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
Hand and tool are as stone and iron; there must be a pair: (the existence of) a pair is the condition (necessary) for bringing to birth.
دست و آلت همچو سنگ و آهن است ** جفت باید جفت شرط زادن است
The One is He who hath no consort and no tool; in number there is doubt, and that One is beyond doubt.310
آن که بیجفت است و بیآلت یکی است ** در عدد شک است و آن یک بیشکی است