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1867-1876

  • He hath no care at all for separation (from me) or union (with me): he is confined to the branch (the derivative); he does not seek the root (the fundamental) at all.
  • نیستش درد فراق و وصل هیچ ** بند فرعست او نجوید اصل هیچ
  • He is a fool and (spiritually) dead in egoism, for because of his anxious care for the branch he hath no leisure for the root.”
  • احمقست و مرده‌ی ما و منی ** کز غم فرعش فراغ اصل نی
  • Deem the skies and the earth to be an apple that appeared from the tree of Divine Power.
  • آسمانها و زمین یک سیب دان ** کز درخت قدرت حق شد عیان
  • Thou art as a worm in the midst of the apple and art ignorant of the tree and the gardener. 1870
  • تو چه کرمی در میان سیب در ** وز درخت و باغبانی بی‌خبر
  • The other worm’ too is in the apple, but its spirit is outside, bearing the banner aloft.
  • آن یکی کرمی دگر در سیب هم ** لیک جانش از برون صاحب‌علم
  • Its (the worm’s) movement splits the apple asunder: the apple cannot endure that shock.
  • جنبش او وا شکافد سیب را ** بر نتابد سیب آن آسیب را
  • Its movement has rent (all) veils: its form is (that of) a worm, but its reality is a dragon.
  • بر دریده جنبش او پرده‌ها ** صورتش کرمست و معنی اژدها
  • The fire that first darts from (the impact of) the steel puts forth its foot very feebly.
  • آتش که اول ز آهن می‌جهد ** او قدم بس سست بیرون می‌نهد
  • Cotton is its nurse at first, but in the end it carries its flames up to the aether. 1875
  • دایه‌اش پنبه‌ست اول لیک اخیر ** می‌رساند شعله‌ها او تا اثیر
  • At first, man is in bondage to sleep and food; ultimately he is higher than the angels.
  • مرد اول بسته‌ی خواب و خورست ** آخر الامر از ملایک برترست