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  • Every one whom he asked made a mock of him, saying, “Who would search after this, unless perhaps a madman in confinement?”
  • هر که را پرسید کردش ریشخند ** کاین که جوید جز مگر مجنون بند

  • Many slapped him jocosely; many said, “O fortunate man,
  • بس کسان صفعش زدند اندر مزاح ** بس کسان گفتند ای صاحب فلاح‏

  • How should the enquiry of a clever and clear-minded person like you be devoid (of result)? How should it be vain?”
  • جستجوی چون تو زیرک سینه صاف ** کی تهی باشد کجا باشد گزاف‏

  • And this (ironical) respect was to him another slap, and it was harder (to bear) than the visible slap. 3650
  • وین مراعاتش یکی صفعی دگر ** وین ز صفع آشکارا سخت‏تر

  • They extolled him sarcastically, saying, “O great sir, in such and such a very tremendous and huge country,
  • می‏ستودندش به تسخر کای بزرگ ** در فلان اقلیم بس هول و سترگ‏

  • In such and such a forest there is a green tree, very tall and broad, and every branch of it is big.”
  • در فلان بیشه درختی هست سبز ** بس بلند و پهن و هر شاخیش گبز

  • The king's envoy, who had braced his belt for the quest, was hearing a different kind of report from every one;
  • قاصد شه بسته در جستن کمر ** می‏شنید از هر کسی نوعی خبر

  • There for years he travelled much, (whilst) the king kept sending money to him.
  • بس سیاحت کرد آن جا سالها ** می‏فرستادش شهنشه مالها

  • After he had suffered much fatigue in that foreign land, at last he became too exhausted to seek (any longer). 3655
  • چون بسی دید اندر آن غربت تعب ** عاجز آمد آخر الامر از طلب‏

  • No trace of the object of pursuit was discovered: of what he wanted nothing appeared but the report.
  • هیچ از مقصود اثر پیدا نشد ** ز آن غرض غیر خبر پیدا نشد

  • The thread of his hope snapped, the thing he had sought became unsought in the end.
  • رشته‏ی امید او بگسسته شد ** جسته‏ی او عاقبت ناجسته شد

  • He resolved to return to the king, (and set out) shedding tears and traversing the way.
  • کرد عزم باز گشتن سوی شاه ** اشک می‏بارید و می‏برید راه‏

  • How the Shaykh explained the hidden meaning of the tree to the seeker who was in the bondage of formalism.
  • شرح کردن شیخ سر آن درخت را با آن طالب مقلد

  • There was a wise Shaykh, a noble Qutb, at the halting-place where the king's intimate fell into despair.
  • بود شیخی عالمی قطبی کریم ** اندر آن منزل که آیس شد ندیم‏

  • He (the envoy) said, “Being without hope, I will go to him, and set out on the road (again) from his threshold, 3660
  • گفت من نومید پیش او روم ** ز آستان او به راه اندر شوم‏

  • In order that his prayer (blessing) may accompany me, since I have no hope of (winning) my heart's desire.”
  • تا دعای او بود همراه من ** چون که نومیدم من از دل خواه من‏

  • With tearful eyes he went to the Shaykh: he was raining tears, like a cloud.
  • رفت پیش شیخ با چشم پر آب ** اشک می‏بارید مانند سحاب‏

  • “O Shaykh,” he cried, “it is the time for mercy and pity; I am in despair: now is the time for kindness.”
  • گفت شیخا وقت رحم و رقت است ** ناامیدم وقت لطف این ساعت است‏

  • He (the Shaykh) said, “Say plainly what is the cause of thy despair: what is thy object? what hast thou in view?”
  • گفت وا گو کز چه نومیدیستت ** چیست مطلوب تو رو با چیستت‏

  • He answered, “The Emperor chose me out to seek a certain branching tree, 3665
  • گفت شاهنشاه کردم اختیار ** از برای جستن یک شاخسار

  • For there is a tree, unique in (all) the quarters (of the world): its fruit is (of) the substance of the Water of Life.
  • که درختی هست نادر در جهات ** میوه‏ی او مایه‏ی آب حیات‏

  • I have sought (it) for years and seen no sign (of it) except the gibes and ridicule of these merry men.”
  • سالها جستم ندیدم یک نشان ** جز که طنز و تسخر این سر خوشان‏

  • The Shaykh laughed and said to him, “O simpleton, this is the tree of knowledge in the sage—
  • شیخ خندید و بگفتش ای سلیم ** این درخت علم باشد در علیم‏

  • Very high and very grand and very far-spreading: (it is) a Water of Life from the all-encompassing Sea (of God).
  • بس بلند و بس شگرف و بس بسیط ** آب حیوانی ز دریای محیط

  • Thou hast gone after the form, O ignorant man: hence thou art without fruit and produce from the bough of reality. 3670
  • تو به صورت رفته‏ای ای بی‏خبر ** ز آن ز شاخ معنیی بی‏بار و بر

  • Sometimes it is named ‘tree,’ sometimes ‘sun’; sometimes it is named ‘sea,’ sometimes ‘cloud.’
  • گه درختش نام شد گه آفتاب ** گاه بحرش نام گشت و گه سحاب‏