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  • بعد از آن در مشکل انکار زن  ** بر گشاد آن خوش‌سراینده دهن 
  • Afterwards that man of sweet discourse opened his mouth (to speak) on the difficult matter of his wife's disbelief,

  • کان تحمل از هوای نفس نیست  ** آن خیال نفس تست آنجا مه‌ایست 
  • Saying, “My long-suffering is not from (the motive of) sensual desire; that (suspicion) is a vain fancy of your carnal soul: do not take that standpoint.

  • گرنه صبرم می‌کشیدی بار زن  ** کی کشیدی شیر نر بیگار من 
  • Unless my patience had endured the burden of (supporting) my wife, how should the fierce lion have endured the labour of (carrying) me?

  • اشتران بختییم اندر سبق  ** مست و بی‌خود زیر محملهای حق 
  • I am (like) Bactrian camels, (speeding) in advance (of the caravan), intoxicated and beside myself under the panniers of God.

  • من نیم در امر و فرمان نیم‌خام  ** تا بیندیشم من از تشنیع عام  2140
  • I am not half-raw (imperfect) in (fulfilling) the (Divine) order and command, that I should take any thought of revilement by the public.

  • عام ما و خاص ما فرمان اوست  ** جان ما بر رو دوان جویان اوست 
  • My public and my private (object) is His command: my spirit is running on its face in search of Him.

  • فردی ما جفتی ما نه از هواست  ** جان ما چون مهره در دست خداست 
  • My being single or wedded is not on account of sensual desire: my spirit is like a die in the hand of God.

  • ناز آن ابله کشیم و صد چو او  ** نه ز عشق رنگ و نه سودای بو 
  • I endure the disdain of that foolish (woman) and a hundred like her, neither from love of colour nor passion for scent.

  • این قدر خود درس شاگردان ماست  ** کر و فر ملحمه‌ی ما تا کجاست 
  • This much, indeed, is (only) the lesson learned by my disciples; (but) unto what place (attains) the forward and backward movement of my battle!

  • تا کجا آنجا که جا را راه نیست  ** جز سنابرق مه الله نیست  2145
  • Unto what place? Unto the place where Place (itself) finds no admittance, and where nothing exists save the lightning-flash of the Moon of Allah.

  • از همه اوهام و تصویرات دور  ** نور نور نور نور نور نور 
  • (’Tis) far beyond all conceptions and imaginations, (’tis) the Light of light of light of light of light of light.”

  • بهر تو ار پست کردم گفت و گو  ** تا بسازی با رفیق زشت‌خو 
  • If I have made my discourse low for your sake, (it is) in order that you may put up with an ill-natured companion,

  • تا کشی خندان و خوش بار حرج  ** از پی الصبر مفتاح الفرج 
  • And smilingly and cheerfully bear the burden of distress, because patience is the key to relief from pain.

  • چون بسازی با خسی این خسان  ** گردی اندر نور سنتها رسان 
  • When you put up with the vileness of these vile folk you will attain unto the light of the (Prophetic) sunnas (ways and practices);

  • که انبیا رنج خسان بس دیده‌اند  ** از چنین ماران بسی پیچیده‌اند  2150
  • For the prophets have often suffered affliction from the vile: often have they writhed in anguish on account of such snakes.

  • چون مراد و حکم یزدان غفور  ** بود در قدمت تجلی و ظهور 
  • Since in eternity it was the will and decree of God, the Forgiver, to reveal and manifest Himself,

  • بی ز ضدی ضد را نتوان نمود  ** وان شه بی‌مثل را ضدی نبود 
  • (This involves contrariety, for) nothing can be shown without a contrary; and there was no contrary to that incomparable King.

  • حکمت در انی جاعل فی الارض خلیفة 
  • The (Divine) purpose in (saying), “Lo, I will place a viceroy in the earth.”

  • پس خلیفه ساخت صاحب‌سینه‌ای  ** تا بود شاهیش را آیینه‌ای 
  • Therefore He made a viceroy, one having a heart, to the end that he might be a mirror for His sovereignty;

  • بس صفای بی‌حدودش داد او  ** وانگه از ظلمت ضدش بنهاد او 
  • So He endowed him with infinite purity (spiritual light), and then set up against him a contrary (in the form) of darkness.

  • دو علم بر ساخت اسپید و سیاه  ** آن یکی آدم دگر ابلیس راه  2155
  • He made two banners, white and black: one (was) Adam, the other (was) the Iblís (Devil) of the Way (to Him).

  • در میان آن دو لشکرگاه زفت  ** چالش و پیکار آنچ رفت رفت 
  • Between those two mighty camps (there was) combat and strife, and there came to pass what came to pass.

  • هم‌چنان دور دوم هابیل شد  ** ضد نور پاک او قابیل شد 
  • Likewise in the second period Hábíl (Abel) arose, and Qábíl (Cain) became the antagonist of his pure light.

  • هم‌چنان این دو علم از عدل و جور  ** تا به نمرود آمد اندر دور دور 
  • Even so (were) these two banners of justice and iniquity (continuing to be raised) till in the course of time the period of Nimrod arrived.

  • ضد ابراهیم گشت و خصم او  ** وآن دو لشکر کین‌گزار و جنگ‌جو 
  • He became the antagonist and adversary of Abraham, and those two armies waged war (against each other) and sought battle.

  • چون درازی جنگ آمد ناخوشش  ** فیصل آن هر دو آمد آتشش  2160
  • (At last) when He was displeased with the prolongation of the strife, His fire became the (means of) decision between the twain.