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3047-3071

  • بر زدندی چون فدایی حمله‌ای  ** خویش را بر گربه‌ی بی‌مهله‌ای 
  • And, rushing up like assassins, they would throw themselves on a cat without (giving her) any respite.

  • آن یکی چشمش بکندی از ضراب  ** وان دگر گوشش دریدی هم به ناب 
  • One would tear out her eyes in conflict (with her), while another would rip her ears with its teeth,

  • وان دگر سوراخ کردی پهلوش  ** از جماعت گم شدی بیرون شوش 
  • And another make a hole in her side: there would be no way of escape for her from the united party.

  • لیک جمعیت ندارد جان موش  ** بجهد از جانش به بانگ گربه هوش  3050
  • But the soul of the mouse has no collectedness: at the miaul of a cat (all) its wits fly out of its soul.

  • خشک گردد موش زان گربه‌ی عیار  ** گر بود اعداد موشان صد هزار 
  • The mouse is paralysed by the wily cat, (even) if the numbers of the mice amount to a hundred thousand.

  • از رمه‌ی انبه چه غم قصاب را  ** انبهی هش چه بندد خواب را 
  • What cares the butcher for the numerous flock (of sheep)? How can abundance of consciousness prevent (the approach of) slumber?

  • مالک الملک است جمعیت دهد  ** شیر را تا بر گله‌ی گوران جهد 
  • He (God) is the Lord of the kingdom: He gives collectedness to the lion, so that he springs on the herd of onagers.

  • صد هزاران گور ده‌شاخ و دلیر  ** چون عدم باشند پیش صول شیر 
  • A hundred thousand savage and courageous onagers are as naught before the onset of the lion.

  • مالک الملک است بدهد ملک حسن  ** یوسفی را تا بود چون ماء مزن  3055
  • He is the Lord of the kingdom: He gives to a Joseph the kingdom of Beauty, so that he is (lovely) as the water of white clouds.

  • در رخی بنهد شعاع اختری  ** که شود شاهی غلام دختری 
  • He bestows upon one face the radiance of a star, so that a king becomes the slave of a girl.

  • بنهد اندر روی دیگر نور خود  ** که ببیند نیم‌شب هر نیک و بد 
  • He bestows upon another face His own Light, so that at midnight it sees everything good and evil.

  • یوسف و موسی ز حق بردند نور  ** در رخ و رخسار و در ذات الصدور 
  • Joseph and Moses fetched light from God into their cheeks and countenances and into their inmost bosoms.

  • روی موسی بارقی انگیخته  ** پیش رو او توبره آویخته 
  • The face of Moses shot forth a flashing beam: he hung a veil in front of his face.

  • نور رویش آن‌چنان بردی بصر  ** که زمرد از دو دیده‌ی مار کر  3060
  • The splendour of his face would have dazzled (men's) eyes as the emerald (blinds) the eyes of the deaf adder.

  • او ز حق در خواسته تا توبره  ** گردد آن نور قوی را ساتره 
  • He besought God that the veil might become a covering for that powerful Light.

  • توبره گفت از گلیمت ساز هین  ** کان لباس عارفی آمد امین 
  • He (God) said, “Hark, make a veil of thy felt raiment, for the garment of gnosis can be trusted (to keep it safe),

  • کان کسا از نور صبری یافتست  ** نور جان در تار و پودش تافتست 
  • Because that robe has become inured to the Light: the Light of the Spirit shines through its warp and woof.

  • جز چنین خرقه نخواهد شد صوان  ** نور ما را بر نتابد غیر آن 
  • Nothing will be a (safe) repository (for it) except a mantle like this: nothing else can endure Our Light.

  • کوه قاف ار پیش آید بهرسد  ** هم‌چو کوه طور نورش بر درد  3065
  • If Mt Qáf should come forward as a barrier (to it), the Light would rend it asunder like Mt Sinai.”

  • از کمال قدرت ابدان رجال  ** یافت اندر نور بی‌چون احتمال 
  • Through the (Divine) omnipotence the bodies of (holy) men have gained ability to support the unconditioned Light.

  • آنچ طورش بر نتابد ذره‌ای  ** قدرتش جا سازد از قاروره‌ای 
  • His (God's) power makes a glass vessel the dwelling-place of that (Light) of which Sinai cannot bear (even) a mote.

  • گشت مشکات و زجاجی جای نور  ** که همی‌درد ز نور آن قاف و طور 
  • A lamp-niche and a lamp-glass have become the dwelling-place of the Light by which Mt Qáf and Mt Sinai are torn to pieces.

  • جسمشان مشکات دان دلشان زجاج  ** تافته بر عرش و افلاک این سراج 
  • Know that their (the holy men's) bodies are the lamp-niche and their hearts the glass: this lamp illumines the empyrean and the heavens.

  • نورشان حیران این نور آمده  ** چون ستاره زین ضحی فانی شده  3070
  • Their (the heavens') light is dazzled by this Light and vanishes like the stars in this radiance of morning.

  • زین حکایت کرد آن ختم رسل  ** از ملیک لا یزال و لم یزل 
  • Hence the Seal of the prophets has related (the saying) of the everlasting and eternal Lord—