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2141-2165

  • A notable amongst the Companions (of Mohammed) fell ill, and in that illness of his became (thin) as a thread.
  • از صحابه خواجه‏ای بیمار شد ** و اندر آن بیماریش چون تار شد

  • Mustafá went to visit him, since his (Mustafá's) nature was all kindness and generosity.
  • مصطفی آمد عیادت سوی او ** چون همه لطف و کرم بد خوی او

  • There is profit in your visiting the sick: the profit thereof is returning to you again.
  • در عیادت رفتن تو فایده است ** فایده آن باز با تو عایده است‏

  • The first profit is that the sick person may perchance be a Qutb and a glorious (spiritual) king;
  • فایده اول که آن شخص علیل ** بوک قطبی باشد و شاه جلیل‏

  • And if he be not a Qutb, he may be a friend of the (Súfí) Way; if he be not the king, he may be the cavalier of the host. 2145
  • ور نباشد قطب یار ره بود ** شه نباشد فارس اسپه بود

  • Deem it, then, incumbent (on you) to attach yourselves to the friends of the Way, whosoever it may be, and whether (he be) footman or rider.
  • پس صله یاران ره لازم شمار ** هر که باشد گر پیاده گر سوار

  • And if he be a foe (to you), still this kindness is good, for by kindness many a foe hath been made a friend;
  • ور عدو باشد همین احسان نکوست ** که به احسان بس عدو گشته است دوست‏

  • And though he do not become a friend, his enmity is lessened, because kindness becomes the balm for enmity.
  • ور نگردد دوست کینش کم شود ** ز آن که احسان کینه را مرهم شود

  • There are many profits besides these, but I am afraid of being tedious, good friend.
  • بس فواید هست غیر این و لیک ** از درازی خایفم ای یار نیک‏

  • The gist (of the matter) is this: be the friend of the whole community (of Súfís): like the idol-maker, carve a friend out of the stone, 2150
  • حاصل این آمد که یار جمع باش ** هم چو بتگر از حجر یاری تراش‏

  • Because the throng and multitude of a caravan will break the backs and spears of the highwaymen.
  • ز آن که انبوهی و جمع کاروان ** ره زنان را بشکند پشت و سنان‏

  • Inasmuch as you have not the heart's two eyes, O contumacious man, so that you cannot distinguish firewood from aloes-wood,
  • چون دو چشم دل نداری ای عنود ** که نمی‏دانی تو هیزم را ز عود

  • (You may despair of finding the true friend of God; but) since there exists a treasure in the world, do not grieve: deem no ruined place empty of treasure.
  • چون که گنجی هست در عالم مرنج ** هیچ ویران را مدان خالی ز گنج‏

  • Betake yourself to every dervish at random, and when you find the mark (of the true saint), frequent (him) assiduously.
  • قصد هر درویش می‏کن از گزاف ** چون نشان یابی بجد می‏کن طواف‏

  • As the inward-seeing eye was not (granted) to you, think always (that) the treasure (may be) in everybody. 2155
  • چون تو را آن چشم باطن بین نبود ** گنج می‏پندار اندر هر وجود

  • How the high God revealed to Moses, on whom be peace, (the words), “Wherefore didst not thou visit Me in sickness?”
  • وحی کردن حق تعالی به موسی علیه السلام که چرا به عیادت من نیامدی‏

  • To Moses there came from God this reproach: “O thou who hast seen the rising of the moon from thy bosom,
  • آمد از حق سوی موسی این عتاب ** کای طلوع ماه دیده تو ز جیب‏

  • Thou whom I have made (radiant as) the place of sunrise by (illumining thee with) the Divine Light! I am God, I fell sick, thou camest not.”
  • مشرقت کردم ز نور ایزدی ** من حقم رنجور گشتم نامدی‏

  • Moses said, “O Thou transcendent in Thy glory, Thou art clear of loss (defect). What mystery is this? Explain this, O Lord!”
  • گفت سبحانا تو پاکی از زیان ** این چه رمز است این بکن یا رب بیان‏

  • God said unto him again, “Wherefore in My sickness didst not thou kindly ask after Me?”
  • باز فرمودش که در رنجوریم ** چون نپرسیدی تو از روی کرم‏

  • He answered, “O Lord, Thou hast no imperfection. (My) understanding is lost: unfold (the meaning of) these words.” 2160
  • گفت یا رب نیست نقصانی تو را ** عقل گم شد این سخن را بر گشا

  • God said, “Yea; a favourite and chosen slave (of Mine) fell sick. I am he. Consider well!
  • گفت آری بنده خاص گزین ** گشت رنجور او منم نیکو ببین‏

  • His excusability (infirmity) is My excusability, his sickness is My sickness.”
  • هست معذوریش معذوری من ** هست رنجوریش رنجوری من‏

  • Whoever wishes to sit with God, let him sit in the presence of the saints.
  • هر که خواهد همنشینی خدا ** تا نشیند در حضور اولیا

  • If you are broken off (divided) from the presence of the saints, you are in perdition, because you are a part without the whole.
  • از حضور اولیا گر بسکلی ** تو هلاکی ز آن که جزوی بی‏کلی‏

  • Whomsoever the Devil cuts off from the noble (saints), he finds him without any one (to help him), and he devours his head. 2165
  • هر که را دیو از کریمان وابرد ** بی‏کسش یابد سرش را او خورد