The sword is for him who has a (high and proud) neck; no blow falls on the shadow that is thrown (flat upon the ground).
تیغ بهر اوست کو را گردنیست ** سایه که افکندست بر وی زخم نیست
Eminence is naphtha and fire, O misguided one: O brother, how (why) art thou going into the fire?2760
مهتری نفطست و آتش ای غوی ** ای برادر چون بر آذر میروی
How should anything that is level with the earth become a target for arrows? Consider!
هر چه او هموار باشد با زمین ** تیرها را کی هدف گردد ببین
(But if) it raise its head from the earth, then, like targets, it will suffer blows irremediable.
سر بر آرد از زمین آنگاه او ** چون هدفها زخم یابد بی رفو
This egoism is the ladder of (climbed by) the creatures (of God): they must fall from this ladder in the end.
نردبان خالق این ما و منیست ** عاقبت زین نردبان افتادنیست
The higher any one goes, the more foolish he is, for his bones will be worse broken.
هر که بالاتر رود ابلهترست ** که استخوان او بتر خواهد شکست
This is (constitutes) the derivatives (of the subject), and its fundamental principles are that to exalt one’s self is (to claim) copartnership with God.2765
این فروعست و اصولش آن بود ** که ترفع شرکت یزدان بود
Unless thou hast died and become living through Him, thou art an enemy seeking to reign in copartnership (with Him)
چون نمردی و نگشتی زنده زو ** یاغیی باشی به شرکت ملکجو
When thou hast become living through Him, that (which thou hast become) is in sooth He: it is absolute Unity; how is it co partnership?
چون بدو زنده شدی آن خود ویست ** وحدت محضست آن شرکت کیست
Seek the explanation of this in the mirror of (devotional) works, for thou wilt not gain the understanding of it from speech and discourse.
شرح این در آینهی اعمال جو ** که نیابی فهم آن از گفت و گو
If I tell that which I have within, many hearts will immediately be turned into blood,
گر بگویم آنچ دارم در درون ** بس جگرها گردد اندر حال خون
I will refrain; indeed, for the intelligent this (which has been said) is enough: I have shouted twice, if any one is in the village2770
بس کنم خود زیرکان را این بس است ** بانگ دو کردم اگر در ده کس است
To sum up, Hámán by means of those evil words waylaid Pharaoh in such a (terrible) way as this.
حاصل آن هامان بدان گفتار بد ** این چنین راهی بر آن فرعون زد
The morsel, felicity, had reached his (Pharaoh’s) mouth, (when) he (Hámán) suddenly cut his throat.
لقمهی دولت رسیده تا دهان ** او گلوی او بریده ناگهان
He gave Pharaoh’s stack to the wind (destroyed him): may no king have such a minister!
خرمن فرعون را داد او به باد ** هیچ شه را این چنین صاحب مباد
How Moses, on whom be peace, despaired of Pharaoh’s accepting the true faith, because the words of Hámán made an impression on Pharaoh’s heart.
نومید شدن موسی علیهالسلام از ایمام فرعون به تاثیر کردن سخن هامان در دل فرعون
Moses said, “We have shown kindness and generosity, (but) verily it was not the portion allotted to thy dominion
گفت موسی لطف بنمودیم وجود ** خود خداوندیت را روزی نبود
The dominion that is not righteous—regard it as having neither hand nor sleeve2775
آن خداوندی که نبود راستین ** مر ورا نه دست دان نه آستین
The dominion that is stolen (usurped) is without heart and without soul and without eye.
آن خداوندی که دزدیده بود ** بی دل و بی جان و بی دیده بود
The dominion which the vulgar have given to thee they will take back from thee as a debt.
آن خداوندی که دادندت عوام ** باز بستانند از تو همچو وام
Give up to God the dominion held on loan, that He may bestow on thee the dominion to which all consent.”
ده خداوندی عاریت به حق ** تا خداوندیت بخشد متفق
How the Amírs of the Arabs wrangled with Mustafá (Mohammed), on whom be peace, saying, "Share the kingdom with us, in order that there may be no contention"; and how Mustafá, on whom be peace, answered and said, "I am commanded (by God) in respect of this Amírate"; and the arguments on both sides.
منازعت امیران عرب با مصطفی علیهالسلام کی ملک را مقاسمت کن با ما تا نزاعی نباشد و جواب فرمودن مصطفی علیهالسلام کی من مامورم درین امارت و بحث ایشان از طرفین
The Amírs of the Arabs assembled and began to wrangle in the Prophet's presence,
آن امیران عرب گرد آمدند ** نزد پیغامبر منازع میشدند
Saying, “Thou art an Amír; every one of us is an Amír likewise: distribute this kingdom and take thy share.2780
که تو میری هر یک از ما هم امیر ** بخش کن این ملک و بخش خود بگیر
Each (of us) is seeking equity in regard to his share: do thou wash thy hands of our share.”
هر یکی در بخش خود انصافجو ** تو ز بخش ما دو دست خود بشو
He replied, “God hath given the Amírate to me: He hath given me the chief authority and the absolute command,
گفت میری مر مرا حق داده است ** سروری و امر مطلق داده است
Saying, ‘This is the epoch and cycle of Ahmad (Mohammed): hark, accept his command! Have fear (of God)!’”
کین قران احمدست و دور او ** هین بگیرید امر او را اتقوا