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  • Until Gabriel would say to him, “Hark, do it not, for great fortune is (coming) to thee from the Command, Be!”
  • تا بگفتی جبرئیلش هین مکن  ** که ترا بس دولتست از امر کن 

  • (Then) Mustafá would desist from casting (himself down), (till) separation again made an attack (upon him).
  • مصطفی ساکن شدی ز انداختن  ** باز هجران آوریدی تاختن 

  • (Then) again, from grief and sorrow, he would be on the point of throwing himself headlong from the mountain,
  • باز خود را سرنگون از کوه او  ** می‌فکندی از غم و اندوه او 

  • And once more Gabriel would appear in person, saying, “Do it not, O thou peerless (spiritual) king!”
  • باز خود پیدا شدی آن جبرئیل  ** که مکن این ای تو شاه بی‌بدیل 

  • Even thus he would continue until the veil was lifted, so that he gained the pearl (of his desire) from the bosom (of his inmost consciousness). 3540
  • هم‌چنین می‌بود تا کشف حجاب  ** تا بیابید آن گهر را او ز جیب 

  • Since people kill themselves on account of any affliction, this (separation from God) is the root of (all) afflictions: how should they endure it?
  • بهر هر محنت چو خود را می‌کشند  ** اصل محنتهاست این چونش کشند 

  • Men are amazed at the Fidá’í, (but) every one of us is a Fidá’í in his behaviour.
  • از فدایی مردمان را حیرتیست  ** هر یکی از ما فدای سیرتیست 

  • Oh, blest is he that has sacrificed his body for the sake of that for which it is worth while to sacrifice one's self.
  • ای خنک آنک فدا کردست تن  ** بهر آن کارزد فدای آن شدن 

  • Inasmuch as every one is devoted to some calling wherein he spends his life and is killed—
  • هر یکی چونک فدایی فنیست  ** کاندر آن ره صرف عمر و کشتنیست 

  • Is killed somewhere (either) in the West or in the East, at which time neither the desiring subject nor the desired object remains (in existence)— 3545
  • کشتنی اندر غروبی یا شروق  ** که نه شایق ماند آنگه نه مشوق 

  • After all, this fortunate man is devoted to the calling wherein a hundred lives are (gained) in being killed;
  • باری این مقبل فدای این فنست  ** کاندرو صد زندگی در کشتنست 

  • Its lover and beloved and love are everlastingly prosperous and renowned in both worlds.
  • عاشق و معشوق و عشقش بر دوام  ** در دو عالم بهرمند و نیک‌نام 

  • O my generous friends, have pity on the votaries of passion: ’tis their business to go down to destruction after destruction.
  • یا کرامی ارحموا اهل الهوی  ** شانهم ورد التوی بعد التوی 

  • (The people said), “O Amír, pardon his (the ascetic's) violence: consider his sorrow and ill-fortune,
  • عفو کن ای میر بر سختی او  ** در نگر در درد و بدبختی او 

  • In order that God may pardon thy sins likewise and heap forgiveness on thy faults. 3550
  • تا ز جرمت هم خدا عفوی کند  ** زلتت را مغفرت در آکند 

  • Thou hast heedlessly broken many a jug and set thy heart on the hope of pardon.
  • تو ز غفلت بس سبو بشکسته‌ای  ** در امید عفو دل در بسته‌ای 

  • Pardon, that thou mayst win pardon in return: the (Divine) decree splits hairs (is exceedingly scrupulous) in (giving every one his) deserts.”
  • عفو کن تا عفو یابی در جزا  ** می‌شکافد مو قدر اندر سزا 

  • How the Amír answered those neighbours of the ascetic who interceded for him: “Why,” said he, “did he behave (so) impudently and why did he break my jug (of wine)? I will not listen to intercession in this matter, for I have sworn to punish him as he deserves.”
  • جواب گفتن امیر مر آن شفیعان را و همسایگان زاهد را کی گستاخی چرا کرد و سبوی ما را چرا شکست من درین باب شفاعت قبول نخواهم کرد کی سوگند خورده‌ام کی سزای او را بدهم 

  • The Amír said, “Who is he that he should throw a stone at my jug and break it?
  • میر گفت او کیست کو سنگی زند  ** بر سبوی ما سبو را بشکند 

  • When the fierce lion passes through my quarter, he passes in great affright and with a hundred precautions.
  • چون گذر سازد ز کویم شیر نر  ** ترس ترسان بگذرد با صد حذر 

  • Why did he vex the heart of my slave and put me to shame before my guests? 3555
  • بنده‌ی ما را چرا آزرد دل  ** کرد ما را پیش مهمانان خجل 

  • He spilt a beverage that is better than his (own) blood, and now he has fled from me, like women.
  • شربتی که به ز خون اوست ریخت  ** این زمان هم‌چون زنان از ما گریخت 

  • But how shall he save his life from my hand? (Even) suppose that he flies up on high like a bird,
  • لیک جان از دست من او کی برد  ** گیر هم‌چون مرغ بالا بر پرد 

  • I will shoot the arrow of my vengeance at his wings, I will tear out his good-for-nothing wings and feathers.
  • تیر قهر خویش بر پرش زنم  ** پر و بال مردریگش بر کنم 

  • If he enter the hard rock (to escape) from my pursuit, I will drag him forth from the heart of the rock just now.
  • گر رود در سنگ سخت از کوششم  ** از دل سنگش کنون بیرون کشم 

  • I will inflict on his body such a blow as will be a warning to base scoundrels. 3560
  • من برانم بر تن او ضربتی  ** که بود قوادکان را عبرتی