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تا نگرید ابر کی خندد چمن ** تا نگرید طفل کی جوشد لبن Till the cloud weeps, how should the garden smile? Till the babe cries, how should the milk begin to flow? #Poem #Rumi #Masnavi
خویش جالینوس سازد در دوا تا فریبد نفس بیمار ترا
He makes himself out to be a Galen (for skill) in medicine, that he may deceive your ailing soul.
کین ترا سودست از درد و غمی گفت آدم را همین در گندمی
“This,” says he, “is of use to you against any sorrow and pain.” He said the same thing to Adam about an ear of wheat.
پیش آرد هیهی و هیهات را ** وز لویشه پیچد او لبهات را
He utters (hypocritical expressions such as) “Ah, ah” and “Alas,” while he twists your lips with the farrier's barnacle,
#Poem #Rumi #Masnavi
He makes himself out to be a Galen (for skill) in medicine, that he may deceive your ailing soul.
کین ترا سودست از درد و غمی گفت آدم را همین در گندمی
“This,” says he, “is of use to you against any sorrow and pain.” He said the same thing to Adam about an ear of wheat.
پیش آرد هیهی و هیهات را ** وز لویشه پیچد او لبهات را
He utters (hypocritical expressions such as) “Ah, ah” and “Alas,” while he twists your lips with the farrier's barnacle,
#Poem #Rumi #Masnavi
دعا و شفاعت دقوقی در خلاص کشتی
Daqúqí's entreaty and intercession for the deliverance of the ship.
چون دقوقی آن قیامت را بدید رحم او جوشید و اشک او دوید
When Daqúqí beheld that turmoil, his pity was stirred and his tears flowed fast.
گفت یا رب منگر اندر فعلشان دستشان گیر ای شه نیکو نشان
He said, “O Lord, do not look at their deeds! Take their hands (to succour them), O auspicious King!
خوش سلامتشان به ساحل با زبر ای رسیده دست تو در بحر و بر 2210
Bring them back well and safe to the shore, O Thou whose hand (power) reaches (both) sea and land!
ای کریم و ای رحیم سرمدی در گذار از بدسگالان این بدی
O Gracious One, O Merciful and Everlasting One, pass over this wickedness committed by devisers of evil!
ای بداده رایگان صد چشم و گوش بی ز رشوت بخش کرده عقل و هوش
O Thou who hast given, free of cost, a hundred eyes and ears, and, without bribe, hast dispensed intellect and understanding;
پیش از استحقاق بخشیده عطا دیده از ما جمله کفران و خطا
Who hast bestowed the gift before the merit (was existent), having suffered from us the whole (sum) of ingratitude and transgression:
ای عظیم از ما گناهان عظیم تو توانی عفو کردن در حریم
O Almighty One, Thou art able to pardon our great sins in privacy.
ما ز آز و حرص خود را سوختیم وین دعا را هم ز تو آموختیم 2215
We have burnt ourselves from concupiscence and greed, and even this invocation we have learned from Thee.
حرمت آن که دعا آموختی در چنین ظلمت چراغ افروختی
(We beseech Thee) in reverence for Thy having taught (us) to invoke (Thee) and for having lighted the lamp (of invocation) amidst darkness like this.”
همچنین می‌رفت بر لفظش دعا آن زمان چون مادران با وفا
Thus was the invocation running on his tongue at that time, like (the words of) faithful mothers.
اشک می‌رفت از دو چشمش و آن دعا ** بی خود از وی می بر آمد بر سما
The tears were flowing from his eyes, and that invocation was going up to Heaven from him (while he was) beside himself (unconscious).
#Rumi #Masnavi #Book3 #Poem
Daqúqí's entreaty and intercession for the deliverance of the ship.
چون دقوقی آن قیامت را بدید رحم او جوشید و اشک او دوید
When Daqúqí beheld that turmoil, his pity was stirred and his tears flowed fast.
گفت یا رب منگر اندر فعلشان دستشان گیر ای شه نیکو نشان
He said, “O Lord, do not look at their deeds! Take their hands (to succour them), O auspicious King!
