When you say at one shop, “I am ‘Umar: kindly sell bread to this ‘Umar,”
چون به یک دکان بگفتی عمرم ** این عمر را نان فروشید از کرم
He (the baker) will say, “Go to that other shop: one loaf from that (shop) is better than fifty from this.”
او بگوید رو بدان دیگر دکان ** زان یکی نان به کزین پنجاه نان
If he (the customer) had not been seeing double, he would have replied, “There is no other shop”;
گر نبودی احول او اندر نظر ** او بگفتی نیست دکانی دگر
And then the illumination produced by not seeing double would have shot (rays) upon the heart of him (the baker) of Kásh, and ‘Umar would have become ‘Alí.
پس ردی اشراق آن نااحولی ** بر دل کاشی شدی عمر علی
This (baker) says, (speaking) from this place (shop) to that (other) baker, “O baker, sell bread to this ‘Umar”;3225
این ازینجا گوید آن خباز را ** این عمر را نان فروش ای نانبا
And he too, on hearing (the name) ‘Umar, withholds bread (from you) and sends (you) to a shop some way off,
چون شنید او هم عمر نان در کشید ** پس فرستادت به دکان بعید
Saying, “Give bread to this ‘Umar, O my partner,” i.e. “apprehend the secret (my real meaning) from (the tone of) my voice.”
کین عمر را نان ده ای انباز من ** راز یعنی فهم کن ز آواز من
He also will pass you on from there (to another baker), (saying to him), “Hark, ‘Umar is come to get some bread.”
او همت زان سو حواله می‌کند ** هین عمر آمد که تا بر نان زند
When you have been ‘Umar in one shop, go (your way) and do not expect to obtain bread in all Káshán.
چون به یک دکان عمر بودی برو ** در همه کاشان ز نان محروم شو
But if you have said in one shop, “(I am) ‘Alí,” (then you may) obtain bread from this place (shop) without being passed on (to another shop) and without trouble.3230
ور به یک دکان علی گفتی بگیر ** نان ازینجا بی‌حواله و بی‌زحیر
Since the squinter who sees two (instead of one) is deprived of the enjoyment of delicious food, (your case is worse, for) you are seeing ten, O you who would sell your mother!
احول دو بین چو بی‌بر شد ز نوش ** احول ده بینی ای مادر فروش
Because of seeing double, wander (to and fro) like ‘Umar in this Káshán of earth, since you are not ‘Alí.
اندرین کاشان خاک از احولی ** چون عمر می‌گرد چو نبوی علی
In this ruined monastery the man who sees double is (continually) removing from one nook to another, O (you who say to yourself), “The good (which I seek) is (to be found) there.”
هست احول را درین ویرانه دیر ** گوشه گوشه نقل نو ای ثم خیر
But if you get two eyes that can recognise God, (you will) see (that) the (entire) expanse of both worlds (is) full of the Beloved,
ور دو چشم حق‌شناس آمد ترا ** دوست پر بین عرصه‌ی هر دو سرا
(And so) you escape from being transferred from place to place in this Káshán (which is) filled with fear and hope.3235
وا رهیدی از حواله‌ی جا به جا ** اندرین کاشان پر خوف و رجا
(If) you have seen buds or trees (reflected) in this River, do not suppose that they are a phantom (illusion) like (those of) any (ordinary) river;
اندرین جو غنچه دیدی یا شجر ** هم‌چو هر جو تو خیالش ظن مبر
For by means of the very reflexion of these images God is made real to you and sells (to you) the fruit (of reality).
که ترا از عین این عکس نقوش ** حق حقیقت گردد و میوه‌فروش
By means of this Water the eye is freed from seeing double: it sees the reflexion, and the basket is filled (with fruit).
چشم ازین آب از حول حر می‌شود ** عکس می‌بیند سد پر می‌شود
Therefore this (Water) is really an orchard, not water: do not, then, like Bilqís, strip yourself from (fear of being splashed by) the waves.
پس به معنی باغ باشد این نه آب ** پس مشو عریان چو بلقیس از حباب
Diverse loads are (laid) upon the backs of asses: do not drive (all) these asses with one (and the same) stick.3240
بار گوناگونست بر پشت خران ** هین به یک چون این خران را تو مران
One ass is laden with rubies and pearls, another with (common) stones and marble.
بر یکی خر بار لعل و گوهرست ** بر یکی خر بار سنگ و مرمرست
Do not apply this (uniform) principle to all rivers; in this River behold the Moon (itself), and do not call it a (mere) reflexion.
بر همه جوها تو این حکمت مران ** اندرین جو ماه بین عکسش مخوان
This is the Water of Khizr, not the water drunk by herbivorous animals and beasts of prey: everything that appears in it is Real.
آب خضرست این نه آب دام و دد ** هر چه اندر روی نماید حق بود
From the bottom of this River the Moon cries, “I am the Moon, I am not a reflexion: I am conversing and travelling with (the River).
زین تگ جو ماه گوید من مهم ** من نه عکسم هم‌حدیث و هم‌رهم
That which is (in the world) above is in this River: take possession of it either (in the world) above or in that (River) as you please.3245
اندرین جو آنچ بر بالاست هست ** خواه بالا خواه در وی دار دست