When the pure (holy) Name comes into the mouth, neither impurity remains nor (any) sorrows.
چون در آید نام پاک اندر دهان ** نه پلیدی ماند و نه اندهان
Showing that the supplicant's invocation of God is essentially the same thing as God's response to him.
بیان آنک الله گفتن نیازمند عین لبیک گفتن حق است
One night a certain man was crying “Allah!” till his lips were growing sweet with praise of Him.
آن یکی الله می‌گفتی شبی ** تا که شیرین می‌شد از ذکرش لبی
The Devil said, “Prithee, O garrulous one, where is the (response) ‘Here am I’ to all this ‘Allah’?190
گفت شیطان آخر ای بسیارگو ** این همه الله را لبیک کو
Not a single response is coming from the Throne: how long will you cry ‘Allah’ with grim face?”
می‌نیاید یک جواب از پیش تخت ** چند الله می‌زنی با روی سخت
He became broken-hearted and laid down his head (to sleep): in a dream he saw Khadir amidst the verdure.
او شکسته‌دل شد و بنهاد سر ** دید در خواب او خضر را در خضر
He (Khadir) said, “Hark, you have held back from praising God: how is it that you repent of having called unto Him?”
گفت هین از ذکر چون وا مانده‌ای ** چون پشیمانی از آن کش خوانده‌ای
He said, “No ‘Here am I’ is coming to me in response, hence I fear that I may be (a reprobate who is) driven away from the Door.”
گفت لبیکم نمی‌آید جواب ** زان همی‌ترسم که باشم رد باب
He (Khadir) said, “(God saith), That ‘Allah’ of thine is My ‘Here am I,’ and that supplication and grief and ardour of thine is My messenger (to thee).195
گفت آن الله تو لبیک ماست ** و آن نیاز و درد و سوزت پیک ماست
Thy shifts and attempts to find a means (of gaining access to Me) were (in reality) My drawing (thee towards Me), and released thy feet (from the bonds of worldliness).
حیله‌ها و چاره‌جوییهای تو ** جذب ما بود و گشاد این پای تو
Thy fear and love are the noose to catch My favour: beneath every ‘O Lord’ (of thine) is many a ‘Here am I’ (from Me).”
ترس و عشق تو کمند لطف ماست ** زیر هر یا رب تو لبیکهاست
Far from this prayer is the soul of the fool, because to him it is not permitted to cry “O Lord.”
جان جاهل زین دعا جز دور نیست ** زانک یا رب گفتنش دستور نیست
On his mouth and heart are lock and bolt, to the end that he may not moan unto God in the hour of bale.
بر دهان و بر دلش قفلست و بند ** تا ننالد با خدا وقت گزند
He (God) gave to Pharaoh hundredfold possessions and riches, so that he claimed (Divine) might and majesty.200
داد مر فرعون را صد ملک و مال ** تا بکرد او دعوی عز و جلال
In his whole life that man of evil nature felt no (spiritual) headache, lest he should moan unto God.
در همه عمرش ندید او درد سر ** تا ننالد سوی حق آن بدگهر
God gave him all the empire of this world, (but) He did not give him grief and pain and sorrows.
داد او را جمله ملک این جهان ** حق ندادش درد و رنج و اندهان
Grief is better than the empire of the world, so that you may call unto God in secret.
درد آمد بهتر از ملک جهان ** تا بخوانی مر خدا را در نهان
The call of the griefless is from a frozen heart, the call of the grieving one is from rapture:
خواندن بی درد از افسردگیست ** خواندن با درد از دل‌بردگیست
(’Tis) to withdraw the voice under the lips, to bear in mind (one's) origin and beginning;205
آن کشیدن زیر لب آواز را ** یاد کردن مبدا و آغاز را
(’Tis) the voice become pure and sad, (crying) “O God!” and “O Thou whose help is besought!” and “O Helper!”
آن شده آواز صافی و حزین ** ای خدا وی مستغاث و ای معین
(Even) the moan of a dog for His sake is not void of (Divine) attraction, because every one who desires (Him) is a brigand's captive—
ناله‌ی سگ در رهش بی جذبه نیست ** زانک هر راغب اسیر ره‌زنیست
As (for example) the dog of the Cave, which was freed from (eating) carrion and sat at the table of the (spiritual) emperors:
چون سگ کهفی که از مردار رست ** بر سر خوان شهنشاهان نشست
Until the Resurrection, before the Cave it is drinking in gnostic wise without (any) pot the water of (Divine) mercy.
تا قیامت می‌خورد او پیش غار ** آب رحمت عارفانه بی تغار
Oh, there is many a one in a dog's skin, who hath no name (and fame), yet is not without that cup (of Divine knowledge) in secret.210
ای بسا سگ‌پوست کو را نام نیست ** لیک اندر پرده بی آن جام نیست
Give thy life for this cup, O son: how may victory be (won) without (spiritual) warfare and patience?
جان بده از بهر این جام ای پسر ** بی جهاد و صبر کی باشد ظفر
To show patience for the sake of this is no hardship: show patience, for patience is the key to joy.
صبر کردن بهر این نبود حرج ** صبر کن کالصبر مفتاح الفرج