خوش سلامتشان به ساحل با زبر ای رسیده دست تو در بحر و بر 2210
Bring them back well and safe to the shore, O Thou whose hand (power) reaches (both) sea and land!
ای کریم و ای رحیم سرمدی در گذار از بدسگالان این بدی
O Gracious One, O Merciful and Everlasting One, pass over this wickedness committed by devisers of evil!
ای بداده رایگان صد چشم و گوش بی ز رشوت بخش کرده عقل و هوش
O Thou who hast given, free of cost, a hundred eyes and ears, and, without bribe, hast dispensed intellect and understanding;
پیش از استحقاق بخشیده عطا دیده از ما جمله کفران و خطا
Who hast bestowed the gift before the merit (was existent), having suffered from us the whole (sum) of ingratitude and transgression:
ای عظیم از ما گناهان عظیم تو توانی عفو کردن در حریم
O Almighty One, Thou art able to pardon our great sins in privacy.
ما ز آز و حرص خود را سوختیم وین دعا را هم ز تو آموختیم 2215
We have burnt ourselves from concupiscence and greed, and even this invocation we have learned from Thee.
حرمت آن که دعا آموختی در چنین ظلمت چراغ افروختی
(We beseech Thee) in reverence for Thy having taught (us) to invoke (Thee) and for having lighted the lamp (of invocation) amidst darkness like this.”
همچنین می‌رفت بر لفظش دعا آن زمان چون مادران با وفا
Thus was the invocation running on his tongue at that time, like (the words of) faithful mothers.
اشک می‌رفت از دو چشمش و آن دعا ** بی خود از وی می بر آمد بر سما
The tears were flowing from his eyes, and that invocation was going up to Heaven from him (while he was) beside himself (unconscious).
#Rumi #Masnavi #Book3 #Poem
آن دعای بی خودان خود دیگرست آن دعا زو نیست گفت داورست
That unconscious invocation is, in truth, different: that invocation is not from him (the speaker), it is spoken by the (Divine) Judge.
آن دعا حق می‌کند چون او فناست آن دعا و آن اجابت از خداست 2220
God is making that invocation, since he (the speaker) is naughted (faná): the invocation and the answer (to it) are (both) from God.
واسطه‌ی مخلوق نه اندر میان بی‌خبر زان لابه کردن جسم و جان
There is not present (at that time) the medium, namely, the created person: body and spirit (alike) are unaware of making that supplication.
بندگان حق رحیم و بردبار خوی حق دارند در اصلاح کار
The (chosen) servants of God are merciful and long-suffering: they possess the disposition of God in regard to putting things right.
مهربان بی‌رشوتان یاری‌گران در مقام سخت و در روز گران
They are kind and bribeless ones, helpers in the hard plight and the heavy (grievous) day.
هین بجو این قوم را ای مبتلا هین غنیمت دارشان پیش از بلا
Hark, seek this (saintly) company, O afflicted one! Hark, hold them (as) a prize before the (coming of) affliction.
رست کشتی از دم آن پهلوان واهل کشتی را بجهد خود گمان 2225
Through the breath (prayer) of that (spiritual) hero the ship was saved, while the people in the ship thought (they were saved) by their own efforts,
که مگر بازوی ایشان در حذر بر هدف انداخت تیری از هنر
(Supposing) that maybe in (the hour of) dread their arm had skilfully shot an arrow at the target.
پا رهاند روبهان را در شکار و آن زدم دانند روباهان غرار
Foxes, in the chase, are saved by their legs, but the foxes inconsiderately deem that (safety to proceed) from their tails.
عشقها با دم خود بازند کین می‌رهاند جان ما را در کمین
(Hence) they play fondly with their tails, thinking, “These save our lives in the ambuscade (of calamity).”
روبها پا را نگه دار از کلوخ پا چو نبود دم چه سود ای چشم‌شوخ
O fox, preserve your legs from (being broken by) brickbats; when you have no legs, what use is your tail, O bold-eyed one?
ما چو روباهان و پای ما کرام می‌رهاندمان ز صدگون انتقام 2230
We are like foxes, and the noble (saints) are (as) our legs: they save us from a hundred kinds of vengeance.
#Rumi #Masnavi #Book3 #Poem
That unconscious invocation is, in truth, different: that invocation is not from him (the speaker), it is spoken by the (Divine) Judge.
