The seeds of dissension which he (the vizier) had sown had become a calamity (cause of destruction) to their heads.
جوزها بشکست و آن کان مغز داشت ** بعد کشتن روح پاک نغز داشت
The walnuts (bodies) were broken, and those which had the kernel had, after being slain, a spirit pure and fair.
کشتن و مردن که بر نقش تن است ** چون انار و سیب را بشکستن است
Slaughter and death which befalls the bodily frame is like breaking pomegranates and apples:
آن چه شیرین است او شد ناردانگ ** و آن که پوسیده ست نبود غیر بانگ
That which is sweet becomes pomegranate-syrup, and that which is rotten is naught but noise:
آن چه با معنی است خود پیدا شود ** و آن چه پوسیده ست او رسوا شود
That which has reality is made manifest (after death), and that which is rotten is put to shame.
رو به معنی کوش ای صورت پرست ** ز آن که معنی بر تن صورت پر است710
Go, strive after reality, O worshipper of form, inasmuch as reality is the wing on form's body.
همنشین اهل معنی باش تا ** هم عطا یابی و هم باشی فتا
Consort with the followers of reality, that you may both win the gift and be generous (in giving yourself up to God).
جان بی‌‌معنی در این تن بی‌‌خلاف ** هست همچون تیغ چوبین در غلاف
Beyond dispute, in this body the spirit devoid of reality is even as a wooden sword in the sheath:
تا غلاف اندر بود با قیمت است ** چون برون شد سوختن را آلت است
Whilst it remains in the sheath, it is (apparently) valuable, (but) when it has come forth it is an implement (only fit) for burning.
تیغ چوبین را مبر در کارزار ** بنگر اول تا نگردد کار زار
Do not take a wooden sword into the battle! First see (whether your sword is a real one), in order that your plight may not be wretched.
گر بود چوبین برو دیگر طلب ** ور بود الماس پیش آ با طرب715
If it is made of wood, go, seek another; and if it is adamant, march forward joyously.
تیغ در زرادخانه‌‌ی اولیاست ** دیدن ایشان شما را کیمیاست
The sword (of reality) is in the armoury of the saints: to see (and associate with) them is for you (as precious as) the Elixir.
جمله دانایان همین گفته همین ** هست دانا رحمة للعالمین
All the wise have said this same thing: the wise man is a (Divine) mercy to created beings.
گر اناری می‌‌خری خندان بخر ** تا دهد خنده ز دانه‌‌ی او خبر
If you would buy a pomegranate, buy (it when it is) laughing (having its rind cleft open), so that its laughter (openness) may give information as to its seeds.
ای مبارک خنده‌‌اش کاو از دهان ** می‌‌نماید دل چو در از درج جان
Oh, blessed is its laughter, for through its mouth it shows the heart, like a pearl from the casket of the spirit.
نامبارک خنده‌‌ی آن لاله بود ** کز دهان او سیاهی دل نمود720
Unblest was the laughter (openness) of the red anemone, from whose mouth appeared the blackness of its heart.
نار خندان باغ را خندان کند ** صحبت مردانت از مردان کند
The laughing pomegranate makes the garden laughing (gay and blooming): companionship with (holy) men makes you one of the (holy) men.
گر تو سنگ صخره و مرمر شوی ** چون به صاحب دل رسی گوهر شوی
Though you be rock or marble, you will become a jewel when you reach the man of heart (the saint).
مهر پاکان در میان جان نشان ** دل مده الا به مهر دل خوشان
Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; do not give your heart (to aught) save to the love of them whose hearts are glad.
کوی نومیدی مرو امیدهاست ** سوی تاریکی مرو خورشیدهاست
Go not to the neighbourhood of despair: there are hopes. Go not in the direction of darkness: there are suns.
دل ترا در کوی اهل دل کشد ** تن ترا در حبس آب و گل کشد725
The heart leads you into the neighbourhood of the men of heart (the saints); the body leads you into the prison of water and earth.
هین غذای دل بده از هم دلی ** رو بجو اقبال را از مقبلی
Oh, give your heart food from (conversation with) one who is in accord with it; go, seek (spiritual) advancement from one who is advanced.
تعظیم نعت مصطفی علیه السلام که مذکور بود در انجیل
How honour was paid to the description of Mustafá (Mohammed), on whom be peace, which was mentioned in the Gospel.
بود در انجیل نام مصطفی ** آن سر پیغمبران بحر صفا
The name of Mustafá was in the Gospel—(Mustafá) the chief of the prophets, the sea of purity.
بود ذکر حلیه‌‌ها و شکل او ** بود ذکر غزو و صوم و اکل او
There was mention of his (external) characteristics and appearance; there was mention of his warring and fasting and eating.
طایفه‌‌ی نصرانیان بهر ثواب ** چون رسیدندی بدان نام و خطاب
A party among the Christians, for the sake of the Divine reward, whenever (in reading the Gospel) they came to that name and allocution,
بوسه دادندی بر آن نام شریف ** رو نهادندی بر آن وصف لطیف730
Would bestow kisses on that noble name and stoop their faces towards that beauteous description.
اندر این فتنه که گفتیم آن گروه ** ایمن از فتنه بدند و از شکوه
In this tribulation of which we have told, that party were secure from tribulation and dread,
ایمن از شر امیران و وزیر ** در پناه نام احمد مستجیر
Secure from the mischief of the amírs and the vizier, seeking refuge in the protection of the Name of Ahmad (Mohammed).
نسل ایشان نیز هم بسیار شد ** نور احمد ناصر آمد یار شد
Their offspring also multiplied: the Light of Ahmad aided and befriended them.
و آن گروه دیگر از نصرانیان ** نام احمد داشتندی مستهان
And the other party among the Christians (who) were holding the Name of Ahmad in contempt,
مستهان و خوار گشتند از فتن ** از وزیر شوم رای شوم فن735
They became contemptible and despised through dissensions caused by the evil counselling and evil-plotting vizier;
هم مخبط دینشان و حکمشان ** از پی طومارهای کژ بیان
Moreover, their religion and their law became corrupted in consequence of the scrolls which set forth all perversely.
نام احمد این چنین یاری کند ** تا که نورش چون نگهداری کند
The Name of Ahmad gives such help as this, so that (one may judge) how his Light keeps guard (over his followers).
نام احمد چون حصاری شد حصین ** تا چه باشد ذات آن روح الامین
Since the Name of Ahmad became (to the Christians) an impregnable fortress, what then must be the Essence of that trusted Spirit?
حکایت پادشاه جهود دیگر که در هلاک دین عیسی سعی نمود
The story of another Jewish king who endeavored to destroy the religion of Jesus.