- If he (the Súfí) has been delivered from (only) a part of the attributes of (sensual) men, he is not a Shaykh; he is grey (middle-aged), O son. 1795
- گر رهید از بعض اوصاف بشر ** شیخ نبود کهل باشد ای پسر
- When there is not on him a single black hair (of the self-existence) which is our attribute, (then) he is a Shaykh and accepted of God;
- چون یکی موی سیه کان وصف ماست ** نیست بر وی شیخ و مقبول خداست
- (But) if, when his hair is white, he is (still) with himself (self-existent), he is not a Pír and is not the elect of God;
- چون بود مویش سپید ار با خودست ** او نه پیرست و نه خاص ایزدست
- And if a single hair-tip of his (sensual) attributes is surviving, he is not of heaven: he belongs to the (material) world.
- ور سر مویی ز وصفش باقیست ** او نه از عرش است او آفاقیست
- How the Shaykh excused himself for not weeping on the death of his sons.
- عذر گفتن شیخ بهر ناگریستن بر فرزندان
- The Shaykh said to her (his wife), “Do not think, O gracious one, that I have not pity and affection and a compassionate heart.
- شیخ گفت او را مپندار ای رفیق ** که ندارم رحم و مهر و دل شفیق
- I have pity for all the unbelievers, though the souls of them all are ungrateful. 1800
- بر همه کفار ما را رحمتست ** گرچه جان جمله کافر نعمتست
- I have pity and forgiveness for dogs, saying (to myself), ‘Why do they suffer chastisement from the stones (which are cast at them)?’
- بر سگانم رحمت و بخشایش است ** که چرا از سنگهاشان مالش است
- I utter a prayer for the dog that bites, crying, ‘O God, deliver him from this (evil) disposition!
- آن سگی که می‌گزد گویم دعا ** که ازین خو وا رهانش ای خدا
- Keep also these dogs in that (good) thought, so that they may not be stoned by the people.’”
- این سگان را هم در آن اندیشه دار ** که نباشند از خلایق سنگسار
- He (God) brought the saints on to the earth, in order that He might make them a mercy to (all) created beings.
- زان بیاورد اولیا را بر زمین ** تا کندشان رحمة للعالمین
- He (the saint) calls the people to the Portal of Grace; he calls unto God, saying, “Give (them) release in full!” 1805
- خلق را خواند سوی درگاه خاص ** حق را خواند که وافر کن خلاص
- He earnestly strives to admonish them in regard to this, and when it does not succeed, he says, “O God, do not shut the door!”
- جهد بنماید ازین سو بهر پند ** چون نشد گوید خدایا در مبند
- To the vulgar belongs (only) the particular mercy; the universal mercy belongs to the hero (the perfect saint).
- رحمت جزوی بود مر عام را ** رحمت کلی بود همام را
- His particular (individual) mercy has been united with the universal: the mercy of the Sea is the guide on (all) the ways.
- رحمت جزوش قرین گشته بکل ** رحمت دریا بود هادی سبل
- O (thou who hast the) particular mercy, become joined to the universal: deem the universal mercy the true guide, and go (forward).
- رحمت جزوی بکل پیوسته شو ** رحمت کل را تو هادی بین و رو
- So long as he is (only) a part, he does not know the way to the Sea: he makes out every pool to be like unto the Sea. 1810
- تا که جزوست او نداند راه بحر ** هر غدیری را کند ز اشباه بحر
- Inasmuch as he does not know the way to the Sea, how should he act as a guide? How should he lead the people towards the Sea?
- چون نداند راه یم کی ره برد ** سوی دریا خلق را چون آورد
- (When) he becomes united with the Sea, then he guides to the Sea, like a torrent or river.
- متصل گردد به بحر آنگاه او ** ره برد تا بحر همچون سیل و جو
- And if (before this) he call (the people to God), it is in a conventional fashion; it is not from vision and the revelation of any (Divine) aid.
- ور کند دعوت به تقلیدی بود ** نه از عیان و وحی تاییدی بود
- She (the Shaykh's wife) said, “Then, since thou hast pity on all, and art like the shepherd (going watchfully) around this flock,
- گفت پس چون رحم داری بر همه ** همچو چوپانی به گرد این رمه
- How mournest thou not for thine own sons, when Death, the Bleeder, has pierced them with his lancet? 1815
- چون نداری نوحه بر فرزند خویش ** چونک فصاد اجلشان زد بنیش
- Since the evidence of pity is tears in the eyes, why are thine eyes without moisture and tearless?”
- چون گواه رحم اشک دیده‌هاست ** دیده‌ی تو بی نم و گریه چراست
- He turned towards his wife and said to her, “Old woman, verily the season of December is not like Tamúz (July).
- رو به زن کرد و بگفتش ای عجوز ** خود نباشد فصل دی همچون تموز
- Whether they all are dead or living, when are they absent and hid from the eye of the heart?
- جمله گر مردند ایشان گر حی‌اند ** غایب و پنهان ز چشم دل کی‌اند
- Inasmuch as I see them distinct before me, for what reason should I rend my face as thou doest?
- من چو بینمشان معین پیش خویش ** از چه رو رو را کنم همچون تو ریش