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814-838

  • When from the soul (interior) of the jar a channel is made to the Sea, the jar will overwhelm the Jayhún (Oxus).
  • چون به دریا راه شد از جان خم  ** خم با جیحون برآرد اشتلم 

  • For that reason whatsoever the speech (voice) of Ahmad (Mohammed) may utter, the words are (really) uttered by the Sea. 815
  • زان سبب قل گفته‌ی دریا بود  ** هرچه نطق احمدی گویا بود 

  • All his words were pearls of the Sea, for his heart had a passage into the Sea.
  • گفته‌ی او جمله در بحر بود  ** که دلش را بود در دریا نفوذ 

  • Since the bounty of the Sea is (poured) through our jar, what wonder (that) the Sea (itself) should be (contained) in a Fish?
  • داد دریا چون ز خم ما بود  ** چه عجب در ماهیی دریا بود 

  • The sensual eye is fixed on the form of the thoroughfare: thou art regarding it as a thoroughfare, but he (the Perfect Man) as a permanent abode.
  • چشم حس افسرد بر نقش ممر  ** تش ممر می‌بینی و او مستقر 

  • This dualism is characteristic of the eye that sees double; but (in reality) the first is the last and the last is the first.
  • این دوی اوصاف دید احولست  ** ورنه اول آخر آخر اولست 

  • Hark, by what means is this made known (to thee)? By means of the (spiritual) resurrection. Seek to experience (that) resurrection: do not dispute concerning (that) resurrection. 820
  • هی ز چه معلوم گردد این ز بعث  ** بعث را جو کم کن اندر بعث بحث 

  • The (necessary) condition of (experiencing) the Day of Resurrection is to die first, for (the word) ba‘th (resurrection) is (signifies) “to raise to life from the dead.”
  • شرط روز بعث اول مردنست  ** زانک بعث از مرده زنده کردنست 

  • Hence all the world have taken the wrong way, for they are afraid of nonexistence, though it is (really) the refuge (in which they find salvation).
  • جمله عالم زین غلط کردند راه  ** کز عدم ترسند و آن آمد پناه 

  • Whence shall we seek (true knowledge? From renouncing (our false) knowledge. Whence shall we seek (true) peace? From renouncing peace (with our carnal selves).
  • از کجا جوییم علم از ترک علم  ** از کجا جوییم سلم از ترک سلم 

  • Whence shall we seek (real) existence? From renouncing (illusory) existence. Whence shall we seek the apple (of Truth)? From renouncing the hand (of self-assertion and self-interest).
  • از کجا جوییم هست از ترک هست  ** از کجا جوییم سیب از ترک دست 

  • O best Helper, only Thou canst make the eye that regards the non-existent to regard that which is (really) existent. 825
  • هم تو تانی کرد یا نعم المعین  ** دیده‌ی معدوم‌بین را هست بین 

  • The eye that was produced from non-existence regarded the Essence of (real) Being as wholly non-existent;
  • دیده‌ای کو از عدم آمد پدید  ** ذات هستی را همه معدوم دید 

  • (But), if (thy) two eyes are transformed and illumined, this well-ordered world becomes the scene of the Last Judgement.
  • این جهان منتظم محشر شود  ** گر دو دیده مبدل و انور شود 

  • These realities are shown forth imperfectly (here) because the apprehension of them is forbidden to these raw (ignorant) ones.
  • زان نماید این حقایق ناتمام  ** که برین خامان بود فهمش حرام 

  • Although God is munificent, the enjoyment of the delightful gardens ofParadise is forbidden to him who is destined for Hell.
  • نعمت جنات خوش بر دوزخمی  ** شد محرم گرچه حق آمد سخی 

  • The honey of Paradise becomes bitter in his mouth, since he was not (destined to be) one of them that faithfully keep the covenant of everlasting life. 830
  • در دهانش تلخ آید شهد خلد  ** چون نبود از وافیان در عهد خلد 

  • Ye (worldly folk) also (who are engaged) in commerce—how should your hands move (to sell anything) when there is no buyer?
  • مر شما را نیز در سوداگری  ** دست کی جنبد چو نبود مشتری 

  • How should (idle) looking-on be capable of buying? The fool's looking-on is (not for buying, but merely for) loitering.
  • کی نظاره اهل بخریدن بود  ** آن نظاره گول گردیدن بود 

  • (He strolls about) continually asking, “How much is this?” and “How much is that?” for the sake of pastime and mockery.
  • پرس پرسان کین به چند و آن به چند  ** از پی تعبیر وقت و ریش‌خند 

  • (’Tis only) from boredom (that) he asks you (to show him) your goods: that person is not a buyer and customer.
  • از ملولی کاله می‌خواهد ز تو  ** نیست آن کس مشتری و کاله‌جو 

  • He inspects the article a hundred times and hands it back (to you): when did he (ever) measure a piece of cloth? He measured wind (and nothing else). 835
  • کاله را صد بار دید و باز داد  ** جامه کی پیمود او پیمود باد 

  • What a distance between the approach and bargaining of a purchaser and the pleasantries of a silly joker?
  • کو قدوم و کر و فر مشتری  ** کو مزاح گنگلی سرسری 

  • Since there is not a mite in his possession, how should he seek (to buy) a coat except in jest?
  • چونک در ملکش نباشد حبه‌ای  ** جز پی گنگل چه جوید جبه‌ای 

  • He has no capital for trading: what, then, is the difference between his ill-favoured person and a shadow?
  • در تجارت نیستش سرمایه‌ای  ** پس چه شخص زشت او چه سایه‌ای