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4372-4396

  • Did not the weaning from this world seem (as) a fire? The pilgrims went (on their way), and that (weaning) was really the Light.
  • نه فطام این جهان ناری نمود ** سالکان رفتند و آن خود نور بود

  • Know, then, that the Candle of Religion is always mounting (shining more and more): this is not like the candle of flames.
  • پس بدان که شمع دین بر می‌شود ** این نه همچون شمع آتشها بود

  • This (flaming candle) seems to be Light, (but) it burns its friend, while that (Candle of Religion) is fire in appearance, but is (delicious as) roses to (its) visitors.
  • این نماید نور و سوزد یار را ** و آن بصورت نار و گل زوار را

  • The former is like a complaisant (friend), but it is a burner, while that (other) is an illuminator of the heart at the moment of union. 4375
  • این چو سازنده ولی سوزنده‌ای ** و آن گه وصلت دل افروزنده‌ای

  • To those present (with God) the appearance of the spark of pure and worthy Light is luminous, while to those far (from God) it is like fire.
  • شکل شعله‌ی نور پاک سازوار ** حاضران را نور و دوران را چو نار

  • The meeting of the lover with the Sadr-i Jahán.
  • ملاقات آن عاشق با صدر جهان

  • The man of Bukhárá also cast himself upon candle: because of his passion that suffering had become easy to him.
  • آن بخاری نیز خود بر شمع زد ** گشته بود از عشقش آسان آن کبد

  • His burning sighs went up to heaven: kindness (for him) came into the heart of the Sadr-i Jahán,
  • آه سوزانش سوی گردون شده ** در دل صدر جهان مهر آمده

  • (Who) said, (communing) with himself at dawn, “O (Thou who art) One, how fareth that distraught wanderer of Ours?
  • گفته با خود در سحرگه کای احد ** حال آن آواره‌ی ما چون بود

  • He committed a sin, and We saw (it), but he was not well acquainted with Our mercy. 4380
  • او گناهی کرد و ما دیدیم لیک ** رحمت ما را نمی‌دانست نیک

  • The sinner’s heart becomes afraid of Us, but in his fear there are a hundred hopes.
  • خاطر مجرم ز ما ترسان شود ** لیک صد اومید در ترسش بود

  • I frighten the impudent man who has lost the (right) way: why should I frighten him who is afraid?
  • من بترسانم وقیح یاوه را ** آنک ترسد من چه ترسانم ورا

  • Fire is used for the cold pot, not for that (pot) which is boiling over.
  • بهر دیگ سرد آذر می‌رود ** نه بدان کز جوش از سر می‌رود

  • I frighten the unafraid by (My) knowledge; I take away the fear of the afraid by (My) clemency.
  • آمنان را من بترسانم به علم ** خایفان را ترس بردارم به حلم

  • I am a patcher: I put the patch in (its proper) place; I give drink to every one in due measure.” 4385
  • پاره‌دوزم پاره در موضع نهم ** هر کسی را شربت اندر خور دهم

  • A man’s inmost consciousness is like the root of a tree; hence his leaves grow from the hard wood.
  • هست سر مرد چون بیخ درخت ** زان بروید برگهاش از چوب سخت

  • The leaves grow according to the root, in the tree and in souls and in minds.
  • درخور آن بیخ رسته برگها ** در درخت و در نفوس و در نهی

  • From the trees of faithfulness there are wings (that soar) to heaven its root is fast (in the earth), and its branch is in the sky.
  • برفلک پرهاست ز اشجار وفا ** اصلها ثابت و فرعه فی السما

  • Since through love grew the wing (that soars) to heaven, how should it not grow in the heart of the Sadr-i Jahán?
  • چون برست از عشق پر بر آسمان ** چون نروید در دل صدر جهان

  • Forgiveness of the sin was surging in his heart, for as much as there is a window from each heart to (every other) heart; 4390
  • موج می‌زد در دلش عفو گنه ** که ز هر دل تا دل آمد روزنه

  • For assuredly there is a window from heart to heart: they are not separate and far (from each other), like two bodies.
  • که ز دل تا دل یقین روزن بود ** نه جدا و دور چون دو تن بود

  • The earthenware (basins) of two lamps are not joined, but their light is mingled in (its) passage.
  • متصل نبود سفال دو چراغ ** نورشان ممزوج باشد در مساغ

  • No lover, in sooth, is seeking union without his loved one seeking him;
  • هیچ عاشق خود نباشد وصل‌جو ** که نه معشوقش بود جویای او

  • But the love of lovers makes the body (thin as) a bowstring, (while) the love of loved ones makes it comely and fat.
  • لیک عشق عاشقان تن زه کند ** عشق معشوقان خوش و فربه کند

  • When the lightning of love for the beloved has shot into this heart, know that there is love in that heart. 4395
  • چون درین دل برق مهر دوست جست ** اندر آن دل دوستی می‌دان که هست

  • When love for God has been doubled in thy heart, without any doubt God hath love for thee.
  • در دل تو مهر حق چون شد دوتو ** هست حق را بی گمانی مهر تو