Again, and by the night is (refers to) his occultation and his earthen rust-dark body.
باز و اللیل است ستاری او ** و آن تن خاکی زنگاری او
When his sun rose from that sky, it said to the night of the body, “Lo, He hath not forsaken thee.”300
آفتابش چون بر آمد ز آن فلک ** با شب تن گفت هین ما ودعک
Union was made manifest out of the essence of affliction: that sweetness (of union) was expressed by (the words) He hath not hated (thee).
وصل پیدا گشت از عین بلا ** ز آن حلاوت شد عبارت ما قلی
In fact, every expression is the symbol of a state: the state is as a hand, while the expression is a tool.
هر عبارت خود نشان حالتی است ** حال چون دست و عبارت آلتی است
The goldsmith's tool in the hand of a shoemaker is like a seed sown in sand;
آلت زرگر به دست کفشگر ** همچو دانهی کشت کرده ریگ در
And the cobbler's tool (put) before the husbandman is (as) straw before a dog (or) bones before an ass.
و آلت اسکاف پیش برزگر ** پیش سگ کاه استخوان در پیش خر
“I am God” on the lips of Mansúr was the light (of truth); “I am Allah” on the lips of Pharaoh was a lie.305
بود انا الحق در لب منصور نور ** بود انا الله در لب فرعون زور
In the hand of Moses the rod became a witness (to the truth); in the hand of the magician the rod became (worthless as) motes in the air.
شد عصا اندر کف موسی گوا ** شد عصا اندر کف ساحر هبا
On this account Jesus did not teach his fellow-traveller that Name of the Lord,
زین سبب عیسی بدان همراه خود ** در نیاموزید آن اسم صمد
For he would not know (its proper use) and would attribute imperfection to the tool (which he misused). Strike stone on clay, and how should fire leap forth?
کاو نداند نقص بر آلت نهد ** سنگ بر گل زن تو آتش کی جهد