This one has caught the foot of that one, and that one the ear of this one: this one is distraught with that one, and that one is beside itself for this one.
این گرفته پای آن آن گوش این ** این بر آن مدهوش و آن بی‌هوش این
In the heart of the beloved the lover is all: Wámiq is always in the heart of ‘Adhrá.
در دل معشوق جمله عاشق است ** در دل عذرا همیشه وامق است
In the lover's heart is naught but the beloved: there is nothing to separate and divide them.2680
در دل عاشق به جز معشوق نیست ** در میانشان فارق و فاروق نیست
These two bells are on one camel: how, then, in regard to these twain should (the injunction), “Visit once a week,” be admissible?
بر یکی اشتر بود این دو درا ** پس چه زر غبا بگنجد این دو را
Did any one (ever) pay recurring visits to himself? Was any one (ever) a companion to himself at regular intervals?
هیچ کس با خویش زر غبا نمود ** هیچ کس با خود به نوبت یار بود
That (of which I speak) is not the (sort of) oneness that reason apprehends: the apprehension of this (oneness) depends on a man's dying (to self);
آن یکیی نه که عقلش فهم کرد ** فهم این موقوف شد بر مرگ مرد
And if it were possible to perceive this (oneness) by means of reason, wherefore should self-violence have become a duty?
ور به عقل ادراک این ممکن بدی ** قهر نفس از بهر چه واجب شدی
How, with such (infinite) mercy as He hath, would the King of intellect say unnecessarily “Kill thyself”?2685
با چنان رحمت که دارد شاه هش ** بی‌ضرورت چون بگوید نفس کش
How the mouse exerted himself to the utmost in supplication and humble entreaty and besought the water-frog to grant him access (at all times).
مبالغه کردن موش در لابه و زاری و وصلت جستن از چغز آبی
He (the mouse) said, “O dear and affectionate friend, without (seeing) thy face I have not a moment's rest.
گفت کای یار عزیز مهرکار ** من ندارم بی‌رخت یک‌دم قرار
By day thou art my light and (power of) acquisition and strength; by night thou art my rest and comfort and sleep.
روز نور و مکسب و تابم توی ** شب قرار و سلوت و خوابم توی