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  • Whatever befalls thee of gloom and sorrow is the result of irreverence and insolence withal.
  • هر چه بر تو آید از ظلمات و غم ** آن ز بی‌‌باکی و گستاخی است هم‌‌

  • Any one behaving with irreverence in the path of the Friend is a brigand who robs men, and he is no man. 90
  • هر که بی‌‌باکی کند در راه دوست ** ره زن مردان شد و نامرد اوست‌‌

  • Through discipline this Heaven has been filled with light, and through discipline the angels became immaculate and holy.
  • از ادب پر نور گشته است این فلک ** وز ادب معصوم و پاک آمد ملک‌‌

  • By reason of irreverence the sun was eclipsed, and insolence caused an ‘Azázíl to be turned back from the door.
  • بد ز گستاخی کسوف آفتاب ** شد عزازیلی ز جرات رد باب‌‌

  • The meeting of the king with the saint whose coming had been shown to him in a dream.
  • ملاقات پادشاه با آن ولی که در خوابش نمودند

  • He (the king) opened his hands and clasped him to his breast and received him, like love, into his heart and soul,
  • دست بگشاد و کنارانش گرفت ** همچو عشق اندر دل و جانش گرفت‌‌

  • And began to kiss his hand and brow and inquire concerning his home and journey.
  • دست و پیشانیش بوسیدن گرفت ** وز مقام و راه پرسیدن گرفت‌‌

  • (So) with many a question he led him to the dais. “At last,” said he, “I have found a treasure by being patient.” 95
  • پرس پرسان می‌‌کشیدش تا به صدر ** گفت گنجی یافتم آخر به صبر

  • He said (also), “O light of God and defence against trouble, (O thou who art) the meaning of ‘Patience is the key of joy’!
  • گفت ای نور حق و دفع حرج ** معنی الصبر مفتاح الفرج‌‌

  • O thou whose countenance is the answer to every question, by thee hard knots are loosed without discussion.
  • ای لقای تو جواب هر سؤال ** مشکل از تو حل شود بی‌‌قیل و قال‌‌

  • Thou interpretest all that is in our hearts, thou givest a helping hand to every one whose foot is in the mire.
  • ترجمانی هر چه ما را در دل است ** دست گیری هر که پایش در گل است‌‌

  • Welcome, O chosen one, O approved one! If thou vanish, Destiny will come (upon us) and the wide room will be straitened.
  • مرحبا یا مجتبی یا مرتضی ** إن تغب جاء القضاء ضاق الفضا

  • Thou art the protector of the people. He that desires (thee) not hath gone to perdition. Nay, verily, if he do not refrain…!” 100
  • أنت مولی القوم من لا یشتهی ** قد ردی کلا لئن لم ینته‌‌

  • How the king led the physician to the bedside of the sick girl, that he might see her condition.
  • بردن پادشاه آن طبیب را بر سر بیمار تا حال او را ببیند

  • When that meeting and bounteous (spiritual) repast was over, he took his hand and conducted him to the harem.
  • چون گذشت آن مجلس و خوان کرم ** دست او بگرفت و برد اندر حرم‌‌

  • He rehearsed the tale of the invalid and her illness, and then seated him beside the sick (girl).
  • قصه‌‌ی رنجور و رنجوری بخواند ** بعد از آن در پیش رنجورش نشاند

  • The physician observed the colour of her face, (felt) her pulse, and (inspected) her urine; he heard both the symptoms and the (secondary) causes of her malady.
  • رنگ رو و نبض و قاروره بدید ** هم علاماتش هم اسبابش شنید

  • He said, “None of the remedies which they have applied builds up (health): they (the false physicians) have wrought destruction.
  • گفت هر دارو که ایشان کرده‌‌اند ** آن عمارت نیست ویران کرده‌‌اند

  • They were ignorant of the inward state. I seek refuge with God from that which they invent.” 105
  • بی‌‌خبر بودند از حال درون ** أستعیذ الله مما یفترون‌‌

  • He saw the pain, and the secret became open to him, but he concealed it and did not tell the king.
  • دید رنج و کشف شد بر وی نهفت ** لیک پنهان کرد و با سلطان نگفت‌‌

  • Her pain was not from yellow or black bile: the smell of every firewood appears from the smoke.
  • رنجش از صفرا و از سودا نبود ** بوی هر هیزم پدید آید ز دود

  • From her sore grief he perceived that she was heart-sore; well in body, but stricken in heart.
  • دید از زاریش کو زار دل است ** تن خوش است و او گرفتار دل است‌‌

  • Being in love is made manifest by soreness of heart: there is no sickness like heartsickness.
  • عاشقی پیداست از زاری دل ** نیست بیماری چو بیماری دل‌‌

  • The lover's ailment is separate from all other ailments: love is the astrolabe of the mysteries of God. 110
  • علت عاشق ز علتها جداست ** عشق اصطرلاب اسرار خداست‌‌

  • Whether love be from this (earthly) side or from that (heavenly) side, in the end it leads us yonder.
  • عاشقی گر زین سر و گر ز ان سر است ** عاقبت ما را بدان سر رهبر است‌‌

  • Whatsoever I say in exposition and explanation of Love, when I come to Love (itself) I am ashamed of that (explanation).
  • هر چه گویم عشق را شرح و بیان ** چون به عشق آیم خجل گردم از آن‌‌

  • Although the commentary of the tongue makes (all) clear, yet tongueless love is clearer.
  • گر چه تفسیر زبان روشن‌‌گر است ** لیک عشق بی‌‌زبان روشن‌‌تر است‌‌