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2288-2312

  • The dervish said, “O Knower of the secret, I have run about in vain for the sake of this treasure.
  • گفت آن درویش ای دانای راز  ** از پی این گنج کردم یاوه‌تاز 

  • The devil of greed and cupidity and hurry sought neither deliberation nor calmness.
  • دیو حرص و آز و مستعجل تگی  ** نی تانی جست و نی آهستگی 

  • I have not gained a morsel from any pot: I have (only) blackened my hand and burnt my mouth. 2290
  • من ز دیگی لقمه‌ای نندوختم  ** کف سیه کردم دهان را سوختم 

  • Verily, I did not say (to myself), ‘Since I have no certainty in this (matter), I will untie this knot by (the help of) Him who ties (all) knots.’”
  • خود نگفتم چون درین ناموقنم  ** زان گره‌زن این گره را حل کنم 

  • Seek the exposition of God’s Word from God: do not talk nonsense (derived) from (your own) opinion, O hard (impudent) man.
  • قول حق را هم ز حق تفسیر جو  ** هین مگو ژاژ از گمان ای سخت‌رو 

  • The knot which He tied He also will loose: the die which He cast (on the board) He (Himself) will take off.
  • آن گره کو زد همو بگشایدش  ** مهره کو انداخت او بربایدش 

  • Although words of that sort seemed to you to be easy, how should the esoteric (Divine) symbols be easy (to understand)?
  • گرچه آسانت نمود آن سان سخن  ** کی بود آسان رموز من لدن 

  • He (the fakir) said, “O Lord, I repent of this haste: since. Thou hast shut the door, do Thou also open the door. 2295
  • گفت یا رب توبه کردم زین شتاب  ** چون تو در بستی تو کن هم فتح باب 

  • (It behoves me) to go (betake myself) once more to the patched frock (of the dervish): even in making (my) invocation (to God) I was devoid of merit.
  • بر سر خرقه شدن بار دگر  ** در دعا کردن بدم هم بی‌هنر 

  • How have I any independent merit or personality or heart? All these are the reflexion of Thee, and Thou Thyself art (all).
  • کو هنر کو من کجا دل مستوی  ** این همه عکس توست و خود توی 

  • Every night in sleep my forethought and knowledge become: like a ship overwhelmed by the water (of the sea).
  • هر شبی تدبیر و فرهنگم به خواب  ** هم‌چو کشتی غرقه می‌گردد ز آب 

  • Neither do I myself remain nor that merit (of mine): my body lies unconscious like a carcase.
  • خود نه من می‌مانم و نه آن هنر  ** تن چو مرداری فتاده بی‌خبر 

  • The whole night until dawn that exalted King is Himself uttering an ‘Alast’ (‘Am not I...?’) and (answering) ‘Yea.’ 2300
  • تا سحر جمله شب آن شاه علی  ** خود همی‌گوید الستی و بلی 

  • Where is anyone to say’ Yea’? The flood of (slumber) has swept them all away, or a leviathan has swallowed them all piecemeal.
  • کو بلی‌گو جمله را سیلاب برد  ** یا نهنگی خورد کل را کرد و مرد 

  • At morning tide, when He draws His sheeny sword from the scabbard of the darkness of night,
  • صبح‌دم چون تیغ گوهردار خود  ** از نیام ظلمت شب بر کند 

  • And the orient sun rolls up (makes an end of) night, this leviathan spews out all that it swallowed,
  • آفتاب شرق شب را طی کند  ** از نهنگ آن خورده‌ها را قی کند 

  • And we, delivered like Jonah from the belly of that leviathan, are dispersed into (the world of) scent and colour.
  • رسته چون یونس ز معده‌ی آن نهنگ  ** منتشر گردیم اندر بو و رنگ 

  • Like Jonah, the people give praise (to God), because they were restful in that darkness. 2305
  • خلق چون یونس مسبح آمدند  ** کاندر آن ظلمات پر راحت شدند 

  • At the hour of dawn each one says, when he comes forth from the belly of the (great) Fish, Night,
  • هر یکی گوید به هنگام سحر  ** چون ز بطن حوت شب آید به در 

  •  ‘O Gracious One who dost deposit in lonesome (fearful) Night the treasure of Mercy and all these delicious experiences!
  • کای کریمی که در آن لیل وحش  ** گنج رحمت بنهی و چندین چشش 

  • By means of Night, which resembles the scaly leviathan, the eve (is made) keen, the ear fresh, and the body nimble.
  • چشم تیز و گوش تازه تن سبک  ** از شب هم‌چون نهنگ ذوالحبک 

  • Henceforth, with One like Thee (beside us), we will never flee from positions of fearful aspect.
  • از مقامات وحش‌رو زین سپس  ** هیچ نگریزیم ما با چون تو کس 

  • Moses deemed that (which he saw) to be fire, but it was (really) light: we regarded Night as a (hideous) negro, but it was (really) a houri. 2310
  • موسی آن را نار دید و نور بود  ** زنگیی دیدیم شب را حور بود 

  • After this, we beg of Thee (only) the eye (that sees truly), in order that sticks and straws may not conceal the Sea (from us).’
  • بعد ازین ما دیده خواهیم از تو بس  ** تا نپوشد بحر را خاشاک و خس 

  • When the eyes of (Pharaoh’s) magicians were delivered from blindness, they were clapping their hands (joyfully), (though) deprived of these (bodily) hands and feet.
  • ساحران را چشم چون رست از عمی  ** کف‌زنان بودند بی‌این دست و پا