That is the food of the chosen ones of the (Divine) sovereignty; the eating thereof is (done) without throat or instrument.
آن غذای خاصگان دولت است ** خوردن آن بیگلو و آلت است
The food of the (spiritual) sun is (derived) from the light of the (celestial) Throne; (the food that belongs) to the envious and devilish is (derived) from the smoke of the (terrestrial) carpet.
شد غذای آفتاب از نور عرش ** مر حسود و دیو را از دود فرش
God said concerning the martyrs, they are (alive with their Lord) receiving sustenance. For that food there was neither mouth nor dish.
در شهیدان یرزقون فرمود حق ** آن غذا را نه دهان بد نه طبق
The heart is eating a (particular) food from every single companion; the heart is getting a (particular) excellence from every single (piece of) knowledge.
دل ز هر یاری غذایی میخورد ** دل ز هر علمی صفایی میبرد
Every human being's (outer) form is like a cup; (only) the (spiritual) eye is a percipient of his (or her) reality.1090
صورت هر آدمی چون کاسهای است ** چشم از معنی او حساسهای است
You eat (receive) something from meeting with any one, and you carry away something from conjunction with any associate.
از لقای هر کسی چیزی خوری ** و ز قران هر قرین چیزی بری
When planet comes into conjunction with planet, the effect appropriate to them both is assuredly produced,
چون ستاره با ستاره شد قرین ** لایق هر دو اثر زاید یقین
As (for example) the conjunction of man and woman brings to birth the human being, and (as) sparks arise from the conjunction of stone and iron;
چون قران مرد و زن زاید بشر ** وز قران سنگ و آهن شد شرر
And (as) from the conjunction of earth with rains (there are produced) fruits and greenery and sweet herbs;
و ز قران خاک با بارانها ** میوهها و سبزه و ریحانها
And (as) from the conjunction of green things (plants and verdant spots) with man (there is produced) joy of heart and carelessness and happiness;1095
و ز قران سبزهها با آدمی ** دل خوشی و بیغمی و خرمی
And (as) from the conjunction of happiness with our souls are born our goodness and beneficence.
وز قران خرمی با جان ما ** میبزاید خوبی و احسان ما
Our bodies become capable of eating and drinking when our desire for recreation (in the open air) is satisfied.
قابل خوردن شود اجسام ما ** چون بر آید از تفرج کام ما
Redness of countenance is (derived) from the conjunction of blood (with the face); blood is (derived) from the beautiful rose-coloured sun.
سرخ رویی از قران خون بود ** خون ز خورشید خوش گلگون بود
Redness is the best of (all) colours, and that is (born) of the sun and is arriving (to us) from it.
بهترین رنگها سرخی بود ** و آن ز خورشید است و از وی میرسد
Every land that has been conjoined with Saturn has become nitrous and is not the place for sowing.1100
هر زمینی کان قرین شد با زحل ** شوره گشت و کشت را نبود محل
Through concurrence power comes into action, as (in the case of) the conjunction of the Devil with hypocrites.
قوت اندر فعل آید ز اتفاق ** چون قران دیو با اهل نفاق
These spiritual truths without (possessing) any (worldly) pomp and grandeur, have pomp and grandeur from the Ninth Heaven.
این معانی راست از چرخ نهم ** بیهمه طاق و طرم طاق و طرم
The pomp and grandeur belonging to (the world of) creation is a borrowed (adventitious) thing; the pomp and grandeur belonging to the (world of) Command is an essential thing.
خلق را طاق و طرم عاریت است ** امر را طاق و طرم ماهیت است
For the sake of (earthly) pomp and grandeur they endure abasement; in the hope of glory they are happy in (their) abasement.
از پی طاق و طرم خواری کشند ** بر امید عز در خواری خوشند
In the hope of a ten days' (transient) glory (full) of annoyance, they have made their necks, from anxiety, (thin) as a spindle.1105
بر امید عز ده روزهی خدوک ** گردن خود کردهاند از غم چو دوک
How do not they come to this place where I am?—for in this (spiritual) glory I am the shining Sun.
چون نمیآیند اینجا که منم ** کاندر این عز آفتاب روشنم
The rising-place of the sun is the pitch-coloured tower (of heaven), (but) my Sun is beyond (all) rising-places.
مشرق خورشید برج قیرگون ** آفتاب ما ز مشرقها برون
His “rising-place” (is only) in relation to His motes: His essence neither rose nor set.
مشرق او نسبت ذرات او ** نه بر آمد نه فرو شد ذات او
I who am left behind (surpassed in eminence) by His motes am (nevertheless) in both worlds a sun without shadow.
ما که واپس ماند ذرات ویایم ** در دو عالم آفتابی بیفیایم
Still, I am revolving round the Sun—’tis wonderful; the cause of this is the majesty of the Sun.1110
باز گرد شمس میگردم عجب ** هم ز فر شمس باشد این سبب