- Say it forth, O royal falcon that dost catch the ‘Anqá, O thou that dost vanquish an army by thyself, not with (the aid of) an army.
- باز گو ای باز عنقا گیر شاه ** ای سپاه اشکن به خود نی با سپاه
- Thou alone art the (whole) community, thou art one and a hundred thousand. Say it forth, O thou to whose falcon thy slave has fallen a prey. 3785
- امت وحدی یکی و صد هزار ** باز گو ای بنده بازت را شکار
- Wherefore this mercy in the place of vengeance? Whose way is it to give the hand to a dragon?”
- در محل قهر این رحمت ز چیست ** اژدها را دستدادن راه کیست
- How the Prince of the Faithful made answer (and explained) what was the reason of his dropping the sword from his hand on that occasion.
- جواب گفتن امیر المؤمنین که سبب افکندن شمشیر از دست چه بود در آن حالت
- He said, “I am wielding the sword for God's sake, I am the servant of God, I am not under the command of the body.
- گفت من تیغ از پی حق میزنم ** بندهی حقم نه مأمور تنم
- I am the Lion of God, I am not the lion of passion: my deed bears witness to my religion.
- شیر حقم نیستم شیر هوا ** فعل من بر دین من باشد گوا
- In war I am (manifesting the truth of) thou didst not throw when thou threwest: I am (but) as the sword, and the wielder is the (Divine) Sun.
- ما رمیت إذ رمیتم در حراب ** من چو تیغم و آن زننده آفتاب
- I have removed the baggage of self out of the way, I have deemed (what is) other than God to be non-existence. 3790
- رخت خود را من ز ره برداشتم ** غیر حق را من عدم انگاشتم
- I am a shadow, the Sun is my lord; I am the chamberlain, I am not the curtain (which prevents approach) to Him.
- سایهام من کدخدایم آفتاب ** حاجبم من نیستم او را حجاب
- I am filled with the pearls of union, like a (jewelled) sword: in battle I make (men) living, not slain.
- من چو تیغم پر گهرهای وصال ** زنده گردانم نه کشته در قتال
- Blood does not cover the sheen of my sword: how should the wind sweep away my clouds?
- خون نپوشد گوهر تیغ مرا ** باد از جا کی برد میغ مرا
- I am not a straw, I am a mountain of forbearance and patience and justice: how should the fierce wind carry off the mountain?”
- که نیم کوهم ز حلم و صبر و داد ** کوه را کی در رباید تند باد
- That which is removed from its place by a wind is rubbish, for indeed the contrary winds are many. 3795
- آن که از بادی رود از جا خسی است ** ز آن که باد ناموافق خود بسی است
- The wind of anger and the wind of lust and the wind of greed swept away him that performed not the (ritual) prayers.
- باد خشم و باد شهوت باد آز ** برد او را که نبود اهل نماز
- “I am a mountain, and my being is His building; and if I become like a straw, my wind (the wind that moves me) is recollection of Him.
- کوهم و هستی من بنیاد اوست ** ور شود چون کاه بادم یاد اوست
- My longing is not stirred save by His wind; my captain is naught but love of the One.
- جز به باد او نجنبد میل من ** نیست جز عشق احد سر خیل من
- Anger is king over kings, and to me it is a slave: even anger I have bound under the bridle.
- خشم بر شاهان شه و ما را غلام ** خشم را هم بستهام زیر لگام
- The sword of my forbearance hath smitten the neck of my anger; the anger of God hath come on me like mercy. 3800
- تیغ حلمم گردن خشمم زده ست ** خشم حق بر من چو رحمت آمده ست
- I am plunged in light although my roof is ruined; I have become a garden although I am (styled) Bú Turáb (the father of dust).
- غرق نورم گر چه سقفم شد خراب ** روضه گشتم گر چه هستم بو تراب
- Since a motive (other than God) entered (my heart) in the (holy) war, I deemed it right to sheathe my sword,
- چون در آمد علتی اندر غزا ** تیغ را دیدم نهان کردن سزا
- That my name may be he loves for God's sake, that my desire may be he hates for God's sake,
- تا احب لله آید نام من ** تا که ابغض لله آید کام من
- That my generosity may be he gives for God's sake, that my being may be he withholds for God's sake.
- تا که اعطا لله آید جود من ** تا که امسک لله آید بود من
- My stinginess is for God's sake, my bounty is for God's sake alone: I belong entirely to God, I do not belong to any one (else); 3805
- بخل من لله عطا لله و بس ** جمله للهام نیم من آن کس
- And that which I am doing for God's sake is not (done in) conformity, it is not fancy and opinion, it is naught but intuition.
- و آن چه لله میکنم تقلید نیست ** نیست تخییل و گمان جز دید نیست
- I have been freed from effort and search, I have tied my sleeve to the skirt of God.
- ز اجتهاد و از تحری رستهام ** آستین بر دامن حق بستهام
- If I am flying, I behold the place to which I soar; and if I am circling, I behold the axis on which I revolve;
- گر همیپرم همیبینم مطار ** ور همیگردم همیبینم مدار