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5
421-445

  • He replied, “My vision was ineffable; but for the sake of argument I will briefly declare a parable thereof.
  • گفت بی‌چون دیدم اما بهر قال  ** بازگویم مختصر آن را مثال 

  • I beheld Him with a fire on His left, and on the right a stream (like) Kawthar:
  • دیدمش سوی چپ او آذری  ** سوی دست راست جوی کوثری 

  • On His left an exceedingly world-consuming fire, on His right hand a sweet river.
  • سوی چپش بس جهان‌سوز آتشی  ** سوی دست راستش جوی خوشی 

  • One party put forth their hands towards the fire, (while) another party were rejoicing and intoxicated (with desire) for that Kawthar.
  • سوی آن آتش گروهی برده دست  ** بهر آن کوثر گروهی شاد و مست 

  • But ’twas a very topsy-turvy (mystifying) game in the path of every one doomed to perdition or blessed with salvation. 425
  • لیک لعب بازگونه بود سخت  ** پیش پای هر شقی و نیکبخت 

  • Whoever went into the fire and sparks was emerging from the midst of the water;
  • هر که در آتش همی رفت و شرر  ** از میان آب بر می‌کرد سر 

  • Whoever went from the middle towards the water, he was at once found to be in the fire;
  • هر که سوی آب می‌رفت از میان  ** او در آتش یافت می‌شد در زمان 

  • Whoever went towards the right (hand) and the limpid water would put forth his head from the fire on the left;
  • هر که سوی راست شد و آب زلال  ** سر ز آتش بر زد از سوی شمال 

  • And he who went towards the fiery left, would emerge on the right.
  • وانک شد سوی شمال آتشین  ** سر برون می‌کرد از سوی یمین 

  • Few were they who hit upon (understood) the mystery of this occult (matter); consequently, seldom would any one go into the fire; 430
  • کم کسی بر سر این مضمر زدی  ** لاجرم کم کس در آن آتش شدی 

  • (None would go) except him upon whom felicity was shed, so that he abandoned the water and took refuge in the fire.
  • جز کسی که بر سرش اقبال ریخت  ** کو رها کرد آب و در آتش گریخت 

  • The people made the pleasure that was actually present their object of worship; consequently the people were swindled by this game.
  • کرده ذوق نقد را معبود خلق  ** لاجرم زین لعب مغبون بود خلق 

  • Troop by troop and rank by rank, (they were) on their guard against the fire and fleeing greedily and in haste towards the water.
  • جوق‌جوق وصف صف از حرص و شتاب  ** محترز ز آتش گریزان سوی آب 

  • Of necessity, they lifted up their heads (emerged) from (amidst) the fire. Take warning, take warning, O heedless man!
  • لاجرم ز آتش برآوردند سر  ** اعتبارالاعتبار ای بی‌خبر 

  • The fire was crying, ‘O crazy fools, I am not fire, I am a delectable fountain. 435
  • بانگ می‌زد آتش ای گیجان گول  ** من نیم آتش منم چشمه‌ی قبول 

  • A spell has been cast on thine eyes, O sightless one: come into me and never flee from the sparks.
  • چشم‌بندی کرده‌اند ای بی‌نظر  ** در من آی و هیچ مگریز از شرر 

  • O (thou who art as) Khalíl (Abraham), here are no sparks and smoke: ’tis naught but the sorcery and deceit of Nimrod.
  • ای خلیل اینجا شرار و دود نیست  ** جز که سحر و خدعه‌ی نمرود نیست 

  • If, like the Friend of God, thou art wise, the fire is thy water, and thou art the moth.’”
  • چون خلیل حق اگر فرزانه‌ای  ** آتش آب تست و تو پروانه‌ای 

  • The soul of the moth is always crying, “Oh, alas, would that I had a hundred thousand wings,
  • جان پروانه همی‌دارد ندا  ** کای دریغا صد هزارم پر بدی 

  • That they might be consumed without mercy by the fire, to the blindness (confusion) of the eyes and hearts of the profane! 440
  • تا همی سوزید ز آتش بی‌امان  ** کوری چشم و دل نامحرمان 

  • The ignorant man pities me from stupidity: I pity him from clairvoyance.
  • بر من آرد رحم جاهل از خری  ** من برو رحم آرم از بینش‌وری 

  • Especially this fire (of Love), which is the soul of (all) waters (delights); (but) the behaviour of the (ignorant) moth is contrary to ours.
  • خاصه این آتش که جان آبهاست  ** کار پروانه به عکس کار ماست 

  • It sees the light and goes into a Fire; the heart (of the mystic) sees the fire and goes into a Light.”
  • او ببینند نور و در ناری رود  ** دل ببیند نار و در نوری شود 

  • Such a (deceptive) game is played by the Glorious God in order that you may see who belongs to the kin of Khalíl (Abraham).
  • این چنین لعب آمد از رب جلیل  ** تا ببینی کیست از آل خلیل 

  • A fire has been given the semblance of water, and in the fire a fountain has been opened. 445
  • آتشی را شکل آبی داده‌اند  ** واندر آتش چشمه‌ای بگشاده‌اند