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2247-2271

  • So long as a drug exists (independently), it has no effect; it removes diseases (only) when it has perished (has been dissolved and assimilated).
  • تا بود دارو ندارد او عمل  ** چونک شد فانی کند دفع علل 

  • (Even) if (all) the forest should become pens and (all) the ocean ink, (yet) there is no hope of bringing the Mathnawí to an end.
  • گر شود بیشه قلم دریا مداد  ** مثنوی را نیست پایانی امید 

  • So long as the Brick-maker's mould is (filled with) earth, the scansion of its (the Mathnawí's) poetry, too, will be kept up.
  • چارچوب خشت‌زن تا خاک هست  ** می‌دهد تقطیع شعرش نیز دست 

  • When earth remains no more and He (God) dries (withers and destroys) its existence, His sea when it foams will make (fresh) earth. 2250
  • چون نماند خاک و بودش جف کند  ** خاک سازد بحر او چون کف کند 

  • When the forest remains no more and disappears (from existence), (other) forests will raise their heads from the essence of the Sea.
  • چون نماند بیشه و سر در کشد  ** بیشه‌ها از عین دریا سر کشد 

  • Hence that Lord of relief (from sorrow) said, “Relate Traditions (drawn) from our Sea, since there is no harm (in doing so).”
  • بهر این گفت آن خداوند فرج  ** حدثوا عن بحرنا اذ لا حرج 

  • (Now) turn back from the Sea and set thy face towards dry land: talk only of the plaything, for it is better (more suitable) for the child,
  • باز گرد از بحر و رو در خشک نه  ** هم ز لعبت گو که کودک‌راست به 

  • So that in his boyhood, (advancing) little by little beyond the plaything, his spirit may become acquainted with the ocean of Reason.
  • تا ز لعبت اندک اندک در صبا  ** جانش گردد با یم عقل آشنا 

  • By means of that play the boy is (gradually) acquiring reason, though superficially it (his play) is repugnant (to reason). 2255
  • عقل از آن بازی همی‌یابد صبی  ** گرچه با عقلست در ظاهر ابی 

  • How can a demented child play? There must be (in the child) a part (of reason) in order that it (the part) may attain to the whole.
  • کودک دیوانه بازی کی کند  ** جزو باید تا که کل را فی کند 

  • Returning to the Story of the dome and the treasure.
  • رجوع کردن به قصه‌ی قبه و گنج 

  • Lo, the idea of that fakir with (his cries) “Come! come!” has rendered me unfeignedly (really) unable (to resist his appeal).
  • نک خیال آن فقیرم بی‌ریا  ** عاجز آورد از بیا و از بیا 

  • You do not hear his cry, (but) I hear it, because I am his confidant in my inmost thoughts.
  • بانگ او تو نشنوی من بشنوم  ** زانک در اسرار همراز ویم 

  • Do not regard him as a seeker of the treasure; he is the treasure himself, how should the lover in reality be other than the beloved?
  • طالب گنجش مبین خود گنج اوست  ** دوست کی باشد به معنی غیر دوست 

  • At even moment he is bowing down (in worship) to himself: the bowing is (performed) in front of the mirror for the sake of (beholding) the face. 2260
  • سجده خود را می‌کند هر لحظه او  ** سجده پیش آینه‌ست از بهر رو 

  • If he saw in the mirror a single mite without any phantasy, nothing would be left of him.
  • گر بدیدی ز آینه او یک پشیز  ** بی‌خیالی زو نماندی هیچ چیز 

  • Both his phantasies and he (himself) would vanish: his knowledge would be obliterated in nescience.
  • هم خیالاتش هم او فانی شدی  ** دانش او محو نادانی شدی 

  • From our nescience another knowledge would rise into clear view, saying, “Lo, I am (God.”
  • دانشی دیگر ز نادانی ما  ** سر برآوردی عیان که انی انا 

  • The (Divine) call was coming (to the angels)—”Bow down to Adam, for ye are (essentially) Adam, and for a moment see yourselves to be (identical with) him.”
  • اسجدوا لادم ندا آمد همی  ** که آدمید و خویش بینیدش دمی 

  • He (God) removed strabism from their eyes, so that the earth became identical with the azure heavens. 2265
  • احولی از چشم ایشان دور کرد  ** تا زمین شد عین چرخ لاژورد 

  • He said, “There is no god,” and He said, “except God”: not (any god) became except God, and Unity blossomed forth (was revealed).
  • لا اله گفت و الا الله گفت  ** گشت لا الا الله و وحدت شکفت 

  • The time has come for that righteous beloved and dear friend (of God) to pull my ear (and lead me)
  • آن حبیب و آن خلیل با رشد  ** وقت آن آمد که گوش ما کشد 

  • Towards the fountain (of Unity), saying, “Wash thy mouth clean of these things: do not tell that which we have concealed from the people.
  • سوی چشمه که دهان زینها بشو  ** آنچ پوشیدیم از خلقان مگو 

  • And if thou tell (it), it will not become manifest, (yet) thou wilt be guilty of attempting to reveal it.
  • ور بگویی خود نگردد آشکار  ** تو به قصد کشف گردی جرم‌دار 

  • But, mark, I am compassing them about: I am at once the speaker and the hearer of this (mystery). 2270
  • لیک من اینک بریشان می‌تنم  ** قایل این سامع این هم منم 

  • Tell (only) of the (outward) form of the dervish and the picture (external description) of the treasure. These folk are addicted to (worldly) trouble: tell (them) of trouble.
  • صورت درویش و نقش گنج گو  ** رنج کیش‌اند این گروه از رنج گو