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3519-3528

  • The bailiff took him to his house and handed over to him the purse of a hundred dinars.
  • پای مردش سوی خانه‌ی خویش برد  ** مهر صد دینار را فا او سپرد 

  • He fetched viands for him and told him stories, so that from the (feeling of) hope (with which the bailiff inspired him) a hundred roses blossomed in his heart. 3520
  • لوتش آورد و حکایت‌هاش گفت  ** کز امید اندر دلش صد گل شکفت 

  • He (the bailiff) opened his lips to relate the ease (prosperity) which he had experienced after difficulty (adversity).
  • آنچ بعد العسر یسر او دیده بود  ** با غریب از قصه‌ی آن لب گشود 

  • Midnight passed, and (he was still) narrating: (then) sleep transported them to the meadow where the spirit feeds.
  • نیم‌شب بگذشت و افسانه کنان  ** خوابشان انداخت تا مرعای جان 

  • On that night the bailiff dreamed that he saw the blessed Khwája (seated) on the high-seat in the (heavenly) palace.
  • دید پامرد آن همایون خواجه را  ** اندر آن شب خواب بر صدر سرا 

  • The Khwája said, “O excellent bailiff, I have heard what you said, point by point,
  • خواجه گفت ای پای‌مرد با نمک  ** آنچ گفتی من شنیدم یک به یک 

  • But I was not commanded to answer, and I durst not open my lips without being directed. 3525
  • لیک پاسخ دادنم فرمان نبود  ** بی‌اشارت لب نیارستم گشود 

  • Now that we have become acquainted with the conditions and degrees (of the spiritual world), a seal has been laid upon our lips,
  • ما چو واقف گشته‌ایم از چون و چند  ** مهر با لب‌های ما بنهاده‌اند 

  • Lest the mysteries of the Unseen should be divulged and (thereby) the life and livelihood (of mortals) be destroyed,
  • تا نگردد رازهای غیب فاش  ** تا نگردد منهدم عیش و معاش 

  • And lest the veil of forgetfulness should be entirely rent and (the meat in) the pot of tribulation be left half-raw.
  • تا ندرد پرده‌ی غفلت تمام  ** تا نماند دیگ محنت نیم‌خام