But do not grieve: I am intercessor for thee: I am the spirit's master, I am not the body's slave.
لیک بیغم شو شفیع تو منم ** خواجهی روحم نه مملوک تنم
This body hath no value in my sight: without my body I am the noble (in spirit), the son of the noble.
پیش من این تن ندارد قیمتی ** بیتن خویشم فتی ابن الفتی
Dagger and sword have become my sweet basil: my death has become my banquet and narcissus-pot.’”
خنجر و شمشیر شد ریحان من ** مرگ من شد بزم و نرگسدان من
He that hamstrings (mortifies) his body in this fashion, how should he covet the Princedom and the Caliphate?3945
آن که او تن را بدین سان پی کند ** حرص میری و خلافت کی کند
Outwardly he strives after power and authority, (but only) that he may show to princes the (right) way and judgement;
ز آن به ظاهر کوشد اندر جاه و حکم ** تا امیران را نماید راه و حکم
That he may give another spirit to the Princedom; that he may give fruit to the palm tree of the Caliphate.
تا امیری را دهد جانی دگر ** تا دهد نخل خلافت را ثمر
Explaining that the motive of the Prophet, on whom be peace, in seeking to conquer Mecca and other (places) than Mecca was not love of worldly dominion, inasmuch as he has said “This world is a carcase,” but that on the contrary it was by the command (of God).
بیان آن که فتح طلبیدن پیغامبر علیه السلام مکه را و غیر مکه را بجهت دوستی ملک دنیا نبود چون فرموده است که الدنیا جیفه بلکه به امر بود
Likewise the Prophet's struggle to conquer Mecca—how can he be suspected of (being inspired by) love of this world?
جهد پیغمبر به فتح مکه هم ** کی بود در حب دنیا متهم
He who on the day of trial shut his eyes and heart to the treasury of the Seven Heavens,
آن که او از مخزن هفت آسمان ** چشم و دل بر بست روز امتحان
(When) the horizons of all the Seven Heavens were full of houris and genies (who had come) to gaze upon him,3950
از پی نظارهی او حور و جان ** پر شده آفاق هر هفت آسمان
Having arrayed themselves for his sake—how indeed should he care for anything except the Beloved?
خویشتن آراسته از بهر او ** خود و را پروای غیر دوست کو