Saying, “A wolf or a brigand (must have) attacked him, or (perhaps) he fell into a pit or ambush.”
که مرورا گرگ زد یا رهزنی ** یا فتاد اندر چهی یا مکمنی
All his children were passionately absorbed in (worldly) occupations: they never said (thought) that they had a father (who might be alive).
جمله فرزندانش در اشغال مست ** خود نگفتندی که بابایی بدست
After nine years he came (back) temporarily: he appeared and (then) disappeared again.
بعد نه سال آمد او هم عاریه ** گشت پیدا باز شد متواریه
He was the guest of his children for one month, and after that nobody saw any more of him.
یک مهی مهمان فرزندان خویش ** بود و زان پس کس ندیدش رنگ بیش
(Inward) homogeneity with the peris carried him off, just as a spear-thrust ravishes the spirit (from the body).2980
برد هم جنسی پریانش چنان ** که رباید روح را زخم سنان
Since one who is destined for Paradise is (inwardly) homogeneous with Paradise, on account of homogeneity he also becomes a worshipper of God.
چون بهشتی جنس جنت آمدست ** هم ز جنسیت شود یزدانپرست
Has not the Prophet said, “Know that liberality and virtue are (drooping) branches of (the trees in) Paradise (and have) come (have been let down) into this world”?
نه نبی فرمود جود و محمده ** شاخ جنت دان به دنیا آمده
Declare all loves to be homogeneous with (Divine) Love; deem all wraths to be homogeneous with (Divine) Wrath.
مهرها را جمله جنس مهر خوان ** قهرها را جمله جنس قهر دان
The reckless man gets a reckless man (as his comrade), because they are congenial in respect of their understanding.
لاابالی لا ابالی آورد ** زانک جنس هم بوند اندر خرد
The congeniality (spiritual affinity) in Idrís was (derived) from the stars: for eight years he was coming along with Saturn.2985
بود جنسیت در ادریس از نجوم ** هشت سال او با زحل بد در قدوم
He was his (Saturn's) companion in the East and in the West; (he was) his partner in conversation and familiar with his characteristics.
در مشارق در مغارب یار او ** همحدیث و محرم آثار او
When after his absence (from the body) he arrived (on earth), on the earth he was always giving lessons in astronomy.
بعد غیبت چونک آورد او قدوم ** در زمین میگفت او درس نجوم
The stars gladly ranged themselves in ranks before him: the stars attended his lectures,
پیش او استارگان خوش صف زده ** اختران در درس او حاضر شده
So that the people (present), nobles and commons alike, would hear the voices of the stars.
آنچنان که خلق آواز نجوم ** میشنیدند از خصوص و از عموم
The attraction exerted by homogeneity (spiritual affinity) drew the stars down to the earth and caused them to speak plainly before him.2990
جذب جنسیت کشیده تا زمین ** اختران را پیش او کرده مبین
Each one declared its name and its circumstances and expounded to him (the science of) astronomical observation.
هر یکی نام خود و احوال خود ** باز گفته پیش او شرح رصد
What is (real) homogeneity? A species of insight whereby people gain admission into (the minds and feelings of) one another.
چیست جنسیت یکی نوع نظر ** که بدان یابند ره در همدگر
When God endows you with the same insight which He has hidden in him (another person), you become his congener.
آن نظر که کرد حق در وی نهان ** چون نهد در تو تو گردی جنس آن
What draws a body (person) in any direction? Insight. How should the conscious attract the unconscious?
هر طرف چه میکشد تن را نظر ** بیخبر را کی کشاند با خبر
When He (God) implants in a man the nature of a woman, fit catamitus et coitum dat. [When He (God) implants in a man the nature of a woman, he becomes a catamite and offers (anal) intercourse.]2995
چونک اندر مرد خوی زن نهد ** او مخنث گردد و گان میدهد
When God implants in a woman the masculine nature, illa femina feminam cupit et cum ea rem habet. [When God implants in a woman the masculine nature, that dildo-using woman becomes a seeker of women.]
چون نهد در زن خدا خوی نری ** طالب زن گردد آن زن سعتری
When He implants in you the qualities of Gabriel, you will seek the way up to the air, like a young bird,
چون نهد در تو صفات جبرئیل ** همچو فرخی بر هواجویی سبیل
Gazing exspectantly, your eye fixed upon the air, estranged from the earth and enamoured of heaven.
منتظر بنهاده دیده در هوا ** از زمین بیگانه عاشق بر سما
When He implants in you the asinine qualities, (even) if you have a hundred wings (expedients) you will fly to the stable.
چون نهد در تو صفتهای خری ** صد پرت گر هست بر آخر پری
The mouse is not despised for its (outward) form: it becomes a helpless victim of the kite because of its villainous character.3000
از پی صورت نیامد موش خوار ** از خبیثی شد زبون موشخوار