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751-775

  • My purpose is that the sound of the water should come (to my ears); also, that I should see these bubbles on the surface of the water.”
  • قصد من آنست که آید بانگ آب ** هم ببینم بر سر آب این حباب

  • What, indeed, is the thirsty man's business in the world? To circle for ever round the base of the tank,
  • تشنه را خود شغل چه بود در جهان ** گرد پای حوض گشتن جاودان

  • Round the channel and round the Water and the sound of the Water, like a pilgrim circumambulating the Ka‘ba of Truth.
  • گرد جو و گرد آب و بانگ آب ** هم‌چو حاجی طایف کعبه‌ی صواب

  • Even so, in (composing) this Mathnawí thou, O Ziyá’u ’l-Haqq (Radiance of God) Husámu’ddín, art my object.
  • هم‌چنان مقصود من زین مثنوی ** ای ضیاء الحق حسام‌الدین توی

  • The whole Mathnawí in its branches and roots is thine: thou hast accepted (it). 755
  • مثنوی اندر فروع و در اصول ** جمله آن تست کردستی قبول

  • Kings accept (both) good and bad: when they accept (anything), it is reprobate no more.
  • در قبول آرند شاهان نیک و بد ** چون قبول آرند نبود بیش رد

  • Since thou hast planted the sapling, give it water. Since thou hast given it freedom (to grow), untie the knots.
  • چون نهالی کاشتی آبش بده ** چون گشادش داده‌ای بگشا گره

  • In (all) its expressions my object is (to reveal) thy mystery; in composing it my object is (to hear) thy voice.
  • قصدم از الفاظ او راز توست ** قصدم از انشایش آواز توست

  • To me thy voice is the voice of God: Heaven forfend that (I should say) the lover is separate from the Beloved.
  • پیش من آوازت آواز خداست ** عاشق از معشوق حاشا که جداست

  • There is a union beyond description or analogy between the Lord of Man and the spirit of Man. 760
  • اتصالی بی‌تکیف بی‌قیاس ** هست رب‌الناس را با جان ناس

  • But I said nás (Man), not nasnás; nás is none but the spirit that knows the (Divine) Spirit.
  • لیک گفتم ناس من نسناس نی ** ناس غیر جان جان‌اشناس نی

  • Nás is Man, and where is Manhood? You have never beheld the head (spiritual principle) of Man: you are a tail.
  • ناس مردم باشد و کو مردمی ** تو سر مردم ندیدستی دمی

  • You have recited (the text) thou didst not throw when thou threwest, but you are a (mere) body: you have remained in division.
  • ما رمیت اذ رمیت خوانده‌ای ** لیک جسمی در تجزی مانده‌ای

  • Like Bilqís, O foolish one, abandon the kingdom of your body for the sake of the prophet Solomon.
  • ملک جسمت را چو بلقیس ای غبی ** ترک کن بهر سلیمان نبی

  • I am crying “lá hawl,” not on account of my own words, nay, but on account of the false suggestions of the person accustomed to think (evil), 765
  • می‌کنم لا حول نه از گفت خویش ** بلک از وسواس آن اندیشه کیش

  • Who is conceiving in his heart a vain fancy about my words, (a fancy arising) from the false suggestions and incredulities of (evil) thought.
  • کو خیالی می‌کند در گفت من ** در دل از وسواس و انکارات ظن

  • I am crying “lá hawl,” that is, “there is no help,” because in your heart there is a contradiction of me.
  • می‌کنم لا حول یعنی چاره نیست ** چون ترا در دل بضدم گفتنیست

  • Since my words have stuck in your throat, I am silent: do you speak your own (words).
  • چونک گفت من گرفتت در گلو ** من خمش کردم تو آن خود بگو

  • A sweet flute-player was playing the flute subito e podice ejus erupit ventus. [A sweet flute-player was playing the flute: suddenly, some wind escaped from his ass.]
  • آن یکی نایی خوش نی می‌زدست ** ناگهان از مقعدش بادی بجست

  • Fistulam in podice posuit, saying, “If you play better than I, take it (the flute) and play!” [He placed the flute on his anus, saying, “If you play better than I, take it (the flute) and play!”] 770
  • نای را بر کون نهاد او که ز من ** گر تو بهتر می‌زنی بستان بزن

  • O Musalmán, (whilst you are still engaged) in the quest, good manners are indeed nothing but forbearance with every one that is unmannerly.
  • ای مسلمان خود ادب اندر طلب ** نیست الا حمل از هر بی‌ادب

  • When you see any one complaining of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper,
  • هر که را بینی شکایت می‌کند ** که فلان کس راست طبع و خوی بد

  • Know that the complainant is bad-tempered, forasmuch as he speaks ill of that bad-tempered person,
  • این شکایت‌گر بدان که بدخو است ** که مر آن بدخوی را او بدگو است

  • Because he (alone) is good-tempered who is quietly forbearing towards the bad-tempered and ill-natured.
  • زانک خوش‌خو آن بود کو در خمول ** باشد از بدخو و بدطبعان حمول

  • But in (the case of) the Shaykh, the complaint is (made) by the command of God; it is not (made) in consequence of anger and contentiousness and vain desire. 775
  • لیک در شیخ آن گله ز آمر خداست ** نه پی خشم و ممارات و هواست