آن دعا حق می‌کند چون او فناست آن دعا و آن اجابت از خداست 2220
God is making that invocation, since he (the speaker) is naughted (faná): the invocation and the answer (to it) are (both) from God.
واسطه‌ی مخلوق نه اندر میان بی‌خبر زان لابه کردن جسم و جان
There is not present (at that time) the medium, namely, the created person: body and spirit (alike) are unaware of making that supplication.
بندگان حق رحیم و بردبار خوی حق دارند در اصلاح کار
The (chosen) servants of God are merciful and long-suffering: they possess the disposition of God in regard to putting things right.
مهربان بی‌رشوتان یاری‌گران در مقام سخت و در روز گران
They are kind and bribeless ones, helpers in the hard plight and the heavy (grievous) day.
هین بجو این قوم را ای مبتلا هین غنیمت دارشان پیش از بلا
Hark, seek this (saintly) company, O afflicted one! Hark, hold them (as) a prize before the (coming of) affliction.
رست کشتی از دم آن پهلوان واهل کشتی را بجهد خود گمان 2225
Through the breath (prayer) of that (spiritual) hero the ship was saved, while the people in the ship thought (they were saved) by their own efforts,
که مگر بازوی ایشان در حذر بر هدف انداخت تیری از هنر
(Supposing) that maybe in (the hour of) dread their arm had skilfully shot an arrow at the target.
پا رهاند روبهان را در شکار و آن زدم دانند روباهان غرار
Foxes, in the chase, are saved by their legs, but the foxes inconsiderately deem that (safety to proceed) from their tails.
عشقها با دم خود بازند کین می‌رهاند جان ما را در کمین
(Hence) they play fondly with their tails, thinking, “These save our lives in the ambuscade (of calamity).”
روبها پا را نگه دار از کلوخ پا چو نبود دم چه سود ای چشم‌شوخ
O fox, preserve your legs from (being broken by) brickbats; when you have no legs, what use is your tail, O bold-eyed one?
ما چو روباهان و پای ما کرام می‌رهاندمان ز صدگون انتقام 2230
We are like foxes, and the noble (saints) are (as) our legs: they save us from a hundred kinds of vengeance.
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حیله‌ی باریک ما چون دم ماست عشقها بازیم با دم چپ و راست
Our subtle contrivance is as our tails: we play fondly with our tails, left and right.
دم بجنبانیم ز استدلال و مکر تا که حیران ماند از ما زید و بکر
We wag our tails in argumentation and cunning, in order that Zayd and Bakr may remain amazed at us.
طالب حیرانی خلقان شدیم دست طمع اندر الوهیت زدیم
We have sought to excite the amazement of the people; we have eagerly grasped at Divinity,
تا بافسون مالک دلها شویم این نمی‌بینیم ما کاندر گویم
That by means of guile we may gain possession of (the people's) hearts; we do not see that we are in a ditch.
در گوی و در چهی ای قلتبان دست وا دار از سبال دیگران 2235
You are in the ditch and in the pit, O scoundrel: keep your hands off the moustache of others!
چون به بستانی رسی زیبا و خوش بعد از آن دامان خلقان گیر و کش
When you arrive at a fair and beauteous garden, after that lay hold of the people's skirts and lead them.
ای مقیم حبس چار و پنج و شش نغز جایی دیگران را هم بکش
O you who dwell in the prison of the four (elements) and the five (senses) and the six (directions), lead others also to (such) a goodly place!
ای چو خربنده حریف کون خر بوسه گاهی یافتی ما را ببر
O you who, like an ass-servant, are the comrade of the ass's rump, you have found a (fine) spot to kiss: take us (to it)!
چون ندادت بندگی دوست دست میل شاهی از کجاات خاستست
Since (true) servitude to the Beloved has not been granted you, whence has arisen in you the wish for sovereignty?
در هوای آنک گویندت زهی بسته‌ای در گردن جانت زهی 2240
In your desire that they should say to you “Bravo!” you have tied a bowstring on the neck of your soul.
