Nay, they will have seen you (many) years before your birth —you together with all the circumstances (connected with you).
بلک پیش از زادن تو سالها ** دیده باشندت ترا با حالها
How Abú Yazíd (Bistámí) announced the birth of Abu ’l-Hasan Kharraqání—may God sanctify the spirit of them both—(many) years before it took place, and gave a detailed description of his outer and inner characteristics; and how the chronologers wrote it down for the purpose of observation.
مژده دادن ابویزید از زادن ابوالحسن خرقانی قدس الله روحهما پیش از سالها و نشان صورت او سیرت او یک به یک و نوشتن تاریخ‌نویسان آن در جهت رصد
Have you heard the story of Báyazíd—what he saw beforehand of the (spiritual) state of Bu ’l-Hasan?
آن شنیدی داستان بایزید ** که ز حال بوالحسن پیشین چه دید
One day that sultan of piety was passing with his disciples (on the way) towards the open country and the plain.
روزی آن سلطان تقوی می‌گذشت ** با مریدان جانب صحرا و دشت
Suddenly there came to him, in the district of Rayy, a sweet scent from the direction of Kháraqán.
بوی خوش آمد مر او را ناگهان ** در سواد ری ز سوی خارقان
On the spot he uttered the lamentable cry of one who is yearning, and sniffed the scent from the breeze.1805
هم بدانجا ناله‌ی مشتاق کرد ** بوی را از باد استنشاق کرد
He was inhaling the sweet scent lovingly: his soul was tasting wine from the breeze.
بوی خوش را عاشقانه می‌کشید ** جان او از باد باده می‌چشید
When “sweat” appears on the outside of a pot that is full of icy water,
کوزه‌ای کو از یخابه پر بود ** چون عرق بر ظاهرش پیدا شود
It has been turned into water by the coldness of the air: the moisture has not escaped from the inside of the pot.
آن ز سردی هوا آبی شدست ** از درون کوزه نم بیرون نجست
The scent-bearing breeze became water for him; for him too the water became pure wine.
باد بوی‌آور مر او را آب گشت ** آب هم او را شراب ناب گشت
When the marks of intoxication appeared in him, a disciple questioned him concerning that breath (Divine afflatus);1810
چون درو آثار مستی شد پدید ** یک مرید او را از آن دم بر رسید