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  • زانک میراث از رسول آنست و بس  ** که ببیند غیبها از پیش و پس 
  • For the only heritage from the Prophet is that (intellect) which perceives the unseen things before and behind (future and past).

  • در بصرها می‌طلب هم آن بصر  ** که نتابد شرح آن این مختصر 
  • Amidst the (inward) eyes, too, always be seeking that (inward) eye which this epitome has not the power to describe.

  • بهر این کردست منع آن با شکوه  ** از ترهب وز شدن خلوت به کوه  2620
  • Hence the majestic (Prophet) has forbidden monkery and going to live as a hermit in the mountains,

  • تا نگردد فوت این نوع التقا  ** کان نظر بختست و اکسیر بقا 
  • In order that this kind of meeting (with saints) should not be lost; for to be looked on by them is fortune and an elixir of immortality.

  • در میان صالحان یک اصلحیست  ** بر سر توقیعش از سلطان صحیست 
  • Amongst the righteous there is one (who is) the most righteous: on his diploma (is inscribed) by the Sultan's hand a sahh,

  • کان دعا شد با اجابت مقترن  ** کفو او نبود کبار انس و جن 
  • (Indicating) that the prayer (uttered by him) is (inseparably) linked with acceptance, (and that) the greatest of men and Jinn are not his peers.

  • در مری‌اش آنک حلو و حامض است  ** حجت ایشان بر حق داحض است 
  • (When) those who are sweet or sour (engage) in contention with him, in God's sight their argument is null,

  • که چو ما او را به خود افراشتیم  ** عذر و حجت از میان بر داشتیم  2625
  • For (God says), “As We have exalted him by (grace of) Ourselves, We have done away with (every) plea and argument (against him).”

  • قبله را چون کرد دست حق عیان  ** پس تحری بعد ازین مردود دان 
  • Since the Hand of God has made the Qibla manifest, henceforth deem searching to be disallowed.

  • هین بگردان از تحری رو و سر  ** که پدید آمد معاد و مستقر 
  • Hark, avert your face and head from searching, now that the Destination and Dwelling-place has come into view.

  • یک زمان زین قبله گر ذاهل شوی  ** سخره‌ی هر قبله‌ی باطل شوی 
  • If you forget this Qibla for one moment, you will become in thrall to every worthless qibla (object of desire).

  • چون شوی تمییزده را ناسپاس  ** بجهد از تو خطرت قبله‌شناس 
  • When you show ingratitude to him that gives you discernment, the thought that recognises the Qibla will dart away from you.

  • گر ازین انبار خواهی بر و بر  ** نیم‌ساعت هم ز همدردان مبر  2630
  • If you desire benefit and (spiritual) wheat from this Barn, do not part, even for half an hour, from those who sympathise,

  • که در آن دم که ببری زین معین  ** مبتلی گردی تو با بس القرین 
  • For at the moment when you part from this helper you will be afflicted with an evil comrade

  • حکایت تعلق موش با چغز و بستن پای هر دو به رشته‌ای دراز و بر کشیدن زاغ موش را و معلق شدن چغز و نالیدن و پشیمانی او از تعلق با غیر جنس و با جنس خود ناساختن 
  • Story of the attachment between the mouse and the frog: how they tied their legs together with a long string, and how a raven carried off the mouse, and how the frog was suspended (in the air) and lamented and repented of having attached himself to an animal of a different species instead of sorting with one of his own kind.

  • از قضا موشی و چغزی با وفا  ** بر لب جو گشته بودند آشنا 
  • As it happened, a mouse and a faithful frog had become friends on the bank of a river.

  • هر دو تن مربوط میقاتی شدند  ** هر صباحی گوشه‌ای می‌آمدند 
  • Both of them were bound to (keep) a (daily) tryst: every morning they would come into a nook,

  • نرد دل با هم‌دگر می‌باختند  ** از وساوس سینه می‌پرداختند 
  • (Where) they played heart-and-soul with one another and emptied their breasts of evil (suspicious) thoughts.

  • هر دو را دل از تلاقی متسع  ** هم‌دگر را قصه‌خوان و مستمع  2635
  • The hearts of both swelled (with joy) from meeting: they recited stories and listened to each other,

  • رازگویان با زبان و بی‌زبان  ** الجماعه رحمه را تاویل دان 
  • Telling secrets with and without tongue, knowing how to interpret (the Tradition), “A united party is a (Divine) mercy.”

  • آن اشر چون جفت آن شاد آمدی  ** پنج ساله قصه‌اش یاد آمدی 
  • Whenever the exultant (mouse) consorted with the merry (frog), a five years' tale would come into his mind.

  • جوش نطق از دل نشان دوستیست  ** بستگی نطق از بی‌الفتیست 
  • Flow of speech from the heart is a sign of (intimate) friendship; obstruction of speech arises from lack of intimacy.

  • دل که دلبر دید کی ماند ترش  ** بلبلی گل دید کی ماند خمش 
  • The heart that has seen the sweetheart, how should it remain bitter? (When) a nightingale has seen the rose, how should he remain silent?

  • ماهی بریان ز آسیب خضر  ** زنده شد در بحر گشت او مستقر  2640
  • At the touch of Khadir the roasted fish came to life and took its abode in the sea.

  • یار را با یار چون بنشسته شد  ** صد هزاران لوح سر دانسته شد 
  • To the friend, when he is seated beside his Friend, a hundred thousand tablets of mystery are made known.

  • لوح محفوظ است پیشانی یار  ** راز کونینش نماید آشکار 
  • The brow of the Friend is a Guarded Tablet: to him (his friend) it reveals plainly the secret of the two worlds.