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928-952

  • When Karkhí became the guard of its city, he became the vicar of (Divine) love and inspired by the Divine breath.
  • چون که کرخی کرخ او را شد حرص ** شد خلیفه‏ی عشق و ربانی نفس‏

  • The son of Adham joyously rode his steed towards it, and became the supreme sovereign of justice.
  • پور ادهم مرکب آن سو راند شاد ** گشت او سلطان سلطانان داد

  • And that (famous) Shaqíq by cleaving (traversing) that venerable Way became a sun of (clear) judgement and keen-sighted. 930
  • و آن شقیق از شق آن راه شگرف ** گشت او خورشید رای و تیز طرف‏

  • Hundreds of thousands of hidden (spiritual) kings are holding their heads high (in the region) beyond this world;
  • صد هزاران پادشاهان نهان ** سر فرازانند ز آن سوی جهان‏

  • Because of God's jealousy their names remained hidden: every beggar did not pronounce their names.
  • نامشان از رشک حق پنهان بماند ** هر گدایی نامشان را بر نخواند

  • By the truth of that Light and by the truth of those illumined ones who are as fishes in that Sea—
  • حق آن نور و حق نورانیان ** کاندر آن بحرند همچون ماهیان‏

  • ’Tis not fitting if I call it the Sea of the Soul and the Soul of the Sea: I am seeking a new name for it;—
  • بحر جان و جان بحر ار گویمش ** نیست لایق نام نو می‏جویمش‏

  • By the truth of that That from which this and that are (derived), and in relation to which (all) kernels are (as) rinds, 935
  • حق آن آنی که این و آن از اوست ** مغزها نسبت بدو باشد چو پوست‏

  • (I swear) that the (good) qualities of my fellow-servant and friend exceed my description (of them) a hundredfold.
  • که صفات خواجه‏تاش و یار من ** هست صد چندان که این گفتار من‏

  • That which I know of the (spiritual) endowments of that comrade (of mine) would not be believed by thee: what shall I say, O noble (king)?”
  • آن چه می‏دانم ز وصف آن ندیم ** باورت ناید چه گویم ای کریم‏

  • The King said, “Now speak of your own (case); how long will you speak of what concerns this or that one?
  • شاه گفت اکنون از آن خود بگو ** چند گویی آن این و آن او

  • What do you possess and what have you gained? What pearls have you fetched from the bottom of the Sea?
  • تو چه داری و چه حاصل کرده‏ای ** از تگ دریا چه در آورده‏ای‏

  • On the day of death this sense-perception of yours will vanish: have you the spiritual light that should be the companion of your heart? 940
  • روز مرگ این حس تو باطل شود ** نور جان داری که یار دل شود

  • When dust shall fill these eyes in the tomb, have you that which will make the grave bright?
  • در لحد کاین چشم را خاک آگند ** هستت آن چه گور را روشن کند

  • At the time when your hands and feet shall be torn in shreds, have you wings and plumes that your spirit may fly aloft?
  • آن زمان که دست و پایت بر درد ** پر و بالت هست تا جان بر پرد

  • At the time when this animal soul is no more, it behoves you to set the everlasting spirit in its place.
  • آن زمان کاین جان حیوانی نماند ** جان باقی بایدت بر جا نشاند

  • The stipulation of (implied in) he that comes with good (shall be rewarded tenfold) does not consist in doing (good); it consists in bringing this good to the presence of God.
  • شرط من جا بالحسن نه کردن است ** این حسن را سوی حضرت بردن است‏

  • You have a substance (essence) human or asinine (bestial): (bring that to God): how can you bring (to Him) these accidents (of word or deed) which have passed away? 945
  • جوهری داری ز انسان یا خری ** این عرضها که فنا شد چون بری‏

  • As regards these accidents of prayer and fasting—since (that which) does not endure for two moments becomes naught—
  • این عرضهای نماز و روزه را ** چون که لا یبقی زمانین انتفی‏

  • ’Tis impossible to carry over the accidents (into another state); but they (may) take away diseases (defects) from the substance,
  • نقل نتوان کرد مر اعراض را ** لیک از جوهر برند امراض را

  • So that the substance becomes changed by means of this accident, as when disease is removed by abstinence.
  • تا مبدل گشت جوهر زین عرض ** چون ز پرهیزی که زایل شد مرض‏

  • By exertion abstinence, (which is) the accident, becomes the substance: through abstinence the acrid mouth becomes (sweet as) honey.
  • گشت پرهیز عرض جوهر به جهد ** شد دهان تلخ از پرهیز شهد

  • Land, through sowing, is turned into ears of corn; remedies for the hair turn the hair into chains (make it long and curly). 950
  • از زراعت خاکها شد سنبله ** داروی مو کرد مو را سلسله‏

  • Conjugal intercourse was the accident; it passed away, and the substance, (which is) the child, was produced from us.
  • آن نکاح زن عرض بد شد فنا ** جوهر فرزند حاصل شد ز ما

  • The mating of horse or camel is the accident; the object is the birth of the colt, (which is) the substance.
  • جفت کردن اسب و اشتر را عرض ** جوهر کره بزاییدن غرض‏