In this fashion he remained with this King for a long while, his heart (roasted like) kabáb and his soul laid on the tray (of self-devotion).
مدتی بد پیش این شه زین نسق ** دل کباب و جان نهاده بر طبق
He said, “The King beheads every one once, (but) I am sacrificed anew by the King at every instant.
گفت شه از هر کسی یک سر برید ** من ز شه هر لحظه قربانم جدید
I am poor in gold, but rich in heads (lives): my head (life) hath a hundred heads to take its place.
من فقیرم از زر از سر محتشم ** صد هزاران سر خلف دارد سرم
No one can run in (the path of) Love with two feet: no one can play (the game of) Love with one head;
با دو پا در عشق نتوان تاختن ** با یکی سر عشق نتوان باختن
Yet every one has two feet and one head: the body with thousands of feet and heads is a rarity.”4605
هر کسی را خود دو پا و یکسرست ** با هزاران پا و سر تن نادرست
On this account all (other) combats are (fought) in vain, (while) this combat (of Love) grows hotter every moment.
زین سبب هنگامهها شد کل هدر ** هست این هنگامه هر دم گرمتر
The source of its heat lies beyond the realm of space: the seven Hells are (but) a smoke (rising) from the sparks of its fire.
معدن گرمیست اندر لامکان ** هفت دوزخ از شرارش یک دخان
Setting forth how Hell will say, when the Bridge Sirát is (laid) over it (at the Resurrection), “O believer, pass more quickly across the Sirát! Quick, make haste, lest the greatness of thy light put out my fire,” (according to the Tradition), “Pass, O believer, for lo, thy light hath extinguished my fire.”
در بیان آنک دوزخ گوید کی قنطرهی صراط بر سر اوست ای مومن از صراط زودتر بگذر زود بشتاب تا عظمت نور تو آتش ما را نکشد جز یا مومن فان نورک اطفاء ناری
For this reason, O sincere man, Hell is enfeebled and extinguished by the fire of Love.
زآتش عاشق ازین رو ای صفی ** میشود دوزخ ضعیف و منطقی
It says to him (the believer), “Pass speedily, O respected one, or else my fire will be destroyed by thy flames.”
گویدش بگذر سبک ای محتشم ** ورنه ز آتشهای تو مرد آتشم