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  • By way of trial I am putting my hand thereon: how should I remove my hand and eye?
  • ز آزمون من دست بر وی می‌زنم ** دست و چشم خویش را چون بر کنم

  • Ye are friends of Pharaoh, (who is) the body, O base people: hence the Nile seems to you to be blood.
  • یار فرعون تنید ای قوم دون ** زان نماید مر شما را نیل خون

  • Quickly become friends of Moses, (who is) the intellect, in order that the blood may remain not and ye may behold the river-water.
  • یار موسی خرد گردید زود ** تا نماند خون بینید آب رود

  • (If) an injustice is proceeding from (is being done by) thee towards thy father, that father will become (as) a (biting) cur in thine eyes. 3255
  • با پدر از تو جفایی می‌رود ** آن پدر در چشم تو سگ می‌شود

  • That father is not a cur: ’tis the effect of (thy) injustice that such mercy appears to thy sight (as) a cur.
  • آن پدر سگ نیست تاثیر جفاست ** که چنان حرمت نظر را سگ نماست

  • Since the brethren (of Joseph) had envy and anger, they were regarding Joseph as the wolf.
  • گرگ می‌دیدند یوسف را به چشم ** چونک اخوان را حسودی بود و خشم

  • When thou hast made peace with thy father, anger is gone; that currishness departs, and thy father at once becomes thy friend.
  • با پدر چون صلح کردی خشم رفت ** آن سگی شد گشت بابا یار تفت

  • Explaining that the whole world is the form of Universal Reason, (and that) when by trespassing you act unjustly towards Universal Reason, in most cases the aspect of the world increases your vexation, just as when you show ill-feeling to your father the aspect of your father increases your vexation and you cannot (bear to) look on his face, though before that he will have been the light of your eye and the comfort of your soul.
  • بیان آنک مجموع عالم صورت عقل کلست چون با عقل کل بکژروی جفا کردی صورت عالم ترا غم فزاید اغلب احوال چنانک دل با پدر بد کردی صورت پدر غم فزاید ترا و نتوانی رویش را دیدن اگر چه پیش از آن نور دیده بوده باشد و راحت جان

  • The whole world is the form of Universal Reason, which is the father of whosoever is a follower of the (Divine) Word.
  • کل عالم صورت عقل کلست ** کوست بابای هر آنک اهل قل است

  • When any one shows excessive ingratitude to Universal Reason, the form of the universe appears to him (as) a cur accordingly. 3260
  • چون کسی با عقل کل کفران فزود ** صورت کل پیش او هم سگ نمود

  • Make peace with this Father, abandon disobedience, that the water and clay (the world) may appear (to thee as) a carpet of gold.
  • صلح کن با این پدر عاقی بهل ** تا که فرش زر نماید آب و گل

  • Then the Resurrection will become thy present state (immediate experience): heaven and earth will be transfigured before thee.
  • پس قیامت نقد حال تو بود ** پیش تو چرخ و زمین مبدل شود

  • Since I am ever at peace with this Father, this world is like Paradise in my sight.
  • من که صلحم دایما با این پدر ** این جهان چون جنتستم در نظر

  • At every moment (appears) a new form and a new beauty, so that from seeing the new (visions) ennui dies away.
  • هر زمان نو صورتی و نو جمال ** تا ز نو دیدن فرو میرد ملال

  • I see the world to be full of bounty—the waters constantly gushing from the springs. 3265
  • من همی‌بینم جهان را پر نعیم ** آبها از چشمه‌ها جوشان مقیم

  • The noise of their water is coming into mine ear: my inner consciousness and intelligence are being intoxicated.
  • بانگ آبش می‌رسد در گوش من ** مست می‌گردد ضمیر و هوش من

  • (I see) the boughs dancing like penitents, the leaves clapping their hands like minstrels.
  • شاخه‌ها رقصان شده چون تایبان ** برگها کف‌زن مثال مطربان

  • The gleam of the mirror is flashing through the (cover of) felt cloth: think how it will be if the mirror (itself) be displayed!
  • برق آیینه‌ست لامع از نمد ** گر نماید آینه تا چون بود

  • I am not telling one (mystery) out of thousands, because every ear is filled with a doubt.
  • از هزاران می‌نگویم من یکی ** ز آنک آکندست هر گوش از شکی

  • To Opinion this saying (of mine) is (only) a joyful announcement (concerning the future), (but) Reason says, ‘What (occasion for) announcement? It is my cash in hand (actual and present experience).’” 3270
  • پیش وهم این گفت مژده دادنست ** عقل گوید مژده چه نقد منست

  • Story of the sons of ‘Uzayr, on whom be peace, who were making inquiries about their father from (one who really was) their father. "Yes," he replied, "I have seen him: he is coming." Some (of them) recognised him and became unconscious, (while) others did not recognise him and said, "He has only announced (our father's coming): what is this unconsciousness?"
  • قصه‌ی فرزندان عزیر علیه‌السلام کی از پدر احوال پدر می‌پرسیدند می‌گفت آری دیدمش می‌آید بعضی شناختندش بیهوش شدند بعضی نشناختند می‌گفتند خود مژده‌ای داد این بیهوش شدن چیست

  • (The case is) like (that of) the sons of ‘Uzayr who came into the thoroughfare, asking news of their father.
  • هم‌چو پوران عزیز اندر گذر ** آمده پرسان ز احوال پدر

  • They had grown old, while their father had been made young. Then suddenly their father met them.
  • گشته ایشان پیر و باباشان جوان ** پس پدرشان پیش آمد ناگهان

  • So they inquired of him, saying, “O wayfarer, we wonder if thou hast news of our ‘Uzayr;
  • پس بپرسیدند ازو کای ره‌گذر ** از عزیر ما عجب داری خبر

  • For some one told us that to-day that man of (great) authority would arrive from abroad after we had given up hope (of seeing him).”
  • که کسی‌مان گفت که امروز آن سند ** بعد نومیدی ز بیرون می‌رسد

  • “Yes,” he replied, “he will arrive after me.” That one (the son of ‘Uzayr) rejoiced when he heard the good tidings, 3275
  • گفت آری بعد من خواهد رسید ** آن یکی خوش شد چو این مژده شنید

  • Crying, “Joy to thee, O bringer of the good news!” But the other (son) recognised (him) and fell (to the ground) unconscious,
  • بانگ می‌زد کای مبشر باش شاد ** وان دگر بشناخت بیهوش اوفتاد