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1356-1365

  • The king was seeking (to observe) the daily rule of seeing the new plants in the Mosque.
  • قاعده‌ی هر روز را می‌جست شاه ** که ببیند مسجد اندر نو گیاه

  • The heart with that pure eye (which it possesses) sees occultly the (spiritual) herbs that are invisible to the vulgar.
  • دل ببیند سر بدان چشم صفی ** آن حشایش که شد از عامه خفی

  • Story of the Súfí who, head on knee, was engaged in (spiritual) meditation in the garden: his friends said to him, "Lift up thy head and enjoy the garden and the sweet herbs and the birds and the marks of the mercy of God most High."
  • قصه‌ی صوفی کی در میان گلستان سر به زانو مراقب بود یارانش گفتند سر برآور تفرج کن بر گلستان و ریاحین و مرغان و آثار رحمةالله تعالی

  • In the orchard a certain Súfí laid his face in Súfí fashion upon his knee for the sake of (mystical) revelation;
  • صوفیی در باغ از بهر گشاد ** صوفیانه روی بر زانو نهاد

  • Then he sank deep down into himself. An impertinent fellow was annoyed by his semblance of slumber.
  • پس فرو رفت او به خود اندر نغول ** شد ملول از صورت خوابش فضول

  • “Why,” said he, “dost thou sleep? Nay, look at the vines, behold these trees and marks (of Divine mercy) and green plants. 1360
  • که چه خسپی آخر اندر رز نگر ** این درختان بین و آثار و خضر

  • Hearken to the command of God, for He hath said, ‘Look ye’: turn thy face towards these marks of (Divine) mercy.”
  • امر حق بشنو که گفتست انظروا ** سوی این آثار رحمت آر رو

  • He replied, “O man of vanity, its marks are (within) the heart: that (which is) without is only the marks of the marks.”
  • گفت آثارش دلست ای بوالهوس ** آن برون آثار آثارست و بس

  • The (real) orchards and verdure are in the very essence of the soul: the reflexion thereof upon (that which is) without is as (the reflexion) in running water.
  • باغها و سبزه‌ها در عین جان ** بر برون عکسش چو در آب روان

  • In the water there is (only) the phantom (reflected image) of the orchard, which quivers on account of the subtle quality of the water.
  • آن خیال باغ باشد اندر آب ** که کند از لطف آب آن اضطراب

  • The (real) orchards and fruits are within the heart: the reflexion of their beauty is (falling) upon this water and earth (the external world). 1365
  • باغها و میوه‌ها اندر دلست ** عکس لطف آن برین آب و گلست