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60-84

  • That world is the origin of this dolorous abode, union is the origin of every parting and separation. 60
  • Wherefore, sire, are we thus in opposition, and wherefore does unity give birth to these numbers?
  • Because we are the branch and the four elements are the stock: in the branch the stock has brought its own nature into existence.
  • (But) since the substance, (which is) the spirit, is beyond ramifications, its nature is not this (plurality); it is the nature of (the Divine) Majesty.
  • Perceive that wars which are the origins of peaces are like (the war of) the Prophet whose war is for God's sake.
  • He is victorious and mighty in both worlds: the description of this victor is not contained in the mouth. 65
  • Still, if it is impossible to drain (drink) the Oxus, one cannot deny one's self as much (water) as will slake thirst.
  • If you are thirsting for the spiritual Ocean, make a breach in the island of the Mathnawí.
  • Make such a great breach that at every moment you will see the Mathnawi to be only spiritual.
  • When the wind sweeps away the straw from the (surface of) the river-water, the water displays its unicolouredness.
  • Behold the fresh branches of coral, behold the fruits grown from the water of the spirit! 70
  • When it (the Mathnawí) is made single (and denuded) of words and sounds and breaths, it leaves all that (behind) and becomes the (spiritual) Ocean.
  • The speaker of the word and the hearer of the word and the words (themselves)—all three become spirit in the end.
  • The bread-giver and the bread-receiver and the wholesome bread become single (denuded) of their forms and are turned into earth,
  • But their reality, in the three (above-mentioned) categories, is both differentiated in (these) grades and permanent.
  • In appearance they have become earth, in reality they have not; if any one say that they have, say to him, “No, they have not.” 75
  • In the spiritual world all three are waiting (for the Divine command), sometimes fleeing from form and sometimes taking abode (in it).
  • (When) the (Divine) command comes—“Enter into forms”— they enter (into them); likewise at His command they become divested (of form).
  • Know, therefore, that (in the text) to Him belongs the creation and to Him the command “the creation” is the form and “the command” is the spirit riding upon it.
  • (Both) the rider and the ridden are under the authority of the King: the body is at the portal and the spirit in the audience-chamber.
  • When the King desires the water to come into the pitcher, He says to the spirit-army, “Ride!” 80
  • Again, when He calls the spirit aloft, there comes from the overseers the cry, “Dismount!”
  • The discourse, (if continued) after this (point), will become subtle: diminish the fire, do not put more faggots on it,
  • Lest the small pots boil (too) quickly: the pot of the perceptions is small and low.
  • The Holy Transcendent One who makes the apple-orchard conceals them (the apples) in a mist of words.