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2061-2110

  • These folk (who follow him) are (like) Israelites and worshippers of the (golden) calf: why do they fondle such a cow?
  • سبطیند این قوم و گوساله‌پرست  ** در چنین گاوی چه می‌مالند دست 

  • Any one who is duped by this parasite is a carcase by night and a good-for-nothing by day.
  • جیفة اللیلست و بطال النهار  ** هر که او شد غره‌ی این طبل‌خوار 

  • These folk have abandoned a hundred kinds of knowledge and perfection and have embraced a deceit and imposture, saying, ‘This is ecstasy.’
  • هشته‌اند این قوم صد علم و کمال  ** مکر و تزویری گرفته کینست حال 

  • Alas, where are the family of Moses that now they might shed the blood of the calf-worshippers
  • آل موسی کو دریغا تاکنون  ** عابدان عجل را ریزند خون 

  • (Who) have cast religion and piety behind their backs? Where is ‘Umar? Where is a stern command to act righteously? 2065
  • شرع و تقوی را فکنده سوی پشت  ** کو عمر کو امر معروفی درشت 

  • For the licence practised by these people has become notorious: ’tis an indulgence enjoyed by every scoundrelly evil-doer.
  • کین اباحت زین جماعت فاش شد  ** رخصت هر مفسد قلاش شد 

  • Where is the Way of the Prophet and his Companions? Where are his ritual prayer and rosary and (religious) observances?”
  • کو ره پیغامبری و اصحاب او  ** کو نماز و سبحه و آداب او 

  • How the disciple answered that railing woman and bade her refrain from her unbelief and idle talk.
  • جواب گفتن مرید و زجر کردن مرید آن طعانه را از کفر و بیهوده گفتن 

  • The youth cried out at her and said, “Enough! In bright daylight where did the night-patrol come from?
  • بانگ زد بر وی جوان و گفت بس  ** روز روشن از کجا آمد عسس 

  • The splendour of the (holy) men has overspread the East and the West: the heavens have bowed low in amazement.
  • نور مردان مشرق و مغرب گرفت  ** اسمانها سجده کردند از شگفت 

  • The Sun of God has risen from (the sign of) the Ram: the (material) sun has gone, shamefaced, under the veil. 2070
  • آفتاب حق بر آمد از حمل  ** زیر چادر رفت خورشید از خجل 

  • How should the bletherings of a devil like you turn me back from the dust of this abode?
  • ترهات چون تو ابلیسی مرا  ** کی بگرداند ز خاک این سرا 

  • I have not (been impelled to) come by a wind (of vain desire) like a cloud, that I should be turned back from this (holy) presence by a dust (of foolish words).
  • من به بادی نامدم هم‌چون سحاب  ** تا بگردی باز گردم زین جناب 

  • By virtue of that Light the calf becomes a qibla of (Divine) grace; without that Light the qibla becomes (a symbol of) infidelity and an idol.
  • عجل با آن نور شد قبله‌ی کرم  ** قبله بی آن نور شد کفر و صنم 

  • The licence that comes from self-will is error; the licence that comes from God is perfection.
  • هست اباحت کز هوای آمد ضلال  ** هست اباحت کز خدا آمد کمال 

  • In that quarter where the illimitable Light has shone, infidelity has become faith and the Devil has attained unto Islam. 2075
  • کفر ایمان گشت و دیو اسلام یافت  ** آن طرف کان نور بی‌اندازه تافت 

  • He (the saint) is a theatre for the manifestation of the (Divine) Glory, and he is the real beloved (of God): he has carried off the prize from (taken precedence over) all the Cherubim.
  • مظهر عزست و محبوب به حق  ** از همه کروبیان برده سبق 

  • The worship of Adam (by the angels) is clear evidence of his superiority: the husk always bows down (pays homage) to the kernel.
  • سجده آدم را بیان سبق اوست  ** سجده آرد مغز را پیوست پوست 

  • O old woman, (if) you puff (try to put out) God's candle, you will be burnt, you and your head at the same time, O foul-mouthed one.
  • شمع حق را پف کنی تو ای عجوز  ** هم تو سوزی هم سرت ای گنده‌پوز 

  • How should the sea be defiled by a dog's muzzle? How should the sun be extinguished by a puff?
  • کی شود دریا ز پوز سگ نجس  ** کی شود خورشید از پف منطمس 

  • Even if you judge (only) by appearances, tell (me), what is more apparent than this Light? 2080
  • حکم بر ظاهر اگر هم می‌کنی  ** چیست ظاهرتر بگو زین روشنی 

  • In comparison with this appearance all apparent things are in the utmost degree of imperfection and default.
  • جمله ظاهرها به پیش این ظهور  ** باشد اندر غایت نقص و قصور 

  • If any one puff at God's candle, how should the candle be extinguished? His jaws and nose will be burnt.
  • هر که بر شمع خدا آرد پف او  ** شمع کی میرد بسوزد پوز او 

  • Bats like you often dream that this world will be left orphaned (deprived) of the Sun.
  • چون تو خفاشان بسی بینند خواب  ** کین جهان ماند یتیم از آفتاب 

  • The fierce waves of the seas of the Spirit are a hundred times as many as was (the multitude of waves in) the Flood of Noah;
  • موجهای تیز دریاهای روح  ** هست صد چندان که بد طوفان نوح 

  • But hair grew (and formed an obstruction) in the eye of Canaan: he forsook Noah and the Ark and sought the mountain. 2085
  • لیک اندر چشم کنعان موی رست  ** نوح و کشتی را بهشت و کوه جست 

