If a child does not see the various aspects of reason, will a rational person ever abandon reason?
گر نبیند کودکی احوال عقل ** عاقلی هرگز کند از عقل نقل
And if a rational person does not see the various aspects of Love, (yet) the auspicious moon of Love does not wane.
ور نبیند عاقلی احوال عشق ** کم نگردد ماه نیکوفال عشق
Joseph's beauty was not seen by the eyes of his brethren, (but) when did it (ever) disappear from the heart of Jacob?
حسن یوسف دیدهی اخوان ندید ** از دل یعقوب کی شد ناپدید
The (physical) eye of Moses regarded the staff (rod) as wood; the eye of the Invisible beheld (in it) a serpent and (cause of) panic.
مر عصا را چشم موسی چوب دید ** چشم غیبی افعی و آشوب دید
The eye of the head was in conflict with the eye of the heart: the eye of the heart prevailed (over the other) and displayed the proof.3935
چشم سر با چشم سر در جنگ بود ** غالب آمد چشم سر حجت نمود
The (physical) eye of Moses regarded his hand as a hand, (but) to the eye of the Invisible it was a manifest light.
چشم موسی دست خود را دست دید ** پیش چشم غیب نوری بد پدید
This matter hath no limit in perfection, (yet) it seems like a fancy to every one that is deprived (of the reality).
این سخن پایان ندارد در کمال ** پیش هر محروم باشد چون خیال
Since to him the reality is the pudendum and the gullet, do not expound the mysteries of the Beloved to him.
چون حقیقت پیش او فرج و گلوست ** کم بیان کن پیش او اسرار دوست
To us the pudendum and the gullet are a (mere) fancy; consequently the (Beloved) Soul displays His beauty (to us) at every moment. [To us the private parts and the gullet are a (mere) fancy; consequently the (Beloved) Soul displays His beauty (to us) at every moment.]
پیش ما فرج و گلو باشد خیال ** لاجرم هر دم نماید جان جمال
Any one whose custom and habit is (addiction to) the pudendum and the gullet, for him (the fit answer) is “Unto you (your) religion and unto me (my) religion.”3940
هر که را فرج و گلو آیین و خوست ** آن لکم دین ولی دین بهر اوست
Cut short thy talk with such (incarnate) scepticism: do not converse, O Ahmad, with the ancient infidel.
با چنان انکار کوته کن سخن ** احمدا کم گوی با گبر کهن
Venit Khalífa ad puellam formosam concubitus causa. [How the Caliph came next to that one of beautiful face for the sake of (sexual) intercourse.]
آمدن خلیفه نزد آن خوبروی برای جماع
Ille Khalífa concubitum sibi proposuit, illam feminam coitus causa adivit. [The Caliph decided on a meeting; he went to that woman for the sake of (sexual) intercourse.]
آن خلیفه کرد رای اجتماع ** سوی آن زن رفت از بهر جماع
Eam recordatus penem erexit, animum intendit ut concubitu cum ea quae amorem augebat frueretur. [He remembered her and got (his) penis erect; he intended to (have) sexual intercourse with (that) love-increaser.]
ذکر او کرد و ذکر بر پای کرد ** قصد خفت و خیز مهرافزای کرد
Cum inter crura mulieris recubavit, tum venit (Dei) decretum, ei viam voluptatis occlusit. [When he sat between the legs of the lady, then the Decree (of God) came (and) blocked the way to his pleasure.]
چون میان پای آن خاتون نشست ** پس قضا آمد ره عیشش ببست
Ad aures pervenit sonus tenuis quem mus facere solet: penis ejus languit, libido tota decessit; [The rustling of a mouse reached his ear: his penis rested (went limp), his lust completely fled; ]3945
خشت و خشت موش در گوشش رسید ** خفت کیرش شهوتش کلی رمید
Putabat enim illum susurrum ab angue exortum esse qui sese e storea vehementer sublevaret. [His suspicion (was) that this grating sound was from a snake that was violently moving (out) from (beneath) the straw mat.]
وهم آن کز مار باشد این صریر ** که همیجنبد بتندی از حصیر
Puellam risus occupat propter libidinem Klalífae debilem et libidinem illius ducis validissimam. Khalífa puellae risum animadvertit. [How laughter took hold of the maidservant because of the weakness of the Caliph’s lust and the strength of the captain’s lust, and how the Caliph understood the maidservant’s laughter.]
خنده گرفتن آن کنیزک را از ضعف شهوت خلیفه و قوت شهوت آن امیر و فهم کردن خلیفه از خندهی کنیزک
Femina languorem ejus vidit; rem mirando in cachinnos ivit: risus eam occupavit. [The woman saw his softness; from astonishment, she started to burst out laughing: laughter took hold of her.]
