- And whoever inflicted a blow on his breast, his (own) breast was riven, and he became dead for ever;
- وآنک او را زخم اندر سینه زد ** سینهاش بشکافت و شد مردهی ابد
- And he that was acquainted with that (spiritual) emperor of high fortune, (and) his heart (courage) did not consent to strike a heavy blow,
- وآنک آگه بود از آن صاحبقران ** دل ندادش که زند زخم گران
- Half-knowledge tied his hand, (so that) he saved his life and only wounded himself.
- نیمدانش دست او را بسته کرد ** جان ببرد الا که خود را خسته کرد
- Day broke, and the disciples were thinned: wails of lamentation arose from their house.
- روز گشت و آن مریدان کاسته ** نوحهها از خانهشان برخاسته
- Thousands of men and women came to him (Báyazíd), saying, “O thou in whose single shirt the two worlds are contained, 2135
- پیش او آمد هزاران مرد و زن ** کای دو عالم درج در یک پیرهن
- If this body of thine were a human body, it would have been destroyed, like a human body, by the daggers.”
- این تن تو گر تن مردم بدی ** چون تن مردم ز خنجر گم شدی
- A self-existent one encountered a selfless one in combat: the self-existent one drove a thorn into his own eye (hurt himself).
- با خودی با بیخودی دوچار زد ** با خود اندر دیدهی خود خار زد
- O you who stab the selfless ones with the sword, you are stabbing your own body with it. Beware!
- ای زده بر بیخودان تو ذوالفقار ** بر تن خود میزنی آن هوش دار
- For the selfless one has passed away (in God) and is safe: he is dwelling in safety for ever.
- زانک بیخود فانی است و آمنست ** تا ابد در آمنی او ساکنست
- His form has passed away and he has become a mirror: naught is there but the form (image) of the face of another. 2140
- نقش او فانی و او شد آینه ** غیر نقش روی غیر آن جای نه
- If you spit (at it), you spit at your own face; and if you strike at the mirror, you strike at yourself;
- گر کنی تف سوی روی خود کنی ** ور زنی بر آینه بر خود زنی
- And if you see an ugly face (in that mirror), ’tis you; and if you see Jesus and Mary, ’tis you.
- ور ببینی روی زشت آن هم توی ** ور ببینی عیسی و مریم توی
- He is neither this nor that: he is simple (pure and free from attributes of self): he has placed your image before you.
- او نه اینست و نه آن او ساده است ** نقش تو در پیش تو بنهاده است
- When the discourse reached this point, it closed its lips; when the pen reached this point, it broke to pieces.
- چون رسید اینجا سخن لب در ببست ** چون رسید اینجا قلم درهم شکست
- Close thy lips (O my soul): though eloquence is at thy command, do not breathe a word—and God best knoweth the right way. 2145
- لب ببند ار چه فصاحت دست داد ** دم مزن والله اعلم بالرشاد
- O you who are drunken with the wine (of love), you are on the edge of the roof: sit down or (else) descend, and peace be with you!
- برکنار بامی ای مست مدام ** پست بنشین یا فرود آ والسلام
- Every moment when you enjoy (union with the Beloved), deem that delightful moment to be the edge of the roof.
- هر زمانی که شدی تو کامران ** آن دم خوش را کنار بام دان
- Be trembling for (fear of losing) the delightful moment: conceal it like a treasure, do not divulge it.
- بر زمان خوش هراسان باش تو ** همچو گنجش خفیه کن نه فاش تو
- Lest calamity suddenly befall (your) plighted love, take heed, go very fearfully into that place of ambush.
- تا نیاید بر ولا ناگه بلا ** ترس ترسان رو در آن مکمن هلا
- The spirit's fear of loss at the moment of enjoyment is (the sign of its) departure (descent) from the hidden roof-edge. 2150
- ترس جان در وقت شادی از زوال ** زان کنار بام غیبست ارتحال
- If you do not see the mysterious roof-edge, (yet) the spirit is seeing, for it is shuddering (with fear).
- گر نمیبینی کنار بام راز ** روح میبیند که هستش اهتزاز
- Every sudden chastisement that has come to pass has taken place on the edge of the turret of enjoyment.
- هر نکالی ناگهان کان آمدست ** بر کنار کنگرهی شادی بدست
- Indeed there is no fall except (on) the edge of the roof: (take) warning from (the fate of) the people of Noah and the people of Lot.
- جز کنار بام خود نبود سقوط ** اعتبار از قوم نوح و قوم لوط
- Explaining the cause of the eloquence and loquacity of that impertinent man in the presence of the Prophet, on whom be peace.
- بیان سبب فصاحت و بسیارگویی آن فضول به خدمت رسول علیهالسلام
- When the ray (reflexion) of the Prophet's boundless intoxication struck (the objector), that stupid fellow also became drunken and merry.
- پرتو مستی بیحد نبی ** چون بزد هم مست و خوش گشت آن غبی
- Of course, in consequence of (drunken) glee he became loquacious: the intoxicated man neglected (to observe) respect and began to rave. 2155
- لاجرم بسیارگو شد از نشاط ** مست ادب بگذاشت آمد در خباط