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  • His (the scribe's) heart was burning, hence he was unable to repent: this is wonderful.
  • اندرون می‌‌سوختش هم زین سبب ** توبه کردن می‌‌نیارست این عجب‌‌

  • He (the scribe) was crying “Alas,” but “Alas” was of no use to him when the sword came on and took off his head.
  • آه می‌‌کرد و نبودش آه سود ** چون در آمد تیغ و سر را در ربود

  • God has made reputation (to be like) a hundred maunds' weight of iron: oh, many a one is bound in the unseen chain! 3240
  • کرده حق ناموس را صد من حدید ** ای بسا بسته به بند ناپدید

  • Pride and infidelity have barred that Way (of repentance) in such wise that he (the sinner) cannot utter a sigh.
  • کبر و کفر آن سان ببست آن راه را ** که نیارد کرد ظاهر آه را

  • He (God) said, “(We have put on their necks) shackles (chin-high), and thereby they are forced to lift up their heads”: those shackles are not (put) on us from outside.
  • گفت اغلالا فهم به مقمحون ** نیست آن اغلال بر ما از برون‌‌

  • “(And We have put) behind them a barrier, and We have made a covering (of darkness) over them”: he is not seeing the barrier in front (of him) and behind.
  • خلفهم سدا فأغشیناهم ** می‌‌نبیند بند را پیش و پس او

  • The barrier that arose has the appearance of open country: he does not know that it is the barrier of the Divine destiny.
  • رنگ صحرا دارد آن سدی که خاست ** او نمی‌‌داند که آن سد قضاست‌‌

  • Your (earthly) beloved is a barrier to the face of the (Divine) Beloved: your (worldly) guide is a barrier to the words of the (true spiritual) guide. 3245
  • شاهد تو سد روی شاهد است ** مرشد تو سد گفت مرشد است‌‌

  • Oh, many are the infidels that have a passionate longing for the Religion (Islam): their chain (stumbling-block) is reputation and pride in this and that (object of desire).
  • ای بسا کفار را سودای دین ** بندشان ناموس و کبر آن و این‌‌

  • The chain is hidden. but ’tis worse than iron: the iron chain is cut in pieces by the axe.
  • بند پنهان لیک از آهن بتر ** بند آهن را کند پاره تبر

  • The iron chain can be removed: none knows how to cure the invisible chain.
  • بند آهن را توان کردن جدا ** بند غیبی را نداند کس دوا

  • If a man is stung by a wasp, at that moment his nature is intent on a means of removing (the pain),
  • مرد را زنبور اگر نیشی زند ** طبع او آن لحظه بر دفعی تند

  • But since the stinging wound is from (inflicted by) your self-existence, the pain continues with violence and the anguish is not relieved. 3250
  • زخم نیش اما چو از هستی تست ** غم قوی باشد نگردد درد سست‌‌

  • The (full) explanation of this (matter) is springing forth (seeking to escape) from my breast, but I am afraid it may give (you cause to) despair.
  • شرح این از سینه بیرون می‌‌جهد ** لیک می‌‌ترسم که نومیدی دهد

  • Nay, do not despair: make yourself cheerful, call for help to Him who comes at the call,
  • نی مشو نومید و خود را شاد کن ** پیش آن فریادرس فریاد کن‌‌

  • Saying, “Forgive us, O Thou who lovest to forgive, O Thou who hast a medicine for the old gangrenous disease!”
  • کای محب عفو از ما عفو کن ** ای طبیب رنج ناسور کهن‌‌

  • The reflexion of Wisdom led astray that miserable one (the Prophet's scribe): be not self-conceited, lest it (your self-conceit) raise up the dust from you (utterly destroy you).
  • عکس حکمت آن شقی را یاوه کرد ** خود مبین تا بر نیارد از تو گرد

  • O brother, Wisdom is flowing in upon you: it comes from the Abdál, and in you it is (only) a borrowed thing. 3255
  • ای برادر بر تو حکمت جاریه ست ** آن ز ابدال است و بر تو عاریه ست‌‌

  • Although the house (your heart) has found a light within it, that (light) has shone forth from an illumined neighbour.
  • گر چه در خود خانه نوری یافته ست ** آن ز همسایه‌‌ی منور تافته ست‌‌

  • Render thanks, be not beguiled by vanity, do not turn up your nose (in disdain), hearken attentively, and do not show any self-conceit.
  • شکر کن غره مشو بینی مکن ** گوش دار و هیچ خود بینی مکن‌‌

  • ’Tis a hundred pities and griefs that this borrowed (unreal) state (of self-assertion) has put the religious communities far from religious communion.
  • صد دریغ و درد کاین عاریتی ** امتان را دور کرد از امتی‌‌

  • I am the (devoted) slave of him who does not regard himself in every caravanseray (at every stage in his spiritual progress) as having attained to (the privilege of sitting at) the table (of union with God).
  • من غلام آن که او در هر رباط ** خویش را واصل نداند بر سماط

  • Many is the caravanseray that must be quitted, in order that one day the man may reach home. 3260
  • بس رباطی که بباید ترک کرد ** تا به مسکن در رسد یک روز مرد

  • Though the iron has become red, it is not red (by nature): it (the redness) is a ray borrowed from something that strikes fire.
  • گر چه آهن سرخ شد او سرخ نیست ** پرتو عاریت آتش زنی است‌‌

  • If the window or the house is full of light, do not deem aught luminous except the sun.
  • گر شود پر نور روزن یا سرا ** تو مدان روشن مگر خورشید را