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1931-1940

  • What is (the real meaning of) “the inward nature of (his) father”? His (God's) work (creative energy) is our father: (His) work is the kernel, and the formal (physical) father is the skin (shell).
  • سر آب چه بود آب ما صنع اوست  ** صنع مغزست و آب صورت چو پوست 
  • O nut-like body, know that Love is thy friend: thy soul (inspired by Love) will seek thy kernel and batter thy shell (to pieces).
  • عشق دان ای فندق تن دوستت  ** جانت جوید مغز و کوبد پوستت 
  • The man doomed to Hell whose skin is his friend—(God who hath said) “We will give them (other) skins in exchange” bestows a (new) skin upon him.
  • دوزخی که پوست باشد دوستش  ** داد بدلنا جلودا پوستش 
  • Thy spiritual principle and kernel is dominant over the Fire, but thy skins (sensual faculties) are fuel for the Fire.
  • معنی و مغزت بر آتش حاکمست  ** لیک آتش را قشورت هیزمست 
  • (In the case of) a wooden pot in which river-water is (contained), the power of fire is entirely (directed) against the vessel containing it. 1935
  • کوزه‌ی چوبین که در وی آب جوست  ** قدرت آتش همه بر ظرف اوست 
  • Man's spiritual principle is a ruler over the Fire: when is Málik (the Ruler) of Hell destroyed therein?
  • معنی انسان بر آتش مالکست  ** مالک دوزخ درو کی هالکست 
  • Do not, then, increase (pamper) thy body; increase (cherish and cultivate) thy spiritual principle, in order that thou mayst be the Fire's sovereign, like Málik.
  • پس میفزا تو بدن معنی فزا  ** تا چو مالک باشی آتش را کیا 
  • Thou hast ever been adding skins to thy skin: necessarily thou art (black) as a skin (enveloped) in (layers of) soot.
  • پوستها بر پوست می‌افزوده‌ای  ** لاجرم چون پوست اندر دوده‌ای 
  • Since the Fire hath no fodder (fuel) except the skin, the vengeance of God will tear the skin off that pride (of thine).
  • زانک آتش را علف جز پوست نیست  ** قهر حق آن کبر را پوستین کنیست 
  • This arrogance is a product of the skin; hence power and riches are friends to that pride. 1940
  • این تکبر از نتیجه‌ی پوستست  ** جاه و مال آن کبر را زان دوستست