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3123-3147

  • And if he do not put it off, others will take warning from what befell him in consequence of his being misguided.
  • ور بننهد دیگران از حال او ** عبرتی گیرند از اضلال او

  • How Noah, on whom be peace, threatened his people, saying, “Do not struggle with me, for I am (only) a veil: ye are really struggling with God (who is) within this (veil), O God-forsaken men!”
  • تهدید کردن نوح علیه السلام مر قوم را که با من مپیچید که من رو پوشم در میان پس به حقیقت با خدای می‌‌پیچید ای مخذولان‌‌

  • Noah said, “O ye headstrong ones, I am not I: I am dead to the (animal) soul, I am living through the Soul of souls.
  • گفت نوح ای سرکشان من من نی‌‌ام ** من ز جان مرده به جانان می‌‌زی‌‌ام‌‌

  • Inasmuch as I am dead to the senses of the father of mankind (human sense perceptions), God has become my hearing and perception and sight. 3125
  • چون بمردم از حواس بو البشر ** حق مرا شد سمع و ادراک و بصر

  • Since I am not I, this breath (of mine) is from Him: in the presence of this breath if any one breathes (a word) he is an infidel.”
  • چون که من من نیستم این دم ز هوست ** پیش این دم هر که دم زد کافر اوست‌‌

  • In the form of this fox there is the lion: ’tis not fitting to advance boldly towards this fox.
  • هست اندر نقش این روباه شیر ** سوی این روبه نشاید شد دلیر

  • Unless thou believe in him from his exterior aspect (accept him in the form in which he appears), thou wilt not hear from him the lions' roar.
  • گر ز روی صورتش می‌‌نگروی ** غره‌‌ی شیران از او می‌‌نشنوی‌‌

  • Unless Noah had had a hand (a powerful aid) from God, why should he have cast a whole world into confusion?
  • گر نبودی نوح را از حق یدی ** پس جهانی را چرا بر هم زدی‌‌

  • He was hundreds of thousands of lions in a single body; he was like fire, and the world (like) a stack. 3130
  • صد هزاران شیر بود او در تنی ** او چو آتش بود و عالم خرمنی‌‌

  • Forasmuch as the stack neglected (to pay) the tithe due to him, he launched such a flame against that stack.
  • چون که خرمن پاس عشر او نداشت ** او چنان شعله بر آن خرمن گماشت‌‌

  • Whosoever in the presence of this hidden Lion opens his mouth disrespectfully, like the wolf,
  • هر که او در پیش این شیر نهان ** بی‌‌ادب چون گرگ بگشاید دهان‌‌

  • That Lion will tear him to pieces, as (he tore) the wolf, and will recite to him (the text) So we took vengeance upon them.
  • همچو گرگ آن شیر بردراندش ** فانتقمنا منهم بر خواندش‌‌

  • He will suffer blows, like the wolf, from the Lion's paw: foolish is he that waxed bold in the presence of the Lion.
  • زخم یابد همچو گرگ از دست شیر ** پیش شیر ابله بود کاو شد دلیر

  • Would that those blows fell upon the body, so that it might be that (the sinner's) faith and heart would be safe! 3135
  • کاشکی آن زخم بر تن آمدی ** تا بدی کایمان و دل سالم بدی‌‌

  • My power is broken (fails me) on reaching this point: how can I declare this mystery?
  • قوتم بگسست چون اینجا رسید ** چون توانم کرد این سر را پدید

  • Make little of your bellies, like that fox: do not play fox's tricks in His presence.
  • همچو آن روبه کم اشکم کنید ** پیش او روباه بازی کم کنید

  • Lay the whole of your “we” and “I” before Him: the kingdom is His kingdom: give the kingdom to Him.
  • جمله ما و من به پیش او نهید ** ملک ملک اوست ملک او را دهید

  • When ye become poor (selfless) in the right Way, verily the Lion and the Lion's prey are yours,
  • چون فقیر آیید اندر راه راست ** شیر و صید شیر خود آن شماست‌‌

  • Because He is holy, and Glory is His attribute: He hath no need of good things and kernel or rind. 3140
  • ز آنکه او پاک است و سبحان وصف اوست ** بی‌‌نیاز است او ز نغز و مغز و پوست‌‌

  • Every prize and every gift of grace that exists is for the sake of the servants of that King (God).
  • هر شکار و هر کراماتی که هست ** از برای بندگان آن شه است‌‌

  • The King hath no desire (for anything): He hath made all this empire for His creatures. Happy is he that knew!
  • نیست شه را طمع بهر خلق ساخت ** این همه دولت خنک آن کاو شناخت‌‌

  • Of what use should the possession of empires be to Him who created (all) empire and the two worlds?
  • آن که دولت آفرید و دو سرا ** ملک دولتها چه کار آید و را

  • In the presence of His Glory keep watch, then, over your hearts, lest ye be put to shame by thinking evil.
  • پیش سبحان بس نگه دارید دل ** تا نگردید از گمان بد خجل‌‌

  • For He sees conscience and thought and quest (desire) as (plainly) as a thread of hair in pure milk. 3145
  • کاو ببیند سر و فکر و جستجو ** همچو اندر شیر خالص تار مو

  • He whose clear breast has become devoid of (any) image (impression) has become a mirror for the impressions of the Invisible.
  • آن که او بی‌‌نقش ساده سینه شد ** نقشهای غیب را آیینه شد

  • He becomes intuitively and undoubtingly aware of our inmost thought, because the true believer is the mirror of the true believer.
  • سر ما را بی‌‌گمان موقن شود ** ز آن که مومن آینه‌‌ی مومن شود