زن بدید آن سستی او از شگفت ** آمد اندر قهقهه خندهش گرفت
Venit in mentem virilatas ducis fortissimi qui leonem interfecit dum membrum (virile) ejus tale est. [She remembered the virility of the (courageous) Captain who killed the lion, with his (male) organ like that.]
یادش آمد مردی آن پهلوان ** که بکشت او شیر و اندامش چنان
The woman's laughter overpowered (her) and was prolonged: she tried hard (to suppress it) but her lips would not shut.
غالب آمد خندهی زن شد دراز ** جهد میکرد و نمیشد لب فراز
She kept laughing violently like beng-eaters: her laughter overpowered (all considerations of) gain or loss.3950
سخت میخندید همچون بنگیان ** غالب آمد خنده بر سود و زیان
Everything that she thought of (only) increased her laughter, as (when) a flood-gate is suddenly opened.
At the same moment he placed seven Qur’áns one on the top of another and swore an oath and thus confirmed (his promise).
هفت مصحف آن زمان برهم نهاد ** خورد سوگند و چنین تقریر داد
How the girl disclosed the secret to the Caliph in fear of (having her head cut off by) a blow of the sword, and how she was forced (to speak) by the Caliph (who said), “Give a true account of the cause of thy laughter or else I will kill thee.”
فاش کردن آن کنیزک آن راز را با خلیفه از زخم شمشیر و اکراه خلیفه کی راست گو سبب این خنده را و گر نه بکشمت
When the woman became (found herself) helpless, she related what had happened (concerning) the manliness of that Rustam who was the son of a hundred Záls.3965
زن چو عاجز شد بگفت احوال را ** مردی آن رستم صد زال را
She described to the Caliph, point by point, the bride-chamber that was (prepared for her) on the route (of the march),
شرح آن گردک که اندر راه بود ** یک به یک با آن خلیفه وا نمود
His killing the lion and returning to the tent pene erecto tanquam cornu rhinocerotis; [His killing the lion and returning to the tent with the penis erect like the horn of a rhinoceros;]
شیر کشتن سوی خیمه آمدن ** وان ذکر قایم چو شاخ کرگدن
Contra, hujus (membri) ambitiosi debilatatem quod ob unum muris susurrum succidit. [(And) again, the weakness of the ambitious one (the male organ) that collapsed (as though) dead because of the rustling of a mouse.]
باز این سستی این ناموسکوش ** کو فرو مرد از یکی خش خشت موش
God is ever making the hidden things manifest: since they will grow up, do not sow bad seed.
رازها را میکند حق آشکار ** چون بخواهد رست تخم بد مکار
Rain and clouds and fire and this sun are ever bringing up the hidden things from the earth.3970
آب و ابر و آتش و این آفتاب ** رازها را می برآرد از تراب
This new springtide after the fall of the leaves is a proof of the existence of the Resurrection.
این بهار نو ز بعد برگریز ** هست برهان وجود رستخیز
In spring the secrets are revealed: whatsoever this Earth has eaten is exposed to view.
در بهار آن سرها پیدا شود ** هر چه خوردست این زمین رسوا شود
It shoots up from her mouth and lips in order that she may bring to light her hidden mind and way.
بر دمد آن از دهان و از لبش ** تا پدید آید ضمیر و مذهبش
The secret of the root of every tree and its nutriment—the whole of that is plainly shown forth on its (leafy) top.
سر بیخ هر درختی و خورش ** جملگی پیدا شود آن بر سرش
Every sorrow whereby thou art (made) sore in heart is the headache arising from the wine that thou hast drunk;3975
هر غمی کز وی تو دل آزردهای ** از خمار می بود کان خوردهای
But how shouldst thou know from which wine that headache has arisen (and become) manifest?
لیک کی دانی که آن رنج خمار ** از کدامین می بر آمد آشکار
This crop-sickness (headache) is the blossom of that seed (only) he that is sagacious and wise will recognise it.
این خمار اشکوفهی آن دانه است ** آن شناسد کاگه و فرزانه است
The bough and its blossom do not resemble the seed: how should semen resemble the body of man?
شاخ و اشکوفه نماند دانه را ** نطفه کی ماند تن مردانه را
The matter (of which anything is composed) does not resemble the product: when did the seed (ever) resemble the tree (that sprang from it)?
نیست مانندا هیولا با اثر ** دانه کی ماننده آمد با شجر
Semen is (the product) of bread, (but) how should it be like bread? Man is (the product) of semen, (but) how should he be like it?3980
نطفه از نانست کی باشد چو نان ** مردم از نطفهست کی باشد چنان