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6
338-362

  • But if you ask by God's command, that is right: such asking is the way followed by the prophets.
  • ور به امر حق بخواهی آن رواست  ** آنچنان خواهش طریق انبیاست 

  • When the Beloved has signified (that you should do so and so), ’tis evil no more: infidelity (itself) becomes faith when the infidelity is for His sake.
  • بد نماند چون اشارت کرد دوست  ** کفر ایمان شد چون کفر از بهر اوست 

  • Any evil deed prompted by His command surpasses (all) the good deeds in the world. 340
  • هر بدی که امر او پیش آورد  ** آن ز نیکوهای عالم بگذرد 

  • Even if the skin (exterior) of the oyster-shell be damaged, do not curse it, for within it there are a hundred thousand pearls.
  • زان صدف گر خسته گردد نیز پوست  ** ده مده که صد هزاران در دروست 

  • This topic hath no end. Return to the King (God) and become endued with the nature of the falcon.
  • این سخن پایان ندارد بازگرد  ** سوی شاه و هم‌مزاج بازگرد 

  • Like pure gold, return to the mine, in order that your hands may be delivered from (the necessity of) giving the ten (fingers);
  • باز رو در کان چو زر ده‌دهی  ** تا رهد دستان تو از ده‌دهی 

  • (For) when they (worldlings) admit a phenomenal form into their hearts, in the end they curse it in contrition.
  • صورتی را چون بدل ره می‌دهند  ** از ندامت آخرش ده می‌دهند 

  • The repentance they show is like that of the moth: (soon) forgetfulness draws them back again to the (same) work. 345
  • توبه می‌آرند هم پروانه‌وار  ** باز نسیان می‌کشدشان سوی کار 

  • Like the moth, he (such a one) deems the fire (seen) from a distance to be light, and packs off (sets out) towards it.
  • هم‌چو پروانه ز دور آن نار را  ** نور دید و بست آن سو بار را 

  • As soon as he comes (to the fire), it burns his wings, and he flees; and (then) again he falls, like (greedy) children (in a hurry), and spills the salt.
  • چون بیامد سوخت پرش را گریخت  ** باز چون طفلان فتاد و ملح ریخت 

  • Once more, thinking and hoping to profit, he quickly dashes himself on the fire of that candle.
  • بار دیگر بر گمان طمع سود  ** خویش زد بر آتش آن شمع زود 

  • Once more he is scorched and recoils; (then) again the greed of his heart makes him forgetful and intoxicated.
  • بار دیگر سوخت هم واپس بجست  ** باز کردش حرص دل ناسی و مست 

  • At the moment when he recoils on being scorched, he gives the ten (fingers), like the Hindú (slave), to the candle, 350
  • آن زمان کز سوختن وا می‌جهد  ** هم‌چو هندو شمع را ده می‌دهد 

  • Saying, “Oh, thy face is splendid as the night-illuming moon, but oh, in (actual) intercourse thou art false and destructive to him that is duped (by thee).”
  • که ای رخت تابان چون ماه شب‌فروز  ** وی به صحبت کاذب و مغرورسوز 

  • (Then) again his repentance and moaning go out of his memory, for God hath made the stratagems of the liars to be feeble.
  • باز از یادش رود توبه و انین  ** کاوهن الرحمن کید الکاذبین 

  • Concerning the interpretation, in a general sense, of the Verse: “as often as they kindle a fire for war.”
  • در عموم تاویل این آیت کی کلما اوقدوا نارا للحرب 

  • As often as they kindle the fire of (spiritual) warfare, God quenches their fire so that it is put out (entirely).
  • کلما هم اوقدوا نار الوغی  ** اطفاء الله نارهم حتی انطفا 

  • He (such an one) makes a resolution, saying, “O (my) heart, do not stay there!” (but soon) he becomes forgetful, for he is not (really) resolute.
  • عزم کرده که دلا آنجا مه‌ایست  ** گشته ناسی زانک اهل عزم نیست 

  • Since there was no seed of sincerity sown by him, God has caused him to forget that (resolution). 355
  • چون نبودش تخم صدقی کاشته  ** حق برو نسیان آن بگماشته 

  • Though he strikes the match of his heart, the Hand of God is always extinguishing the star (spark).
  • گرچه بر آتش‌زنه‌ی دل می‌زند  ** آن ستاره‌ش را کف حق می‌کشد 

  • A Story in further exposition of this.
  • قصه‌ای هم در تقریر این 

  • A man of trust heard a sound of footsteps (in his house) during the night: he took up the fire-lighter to strike a flame.
  • شرفه‌ای بشنید در شب معتمد  ** برگرفت آتش‌زنه که آتش زند 

  • At that (same) moment the thief came and sat down beside him, and whenever the tinder caught (fire) he put it out,
  • دزد آمد آن زمان پیشش نشست  ** چون گرفت آن سوخته می‌کرد پست 

  • Laying the tip of his finger on the place, in order that the fiery star (spark) might vanish.
  • می‌نهاد آنجا سر انگشت را  ** تا شود استاره‌ی آتش فنا 

  • The Khwája thought it was dying of itself: he didn't see that the thief was extinguishing it. 360
  • خواجه می‌پنداشت کز خود می‌مرد  ** این نمی‌دید او که دزدش می‌کشد 

  • The Khwája said, “This tinder was moist: on account of its wetness the star (spark) is dying at once.”
  • خواجه گفت این سوخته نمناک بود  ** می‌مرد استاره از تریش زود 

  • As there was great mirk and darkness in front (of him), he didn't see a fire-extinguisher beside him.
  • بس که ظلمت بود و تاریکی ز پیش  ** می‌ندید آتش‌کشی را پیش خویش