
  • Since God has called the Way ‘My Way,’ wherefore is this one a trusty escort and that one a brigand?

  • از یک اشکم چون رسد حر و سفیه  ** چون یقین شد الولد سر ابیه 
  • How can (both) the (noble) freeman and the (base) fool come from a single womb, since it is certain that the son is (the expression of) his father’s inmost nature?

  • وحدتی که دید با چندین هزار  ** صد هزاران جنبش از عین قرار 
  • Who (ever) saw a Unity with so many thousand (numbers), (or) a hundred thousand motions (proceeding) from the essence of Rest?”

  • جواب گفتن آن قاضی صوفی را 
  • The Cadi’s reply to the Súfi.

  • گفت قاضی صوفیا خیره مشو  ** یک مثالی در بیان این شنو 
  • The Cadi said, “O Súfí, do not be perplexed: hearken to a parable in explanation of this (mystery).

  • هم‌چنانک بی‌قراری عاشقان  ** حاصل آمد از قرار دلستان 
  • (‘Tis) just as the disquiet of lovers is the result of the tranquillity of the one who captivates their hearts.

  • او چو که در ناز ثابت آمده  ** عاشقان چون برگها لرزان شده  1615
  • He stands immovable, like a mountain, in his disdain, while his lovers are quivering like leaves.

  • خنده‌ی او گریه‌ها انگیخته  ** آب رویش آب روها ریخته 
  • His laughter stirs (them to) tears, his glory causes their glories to fade.

  • این همه چون و چگونه چون زبد  ** بر سر دریای بی‌چون می‌طپد 
  • All this conditionality is tossing like foam on the surface of the unconditioned Sea.

  • ضد و ندش نیست در ذات و عمل  ** زان بپوشیدند هستیها حلل 
  • In its (the Sea’s) essence and action there is neither opposite nor like: by it (alone) are (all) existences clothed in robes (of existence).