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  • چون رسید آن وعده‌‌گاه و روز شد ** آفتاب از شرق، اختر سوز شد
  • When the promised hour arrived and day broke and the sun, (rising) from the east, began to burn the stars,

  • بود اندر منظره شه منتظر ** تا ببیند آن چه بنمودند سر
  • The king was in the belvedere, expecting to see that which had been shown mysteriously.

  • دید شخصی فاضلی پر مایه‌‌ای ** آفتابی در میان سایه‌‌ای‌‌
  • He saw a person excellent and worshipful, a sun amidst a shadow,

  • می‌‌رسید از دور مانند هلال ** نیست بود و هست بر شکل خیال‌‌
  • Coming from afar, like the new moon (in slenderness and radiance): he was nonexistent, though existent in the form of phantasy.

  • نیست وش باشد خیال اندر روان ** تو جهانی بر خیالی بین روان‌‌ 70
  • In the spirit phantasy is as naught, (yet) behold a world (turning) on a phantasy!

  • بر خیالی صلح‌‌شان و جنگشان ** وز خیالی فخرشان و ننگشان‌‌
  • Their peace and their war (turn) on a phantasy, and their pride and their shame spring from a phantasy;

  • آن خیالاتی که دام اولیاست ** عکس مه رویان بستان خداست‌‌
  • (But) those phantasies which ensnare the saints are the reflexion of the fair ones of the garden of God.

  • آن خیالی که شه اندر خواب دید ** در رخ مهمان همی‌‌آمد پدید
  • In the countenance of the stranger-guest was appearing that phantasy which the king beheld in his dream.

  • شه به جای حاجبان واپیش رفت ** پیش آن مهمان غیب خویش رفت
  • The king himself, instead of the chamberlains, went forward to meet his guest from the Invisible.

  • هر دو بحری آشنا آموخته ** هر دو جان بی‌‌دوختن بر دوخته‌‌ 75
  • Both were seamen who had learned to swim, the souls of both were knit together without sewing.

  • گفت معشوقم تو بوده ستی نه آن ** لیک کار از کار خیزد در جهان‌‌
  • The king said, “Thou wert my Beloved (in reality), not she; but in this world deed issues from deed.

  • ای مرا تو مصطفی من چون عمر ** از برای خدمتت بندم کمر
  • O thou who art to me (as) Mustafá (Mohammed), while I am like unto ‘Umar—I will gird my loins to do thee service.”

  • از خداوند ولی التوفیق در خواستن توفیق رعایت ادب در همه حالها و بیان کردن وخامت ضررهای بی‌‌ادبی‌‌
  • Beseeching the Lord, who is our Helper, to help us to observe self-control in all circumstances, and explaining the harmful and pernicious consequences of indiscipline.

  • از خدا جوییم توفیق ادب ** بی‌‌ادب محروم گشت از لطف رب‌‌
  • Let us implore God to help us to self-control: one who lacks self-control is deprived of the grace of the Lord.

  • بی‌‌ادب تنها نه خود را داشت بد ** بلکه آتش در همه آفاق زد
  • The undisciplined man does not maltreat himself alone, but he sets the whole world on fire.

  • مایده از آسمان در می‌‌رسید ** بی‌‌شری و بیع و بی‌‌گفت و شنید 80
  • A table (of food) was coming down from heaven without buying and selling and without speaking and hearing,

  • در میان قوم موسی چند کس ** بی‌‌ادب گفتند کو سیر و عدس‌‌
  • (When) some of the people of Moses cried disrespectfully, “Where is garlic and lentils?”

  • منقطع شد خوان و نان از آسمان ** ماند رنج زرع و بیل و داسمان‌‌
  • (Straightway) the dishes (of food) and the bread from heaven were cut off: there remained for us the toil of sowing and (labouring with) mattock and scythe.

  • باز عیسی چون شفاعت کرد، حق ** خوان فرستاد و غنیمت بر طبق‌‌
  • Again, when Jesus made intercession, God sent food and bounty (from heaven) on trays,

  • باز گستاخان ادب بگذاشتند ** چون گدایان زله‌‌ها برداشتند
  • But once more the insolent fellows omitted to show respect and, like beggars, snatched away the viands.

  • لابه کرده عیسی ایشان را که این ** دایم است و کم نگردد از زمین‌‌ 85
  • (Although) Jesus entreated them, saying, “This is lasting and will not fail from off the earth.”

  • بد گمانی کردن و حرص آوری ** کفر باشد پیش خوان مهتری‌‌
  • To show suspicion and greed at the table of Majesty is ingratitude.

  • ز ان گدا رویان نادیده ز آز ** آن در رحمت بر ایشان شد فراز
  • Because of those impudent wretches who were blinded by greed, that gate of mercy was closed upon them.

  • ابر برناید پی منع زکات ** وز زنا افتد وبا اندر جهات‌‌
  • On account of withholding the poor-tax no rain-clouds arise, and in consequence of fornication the plague spreads in all directions.

  • هر چه بر تو آید از ظلمات و غم ** آن ز بی‌‌باکی و گستاخی است هم‌‌
  • Whatever befalls thee of gloom and sorrow is the result of irreverence and insolence withal.

  • هر که بی‌‌باکی کند در راه دوست ** ره زن مردان شد و نامرد اوست‌‌ 90
  • Any one behaving with irreverence in the path of the Friend is a brigand who robs men, and he is no man.

  • از ادب پر نور گشته است این فلک ** وز ادب معصوم و پاک آمد ملک‌‌
  • Through discipline this Heaven has been filled with light, and through discipline the angels became immaculate and holy.

