Make yourself one that speaks eloquently from ecstatic feeling, lest you become a slave to argumentation like me.”
خویشتن را ساز منطیقی ز حال ** تا نگردی هم‌چو من سخره‌ی مقال
How the Súfi questioned the Cadi.
سال کردن آن صوفی قاضی را
The Súfi said, “Since (all) the gold is from a single Mine, why is this beneficial and that other harmful?
گفت صوفی چون ز یک کانست زر ** این چرا نفعست و آن دیگر ضرر
Since the whole (Creation) has come from a single Hand, why has this one come sober and that one intoxicated?1605
چونک جمله از یکی دست آمدست ** این چرا هوشیار و آن مست آمدست
Since (all) these rivers flow from a single Sea, why is this one honey and that one poison in the mouth?
چون ز یک دریاست این جوها روان ** این چرا نوش است و آن زهر دهان
Since all lights are (derived) from the everlasting Sun, wherefore did the true dawn and the false dawn rise?
چون همه انوار از شمس بقاست ** صبح صادق صبح کاذب از چه خاست
Since the blackness of every seeing person’s eye is (derived) from a single Collyrium, wherefore did true sight and strabism come (into being)?
چون ز یک سرمه‌ست ناظر را کحل ** از چه آمد راست‌بینی و حول
Since God is the Governor of the Mint, how is it that (both) good and spurious coins are struck?
چونک دار الضرب را سلطان خداست ** نقد را چون ضرب خوب و نارواست
Since God has called the Way ‘My Way,’ wherefore is this one a trusty escort and that one a brigand?1610
چون خدا فرمود ره را راه من ** این خفیر از چیست و آن یک راه‌زن
How can (both) the (noble) freeman and the (base) fool come from a single womb, since it is certain that the son is (the expression of) his father’s inmost nature?
از یک اشکم چون رسد حر و سفیه ** چون یقین شد الولد سر ابیه
Who (ever) saw a Unity with so many thousand (numbers), (or) a hundred thousand motions (proceeding) from the essence of Rest?”
وحدتی که دید با چندین هزار ** صد هزاران جنبش از عین قرار