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  • “By God,” said he, “I am thy guest unto everlasting. Wheresoever I be, to whatsoever place I go,
  • گفت والله تا ابد ضیف توم  ** هر کجا باشم بهر جا که روم 

  • I am made living by thee and liberated by thee, and am thy doorkeeper (eating) at thy table in this world and in the next. 265
  • زنده کرده و معتق و دربان تو  ** این جهان و آن جهان بر خوان تو 

  • Whosoever chooses any but this choice table, in the end his gullet will be torn by the bone (of perdition).
  • هر که بگزیند جزین بگزیده خوان  ** عاقبت درد گلویش ز استخوان 

  • Whosoever goes to the table of any but thee, know that the Devil shares his cup.
  • هر که سوی خوان غیر تو رود  ** دیو با او دان که هم‌کاسه بود 

  • Whosoever departs from thy neighbourhood, without any doubt the Devil will become his neighbour;
  • هر که از همسایگی تو رود  ** دیو بی‌شکی که همسایه‌ش شود 

  • And if without thee he go on a far journey, the wicked Devil is his fellow-traveller and table-companion;
  • ور رود بی‌تو سفر او دوردست  ** دیو بد همراه و هم‌سفره‌ی ویست 

  • And if he mount a noble horse, (since) he is envious of the Moon, the Devil sits behind him; 270
  • ور نشیند بر سر اسپ شریف  ** حاسد ماهست دیو او را ردیف 

  • And if his Shahnáz be got with child by him, the Devil is his partner in begetting it.”
  • ور بچه گیرد ازو شهناز او  ** دیو در نسلش بود انباز او 

  • O thou that glowest (with faith), God hath said in the Qur’án, “Share with them in their wealth and children.”
  • در نبی شارکهم گفتست حق  ** هم در اموال و در اولاد ای شفق 

  • The Prophet, (who drew inspiration) from the Unseen, explained this (matter) clearly in his marvellous discourses with ‘Alí.
  • گفت پیغامبر ز غیب این را جلی  ** در مقالات نوادر با علی 

  • “O Prophet of Allah, thou hast displayed (the truth of) thy prophetic mission completely, like the cloudless sun.
  • یا رسول‌الله رسالت را تمام  ** تو نمودی هم‌چو شمس بی‌غمام 

  • Two hundred mothers never did (to their children) this which thou hast done (to me); Jesus by his (life-giving) spells never did (so much as this) to ‘Ázar (Lazarus). 275
  • این که تو کردی دو صد مادر نکرد  ** عیسی از افسونش با عازر نکرد 

  • Lo, through thee, my soul hath been delivered from death: if ‘Ázar was revived by that breath (of Jesus), yet he died again.”
  • از تو جانم از اجل نک جان ببرد  ** عازر ار شد زنده زان دم باز مرد 

  • The Arab became the Prophet's guest that night: he drank half the milk of a single goat and (then) closed his lips.
  • گشت مهمان رسول آن شب عرب  ** شیر یک بز نیمه خورد و بست لب 

  • He (the Prophet) urged him to drink the milk and eat the scones. “By God,” said he, “in all sincerity I have eaten my fill.
  • کرد الحاحش بخور شیر و رقاق  ** گفت گشتم سیر والله بی‌نفاق 

  • This is not hypocrisy or affectation and artifice: I have become fuller than I was yesternight.”
  • این تکلف نیست نی ناموس و فن  ** سیرتر گشتم از آنک دوش من 

  • All the people of the (Prophet's) house were left in astonishment (to think that) this lamp had been filled by this one drop of oil, 280
  • در عجب ماندند جمله اهل بیت  ** پر شد این قندیل زین یک قطره زیت 

  • And that what is (only) a swift's (portion of) food should become the (means of) filling the belly of such an elephant.
  • آنچ قوت مرغ بابیلی بود  ** سیری معده‌ی چنین پیلی شود 

  • Whispering arose amongst the men and women—“That man who has the body of an elephant eats as little as a fly!”
  • فجفجه افتاد اندر مرد و زن  ** قدر پشه می‌خورد آن پیل‌تن 

  • The greed and vanity of unbelief was overthrown: the dragon was satisfied with the food of an ant.
  • حرص و وهم کافری سرزیر شد  ** اژدها از قوت موری سیر شد 

  • The beggar-like greediness of unbelief departed from him: the sweet food of the Faith made him stout and strong.
  • آن گدا چشمی کفر از وی برفت  ** لوت ایمانیش لمتر کرد و زفت 

  • He who was quivering from ravenous hunger beheld, like Mary, the fruit of Paradise. 285
  • آنک از جوع البقر او می‌طپید  ** هم‌چو مریم میوه‌ی جنت بدید 

  • The fruit of Paradise sped to his body: his Hell-like belly gained repose.
  • میوه‌ی جنت سوی چشمش شتافت  ** معده‌ی چون دوزخش آرام یافت 

  • The essence of the Faith is a mighty blessing and exceedingly delicious food, O thou who art content with naught of the Faith but the profession!
  • ذات ایمان نعمت و لوتیست هول  ** ای قناعت کرده از ایمان به قول 

  • Explaining that the Light which is the food of the spirit becomes the food of the saint's body, so that it (his body) also becomes friendly with the spirit (according to the saying of the Prophet), “My satan hath accepted Islam at my hands.”
  • بیان آنک نور که غذای جانست غذای جسم اولیا می‌شود تا او هم یار می‌شود روح را کی اسلم شیطانی علی یدی 

  • Although that (Light) is the food of the spirit and the (spiritual) sight, the body too partakes of it, O son.
  • گرچه آن مطعوم جانست و نظر  ** جسم را هم زان نصیبست ای پسر