  • بد ز گستاخی کسوف آفتاب ** شد عزازیلی ز جرات رد باب‌‌
  • By reason of irreverence the sun was eclipsed, and insolence caused an ‘Azázíl to be turned back from the door.

  • ملاقات پادشاه با آن ولی که در خوابش نمودند
  • The meeting of the king with the saint whose coming had been shown to him in a dream.

  • دست بگشاد و کنارانش گرفت ** همچو عشق اندر دل و جانش گرفت‌‌
  • He (the king) opened his hands and clasped him to his breast and received him, like love, into his heart and soul,

  • دست و پیشانیش بوسیدن گرفت ** وز مقام و راه پرسیدن گرفت‌‌
  • And began to kiss his hand and brow and inquire concerning his home and journey.

  • پرس پرسان می‌‌کشیدش تا به صدر ** گفت گنجی یافتم آخر به صبر 95
  • (So) with many a question he led him to the dais. “At last,” said he, “I have found a treasure by being patient.”

  • گفت ای نور حق و دفع حرج ** معنی الصبر مفتاح الفرج‌‌
  • He said (also), “O light of God and defence against trouble, (O thou who art) the meaning of ‘Patience is the key of joy’!

  • ای لقای تو جواب هر سؤال ** مشکل از تو حل شود بی‌‌قیل و قال‌‌
  • O thou whose countenance is the answer to every question, by thee hard knots are loosed without discussion.

  • ترجمانی هر چه ما را در دل است ** دست گیری هر که پایش در گل است‌‌
  • Thou interpretest all that is in our hearts, thou givest a helping hand to every one whose foot is in the mire.

  • مرحبا یا مجتبی یا مرتضی ** إن تغب جاء القضاء ضاق الفضا
  • Welcome, O chosen one, O approved one! If thou vanish, Destiny will come (upon us) and the wide room will be straitened.

  • أنت مولی القوم من لا یشتهی ** قد ردی کلا لئن لم ینته‌‌ 100
  • Thou art the protector of the people. He that desires (thee) not hath gone to perdition. Nay, verily, if he do not refrain…!”

  • بردن پادشاه آن طبیب را بر سر بیمار تا حال او را ببیند
  • How the king led the physician to the bedside of the sick girl, that he might see her condition.

  • چون گذشت آن مجلس و خوان کرم ** دست او بگرفت و برد اندر حرم‌‌
  • When that meeting and bounteous (spiritual) repast was over, he took his hand and conducted him to the harem.

  • قصه‌‌ی رنجور و رنجوری بخواند ** بعد از آن در پیش رنجورش نشاند
  • He rehearsed the tale of the invalid and her illness, and then seated him beside the sick (girl).

  • رنگ رو و نبض و قاروره بدید ** هم علاماتش هم اسبابش شنید
  • The physician observed the colour of her face, (felt) her pulse, and (inspected) her urine; he heard both the symptoms and the (secondary) causes of her malady.

  • گفت هر دارو که ایشان کرده‌‌اند ** آن عمارت نیست ویران کرده‌‌اند
  • He said, “None of the remedies which they have applied builds up (health): they (the false physicians) have wrought destruction.

  • بی‌‌خبر بودند از حال درون ** أستعیذ الله مما یفترون‌‌ 105
  • They were ignorant of the inward state. I seek refuge with God from that which they invent.”

  • دید رنج و کشف شد بر وی نهفت ** لیک پنهان کرد و با سلطان نگفت‌‌
  • He saw the pain, and the secret became open to him, but he concealed it and did not tell the king.

  • رنجش از صفرا و از سودا نبود ** بوی هر هیزم پدید آید ز دود
  • Her pain was not from yellow or black bile: the smell of every firewood appears from the smoke.

  • دید از زاریش کو زار دل است ** تن خوش است و او گرفتار دل است‌‌
  • From her sore grief he perceived that she was heart-sore; well in body, but stricken in heart.

  • عاشقی پیداست از زاری دل ** نیست بیماری چو بیماری دل‌‌
  • Being in love is made manifest by soreness of heart: there is no sickness like heartsickness.

  • علت عاشق ز علتها جداست ** عشق اصطرلاب اسرار خداست‌‌ 110
  • The lover's ailment is separate from all other ailments: love is the astrolabe of the mysteries of God.

  • عاشقی گر زین سر و گر ز ان سر است ** عاقبت ما را بدان سر رهبر است‌‌
  • Whether love be from this (earthly) side or from that (heavenly) side, in the end it leads us yonder.

  • هر چه گویم عشق را شرح و بیان ** چون به عشق آیم خجل گردم از آن‌‌
  • Whatsoever I say in exposition and explanation of Love, when I come to Love (itself) I am ashamed of that (explanation).

  • گر چه تفسیر زبان روشن‌‌گر است ** لیک عشق بی‌‌زبان روشن‌‌تر است‌‌
  • Although the commentary of the tongue makes (all) clear, yet tongueless love is clearer.

  • چون قلم اندر نوشتن می‌‌شتافت ** چون به عشق آمد قلم بر خود شکافت‌‌
  • Whilst the pen was making haste in writing, it split upon itself as soon as it came to Love.

  • عقل در شرحش چو خر در گل بخفت ** شرح عشق و عاشقی هم عشق گفت‌‌ 115
  • In expounding it (Love), the intellect lay down (helplessly) like an ass in the mire: it was Love (alone) that uttered the explanation of love and loverhood.