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520-544

  • The outward (aspect) of those stars is our ruler, (but) our inward (essence) has become the ruler of the sky. 520
  • ظاهر آن اختران قوام ما ** باطن ما گشته قوام سما

  • Explaining that (while) philosophers say that Man is the microcosm, theosophists say that Man is the macrocosm, the reason being that philosophy is confined to the phenomenal form of Man, whereas theosophy is connected with the essential truth of his true nature.
  • در بیان آنک حکما گویند آدمی عالم صغریست و حکمای اللهی گویند آدمی عالم کبریست زیرا آن علم حکما بر صورت آدمی مقصور بود و علم این حکما در حقیقت حقیقت آدمی موصول بود

  • Therefore in form thou art the microcosm, therefore in reality thou art the macrocosm.
  • پس به صورت عالم اصغر توی ** پس به معنی عالم اکبر توی

  • Externally the branch is the origin of the fruit; intrinsically the branch came into existence for the sake of the fruit.
  • ظاهر آن شاخ اصل میوه است ** باطنا بهر ثمر شد شاخ هست

  • If there had not been desire and hope of the fruit, how should the gardener have planted the root of the tree?
  • گر نبودی میل و اومید ثمر ** کی نشاندی باغبان بیخ شجر

  • Therefore in reality the tree was born of the fruit, (even) if in appearance it (the fruit) was generated by the tree.
  • پس به معنی آن شجر از میوه زاد ** گر به صورت از شجر بودش ولاد

  • Hence Mustafá (Mohammed) said, “Adam and the (other) prophets are (following) behind me under (my) banner.” 525
  • مصطفی زین گفت که آدم و انبیا ** خلف من باشند در زیر لوا

  • For this reason that master of (all) sorts of knowledge has uttered the allegorical saying, “We are the last and the foremost.”
  • بهر این فرموده است آن ذو فنون ** رمز نحن اخرون السابقون

  • (That is to say), “If in appearance I am born of Adam, in reality I am the forefather of (every) forefather,
  • گر بصورت من ز آدم زاده‌ام ** من به معنی جد جد افتاده‌ام

  • Since the worship of the angels was (rendered) to him for my sake, and he ascended to the Seventh Heaven on my account.
  • کز برای من بدش سجده‌ی ملک ** وز پی من رفت بر هفتم فلک

  • Therefore in reality the Father (Adam) was born of me, therefore in reality the tree was born of the fruit.”
  • پس ز من زایید در معنی پدر ** پس ز میوه زاد در معنی شجر

  • The thought (idea), which is first, comes last into actuality, in particular the thought that is eternal. 530
  • اول فکر آخر آمد در عمل ** خاصه فکری کو بود وصف ازل

  • To sum up, in a single moment the caravan is going from Heaven and coming here.
  • حاصل اندر یک زمان از آسمان ** می‌رود می‌آید ایدر کاروان

  • This way is not long for this caravan: how should the desert show itself formidable to him who has been granted success (by God)?
  • نیست بر این کاروان این ره دراز ** کی مفازه زفت آید با مفاز

  • The heart (spirit) is faring to the Ka‘ba at every moment, and through (Divine) bounty the body assumes the nature of the heart.
  • دل به کعبه می‌رود در هر زمان ** جسم طبع دل بگیرد ز امتنان

  • This longness and shortness appertains to the body: where God is, what is “long” and “short”?
  • این دراز و کوتهی مر جسم راست ** چه دراز و کوته آنجا که خداست

  • When God has transmuted the body, He makes its faring to be without league or mile. 535
  • چون خدا مر جسم را تبدیل کرد ** رفتنش بی‌فرسخ و بی‌میل کرد

  • There are a hundred hopes at this (present) time. Step (forward), O youth, like a (true) lover and relinquish (idle) disputation.
  • صد امیدست این زمان بردار گام ** عاشقانه ای فتی خل الکلام

  • Albeit thou art closing thine eyelids, thou art asleep in the ship and voyaging (in safety).
  • گرچه پله‌ی چشم بر هم می‌زنی ** در سفینه خفته‌ای ره می‌کنی

  • Exposition of the Hadíth, "The parable of my community is the parable of the Ship (Ark) of Noah: whoso shall cleave to it is saved, and whoso shall hold back from it is drowned."
  • تفسیر این حدیث کی مثل امتی کمثل سفینة نوح من تمسک بها نجا و من تخلف عنها غرق

  • On this account the Prophet said, “I am as the Ship (Ark) in the Flood of Time.
  • بهر این فرمود پیغامبر که من ** هم‌چو کشتی‌ام به طوفان زمن

  • I and my Companions are as the Ship of Noah: whoso clings (to us) will gain (spiritual) graces.”
  • ما و اصحابم چو آن کشتی نوح ** هر که دست اندر زند یابد فتوح

  • When you are with the Shaykh you are far removed from wickedness: day and night you are a traveller and in a ship. 540
  • چونک با شیخی تو دور از زشتیی ** روز و شب سیاری و در کشتیی

  • You are under the protection of a life-giving spirit: you are asleep in the ship, you are going on the way.
  • در پناه جان جان‌بخشی توی ** کشتی اندر خفته‌ای ره می‌روی

  • Do not break with the prophet of your days: do not rely on your own skill and footsteps.
  • مسکل از پیغامبر ایام خویش ** تکیه کم کن بر فن و بر کام خویش

  • Lion though you are, you are self-conceited and in error and contemptible when you go on the way without a guide.
  • گرچه شیری چون روی ره بی‌دلیل ** خویش‌بین و در ضلالی و ذلیل

  • Beware! Do not fly but with the wings of the Shaykh, that you may see (receive) the aid of the armies of the Shaykh.
  • هین مپر الا که با پرهای شیخ ** تا ببینی عون و لشکرهای شیخ