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  • “Let the lion have no belly,” said he: “the pain has become too great: do not strike (further) blows.”
  • گفت تا اشکم نباشد شیر را ** چه شکم باید نگار سیر را

  • The barber became distraught and then remained in bewilderment: he stood for a long time with his fingers in his teeth;
  • خیره شد دلاک و بس حیران بماند ** تا به دیر انگشت در دندان بماند

  • The master angrily flung the needle to the ground and said, “Has this happened to any one in the world? 3000
  • بر زمین زد سوزن از خشم اوستاد ** گفت در عالم کسی را این فتاد

  • Who (ever) saw a lion without tail and head and belly? God himself did not create a lion like this.”
  • شیر بی‌‌دم و سر و اشکم که دید ** این چنین شیری خدا خود نافرید

  • O brother, endure the pain of the lancet, that you may escape from the poison of your miscreant self (nafs),
  • ای برادر صبر کن بر درد نیش ** تا رهی از نیش نفس گبر خویش‌‌

  • For sky and sun and moon bow in worship to the people who have escaped from self existence.
  • کان گروهی که رهیدند از وجود ** چرخ و مهر و ماهشان آرد سجود

  • Any one in whose body the miscreant self has died, sun and cloud obey his command.
  • هر که مرد اندر تن او نفس گبر ** مر و را فرمان برد خورشید و ابر

  • Since his heart has learned to light the candle (of spiritual knowledge and love), the sun cannot burn him. 3005
  • چون دلش آموخت شمع افروختن ** آفتاب او را نیارد سوختن‌‌

  • God hath made mention of the rising sun as turning aside— like that—from their cave.
  • گفت حق در آفتاب منتجم ** ذکر تزاور کذا عن کهفهم‌‌

  • The thorn becomes entirely beautiful, like the rose, in the sight of the particular that is going towards the Universal.
  • خار جمله لطف چون گل می‌‌شود ** پیش جزوی کاو سوی کل می‌‌رود

  • What is (the meaning of) to exalt and glorify God? To deem yourself despicable and (worthless) as dust.
  • چیست تعظیم خدا افراشتن ** خویشتن را خوار و خاکی داشتن‌‌

  • What is (the meaning of) to learn the knowledge of God's unity? To consume yourself in the presence of the One.
  • چیست توحید خدا آموختن ** خویشتن را پیش واحد سوختن‌‌

  • If you wish to shine like day, burn up your night-like self-existence. 3010
  • گر همی‌‌خواهی که بفروزی چو روز ** هستی همچون شب خود را بسوز

  • Melt away your existence, as copper (melts away) in the elixir, in the being of Him who fosters (and sustains) existence.
  • هستی‌‌ات در هست آن هستی نواز ** همچو مس در کیمیا اندر گداز

  • You have fastened both your hands tight on (are determined not to give up) “I” and “we”: all this (spiritual) ruin is caused by dualism.
  • در من و ما سخت کرده ستی دو دست ** هست این جمله‌‌ی خرابی از دو هست‌‌

  • How the wolf and fox went to hunt in attendance on the lion.
  • رفتن گرگ و روباه در خدمت شیر به شکار

  • A lion, wolf, and fox had gone to hunt in the mountains in quest (of food),
  • شیر و گرگ و روبهی بهر شکار ** رفته بودند از طلب در کوهسار

  • That by supporting each other they might tie fast the burden of the fetters (of captivity) on the hunted animals,
  • تا به پشت همدگر بر صیدها ** سخت بر بندند بار قیدها

  • And all three together might seize much and great quarry in that deep wilderness. 3015
  • هر سه با هم اندر آن صحرای ژرف ** صیدها گیرند بسیار و شگرف‌‌

  • Although the fierce lion was ashamed of them (the wolf and fox), yet he did them honour and gave them his company on the way.
  • گر چه ز یشان شیر نر را ننگ بود ** لیک کرد اکرام و همراهی نمود

  • To a king like this the (escort of) soldiers are an annoyance, but he accompanied them: a united party is a mercy (from God).
  • این چنین شه را ز لشکر زحمت است ** لیک همره شد جماعت رحمت است‌‌

  • A moon like this is disgraced by the stars: it is amongst the stars for generosity's sake.
  • این چنین مه را ز اختر ننگهاست ** او میان اختران بهر سخاست‌‌

  • The (Divine) command, Consult them, came to the Prophet, though no counsel is to be compared with his own.
  • امر شاورهم پیمبر را رسید ** گر چه رایی نیست رایش را ندید

  • In the scales barley has become the companion of gold, (but that is) not because barley has become a substance like gold. 3020
  • در ترازو جو رفیق زر شده ست ** نی از آن که جو چو زر گوهر شده ست‌‌

  • The spirit has now become the body's fellow-traveller: the dog has become for a time the guardian of the palace-gate.
  • روح قالب را کنون همره شده ست ** مدتی سگ حارس درگه شده ست‌‌

  • When this party (the wolf and fox) went to the mountains at the stirrup (side) of the lion majestic and grand,
  • چون که رفتند این جماعت سوی کوه ** در رکاب شیر با فر و شکوه‌‌