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
It is a (greedy) food-seeker and a traitor and a lover of darkness, besotted with cheese and pistachio nuts and syrup.
طعمهجوی و خاین و ظلمتپرست ** از پنیر و فستق و دوشاب مست
When the white falcon has the nature of a mouse, it is an object of contempt to the mice and a disgrace to the wild animals.
باز اشهب را چو باشد خوی موش ** ننگ موشان باشد و عار وحوش
O son, when the nature of Hárút and Márút was changed and He (God) bestowed on them the nature of man,
خوی آن هاروت و ماروت ای پسر ** چون بگشت و دادشان خوی بشر
They fell from (the eminence of) verily, we are they that stand in rowsinto the pit at Babylon (where they remain) shackled head-foremost.
در فتادند از لنحن الصافون ** در چه بابل ببسته سرنگون
The Guarded Tablet was removed from their sight: sorcerer and ensorcelled became their tablet.3005
لوح محفوظ از نظرشان دور شد ** لوح ایشان ساحر و مسحور شد
The same arms, the same head, the same figure—(yet) a Moses is celestial (in his nature), while a Pharaoh is contemptible.
پر همان و سر همان هیکل همان ** موسیی بر عرش و فرعونی مهان
Be always in quest of the (inward) nature and consort with him whose nature is good: observe how rose-oil (otto) has received (imbibed) the nature (of the rose).
در پی خو باش و با خوشخو نشین ** خوپذیری روغن گل را ببین
The earth of the grave is ennobled by the (holy) man (buried there), so that the (owner of an illumined) heart lays his face and hands on his grave.
خاک گور از مرد هم یابد شرف ** تا نهد بر گور او دل روی و کف
Since the earth (of the grave) is ennobled and made fortunate by the neighbourhood of the pure body,
خاک از همسایگی جسم پاک ** چون مشرف آمد و اقبالناک
Do thou too, then, say, “(First) the neighbour, then the house”: if thou hast a heart, go, seek a sweetheart.3010
پس تو هم الجار ثم الدار گو ** گر دلی داری برو دلدار جو
His dust (body) is endued with the character of his soul: it becomes a collyrium for the eyes of those who are dear (to God).
خاک او همسیرت جان میشود ** سرمهی چشم عزیزان میشود