Tell it forth! I know that these are His (God's) mysteries, because ’tis His work (way) to kill without sword.
باز گو دانم که این اسرار هوست ** ز آن که بی‌‌شمشیر کشتن کار اوست
He that works without tools and without limbs, He that bestows these profitable gifts,
صانع بی‌‌آلت و بی‌‌جارحه ** واهب این هدیه‌‌های رابحه
Causes the intelligence to taste myriads of wines in such wise that eyes and ears are unaware.
صد هزاران می‌‌چشاند هوش را ** که خبر نبود دو چشم و گوش را
Tell it forth, O falcon of the empyrean that findest goodly prey, that (I may know) what thou hast seen at this time from the Maker.3750
باز گو ای باز عرش خوش شکار ** تا چه دیدی این زمان از کردگار
Thine eye has learned to perceive the Unseen, (while) the eyes of bystanders are sealed.”
چشم تو ادراک غیب آموخته ** چشمهای حاضران بر دوخته
One man is beholding a moon plainly, while another sees the world dark,
آن یکی ماهی همی‌‌بیند عیان ** و آن یکی تاریک می‌‌بیند جهان
And another beholds three moons together. These three persons (beholders) are seated in one place, yea (verily).
و آن یکی سه ماه می‌‌بیند به هم ** این سه کس بنشسته یک موضع نعم
The eyes of all three are open, and the ears of all three are sharp (attentive); (they are) fastened on thee and in flight from me.
چشم هر سه باز و گوش هر سه تیز ** در تو آویزان و از من در گریز
Is this an enchantment of the eye? (Or) is it a marvellous hidden grace? On thee is the form of the wolf, and on me is the quality (beauty) of Joseph.3755
سحر عین است این عجب لطف خفی است ** بر تو نقش گرگ و بر من یوسفی است
If the worlds are eighteen thousand and more, these eighteen (thousand) are not subject (accessible) to every eye.
عالم ار هجده هزار است و فزون ** هر نظر را نیست این هجده زبون
“Reveal the mystery, O ‘Alí, thou who art approved (by God), O thou who art (like) the goodliness of a wide expanse after (the oppressive confinement of) evil fate.
راز بگشا ای علی مرتضی ** ای پس سوء القضاء حسن القضاء
Either do thou declare that which thy reason hath found, or I will tell that which hath shone forth on me.
یا تو واگو آن چه عقلت یافته ست ** یا بگویم آن چه بر من تافته ست
From thee it shone forth on me: how shouldst thou hide it? Without tongue thou art scattering light, like the moon.
از تو بر من تافت چون داری نهان ** می‌‌فشانی نور چون مه بی‌‌زبان
But if the moon's orb come to speech, it more quickly leads the night-travellers into the (right) way.3760
لیک اگر در گفت آید قرص ماه ** شب روان را زودتر آرد به راه
They become safe from error and heedlessness: the voice of the moon prevails over the voice of the ghoul.
از غلط ایمن شوند و از ذهول ** بانگ مه غالب شود بر بانگ غول
Inasmuch as the moon (even) without speech is showing the way, when it speaks it becomes light upon light.
ماه بی‌‌گفتن چو باشد رهنما ** چون بگوید شد ضیا اندر ضیا
Since thou art the gate of the city of Knowledge, since thou art the beams of the sun of Clemency,
چون تو بابی آن مدینه‌‌ی علم را ** چون شعاعی آفتاب حلم را
Be open, O Gate, to him that seeks the gate, so that by means of thee the husks may reach the core.
باز باش ای باب بر جویای باب ** تا رسد از تو قشور اندر لباب
Be open unto everlasting, O Gate of Mercy, O Entrance-hall to None is like unto Him.”3765
باز باش ای باب رحمت تا ابد ** بارگاه ما له کفوا أحد
Every air and mote is indeed a place for vision (of God), (but so long as it is) unopened, who says “Yonder is a door”?
هر هوا و ذره‌‌ای خود منظری است ** ناگشاده کی گود کانجا دری است
Unless the Watcher open a door, this idea never stirs within.
تا بنگشاید دری را ديدبان ** در درون هرگیز نجنبك این گمان
When a door is opened, he (on whom this idea has dawned) becomes amazed, the bird of hope and desire begins to fly.
چون گشاه شد دری حیران شود ** مرغ اومید و طمع پُران شود
A careless man suddenly found the treasure in the ruin: after that, he was hastening to (search in) every ruin.
غافلی ناگه به ویران گنج یافت ** سوی هر ویران از آن پس می‌‌شتافت
Till you gain the pearl from one dervish, how should you seek the pearl from another dervish?3770
تا ز درویشی نیابی تو گهر ** کی گهر جویی ز درویشی دگر
Though opinion run with its own feet for (many) years, it will not pass beyond the cleft of its own nostrils.