  • Then half a wave swept the mountain and Canaan down into the abyss of dishonour.
  • کوه و کنعان را فرو برد آن زمان  ** نیم موجی تا به قعر امتهان 

  • The moon scatters her light and the dog bays: how should the dog feed on the light of the moon?
  • مه فشاند نور و سگ وع وع کند  ** سگ ز نور ماه کی مرتع کند 

  • Those who travel by night and move swiftly with the moon on her way, how should they relinquish their journey because of the dog's yelping?
  • شب روان و همرهان مه بتگ  ** ترک رفتن کی کنند از بانگ سگ 

  • The part is speeding like an arrow towards the Whole: how should it stop on account of any old hag?
  • جزو سوی کل دوان مانند تیر  ** کی کند وقف از پی هر گنده‌پیر 

  • The gnostic is the soul of religion and the soul of piety: gnosis is the result of past asceticism. 2090
  • جان شرع و جان تقوی عارفست  ** معرفت محصول زهد سالفست 

  • Asceticism is the labour of sowing; gnosis is the growth of the seed.
  • زهد اندر کاشتن کوشیدنست  ** معرفت آن کشت را روییدنست 

  • Therefore the (ascetic's) hard struggle and his firm religious conviction are like the body, (while) the soul of this sowing is the growth (of the seed) and its harvesting.
  • پس چو تن باشد جهاد و اعتقاد  ** جان این کشتن نباتست و حصاد 

  • He (the gnostic) is both the command to do right and the right (itself); he is both the revealer of mysteries and that which is revealed.
  • امر معروف او و هم معروف اوست  ** کاشف اسرار و هم مکشوف اوست 

  • He is our king to-day and to-morrow: the husk is for ever a slave to his goodly kernel,
  • شاه امروزینه و فردای ماست  ** پوست بنده‌ی مغز نغزش دایماست 

  • When the Shaykh (Halláj) said ‘I am God’ and carried it through (to the end), he throttled (vanquished) all the blind (sceptics). 2095
  • چون انا الحق گفت شیخ و پیش برد  ** پس گلوی جمله کوران را فشرد 

  • When a man's ‘I’ is negated (and eliminated) from existence, then what remains? Consider, O denier.
  • چون انای بنده لا شد از وجود  ** پس چه ماند تو بیندیش ای جحود 

  • If you have an eye, open it and look! After ‘not,’ why, what else remains?
  • گر ترا چشمیست بگشا در نگر  ** بعد لا آخر چه می‌ماند دگر 

  • Oh, (may) the lips and throat and mouth (be) cut off that spit at the moon or the sky!
  • ای بریده آن لب و حلق و دهان  ** که کند تف سوی مه یا آسمان 

  • Without any doubt his spittle will recoil upon his face: spittle can find no path to heaven.
  • تف برویش باز گردد بی شکی  ** تف سوی گردون نیابد مسلکی 

  • Spittle from the Lord rains upon him till the Resurrection, just as (the perdition denoted by) tabbat (rains) upon the spirit of Bú Lahab. 2100
  • تا قیامت تف برو بارد ز رب  ** هم‌چو تبت بر روان بولهب 

  • Drum (tabl) and banner are the (rightful) possession of the (spiritual) king: any one who calls him a parasite (tabl-khwár) is a cur.
  • طبل و رایت هست ملک شهریار  ** سگ کسی که خواند او را طبل‌خوار 

  • The heavens are a slave to his moon: the whole East and West is begging him for bread;
  • آسمانها بنده‌ی ماه وی‌اند  ** شرق و مغرب جمله نانخواه وی‌اند 

  • For lawláka (but for thee) is (inscribed) on his (imperial) sign-manual: all are (included) in his bounty and distribution.
  • زانک لولاکست بر توقیع او  ** جمله در انعام و در توزیع او 

  • If he did not exist, Heaven would not have gained circling motion and light and (the dignity of) being the abode of the angels;
  • گر نبودی او نیابیدی فلک  ** گردش و نور و مکانی ملک 

  • If he did not exist, the seas would not have gained the awe (which they inspire) and fish and regal pearls; 2105
  • گر نبودی او نیابیدی به حار  ** هیبت و ماهی و در شاهوار 

  • If he did not exist, the earth would not have gained treasure within and jasmine (flowers and verdure) without.
  • گر نبودی او نیابیدی زمین  ** در درونه گنج و بیرون یاسمین 

  • (Our) means of sustenance are eating the means of sustenance bestowed by him: the fruits are dry-lipped (thirsty) for his rain.
  • رزقها هم رزق‌خواران وی‌اند  ** میوه‌ها لب‌خشک باران وی‌اند 

  • Take heed, for in the (Divine) command (to give alms) this knot is (tied) upside down. Give alms to him who gives alms to yourself.
  • هین که معکوس است در امر این گره  ** صدقه‌بخش خویش را صدقه بده 

  • All (your) gold and silk comes to you from the (apparently) poor man: hark, give an alms to the (really) rich man, O you who are (really) poor.
  • از فقیرستت همه زر و حریر  ** هین غنی راده زکاتی ای فقیر 

  • A disgrace (an infamous creature) like thee, married to that man whose spirit is accepted (by God), resembles the unbelieving wedded wife of Noah. 2110
  • چون تو ننگی جفت آن مقبول‌روح  ** چون عیال کافر اندر عقد نوح