روبها این دم حیلت را بهل وقف کن دل بر خداوندان دل
O fox, abandon this tail, (which is) contrivance, and devote your heart to the lords of the heart (the saints).
در پناه شیر کم ناید کباب روبها تو سوی جیفه کم شتاب
(Whilst you are) under the protection of the lion, roast-meat will not fail;O fox, do not hasten towards the carcase.
تو دلا منظور حق آنگه شوی ** که چو جزوی سوی کل خود روی
O heart, thou wilt be regarded (with favour) by God at the moment when, like a part, thou goest towards thy Whole.
#Rumi #Masnavi #Book3 #Poem
Our subtle contrivance is as our tails: we play fondly with our tails, left and right.
دم بجنبانیم ز استدلال و مکر تا که حیران ماند از ما زید و بکر
We wag our tails in argumentation and cunning, in order that Zayd and Bakr may remain amazed at us.
طالب حیرانی خلقان شدیم دست طمع اندر الوهیت زدیم
We have sought to excite the amazement of the people; we have eagerly grasped at Divinity,
تا بافسون مالک دلها شویم این نمی‌بینیم ما کاندر گویم
That by means of guile we may gain possession of (the people's) hearts; we do not see that we are in a ditch.
در گوی و در چهی ای قلتبان دست وا دار از سبال دیگران 2235
You are in the ditch and in the pit, O scoundrel: keep your hands off the moustache of others!
چون به بستانی رسی زیبا و خوش بعد از آن دامان خلقان گیر و کش
When you arrive at a fair and beauteous garden, after that lay hold of the people's skirts and lead them.
ای مقیم حبس چار و پنج و شش نغز جایی دیگران را هم بکش
O you who dwell in the prison of the four (elements) and the five (senses) and the six (directions), lead others also to (such) a goodly place!
ای چو خربنده حریف کون خر بوسه گاهی یافتی ما را ببر
O you who, like an ass-servant, are the comrade of the ass's rump, you have found a (fine) spot to kiss: take us (to it)!
چون ندادت بندگی دوست دست میل شاهی از کجاات خاستست
Since (true) servitude to the Beloved has not been granted you, whence has arisen in you the wish for sovereignty?
در هوای آنک گویندت زهی بسته‌ای در گردن جانت زهی 2240
In your desire that they should say to you “Bravo!” you have tied a bowstring on the neck of your soul.
روبها این دم حیلت را بهل وقف کن دل بر خداوندان دل
O fox, abandon this tail, (which is) contrivance, and devote your heart to the lords of the heart (the saints).
در پناه شیر کم ناید کباب روبها تو سوی جیفه کم شتاب
(Whilst you are) under the protection of the lion, roast-meat will not fail;O fox, do not hasten towards the carcase.
تو دلا منظور حق آنگه شوی ** که چو جزوی سوی کل خود روی
O heart, thou wilt be regarded (with favour) by God at the moment when, like a part, thou goest towards thy Whole.
#Rumi #Masnavi #Book3 #Poem
حق همی‌گوید نظرمان در دلست نیست بر صورت که آن آب و گلست
God saith, “Our regard is (bestowed) on the heart; it is not (bestowed) on the external form, which is (only) water and earth.”
تو همی‌گویی مرا دل نیز هست دل فراز عرش باشد نه به پست 2245
You say, “I too have a heart”; (but) the heart is above the empyrean, it is not below.
در گل تیره یقین هم آب هست لیک زان آبت نشاید آب‌دست
Certainly in the dark earth also there is water, but ’tis not proper for you to wash your hands with that water,
زانک گر آبست مغلوب گلست پس دل خود را مگو کین هم دلست
Because, though it is water, it is overcome by the earth. Do not, then, say of your heart, “This too is a heart.”
آن دلی کز آسمانها برترست آن دل ابدال یا پیغامبرست
The heart that is higher than the heavens is the heart of the saint or the prophet.
پاک گشته آن ز گل صافی شده در فزونی آمده وافی شده
That (heart) has become cleansed of earth and purified; it has come to (full) growth and has been made complete.
ترک گل کرده سوی بحر آمده رسته از زندان گل بحری شده 2250
It has taken leave of earth and has come to the Sea; it has escaped from the prison of earth and has become of the Sea.
آب ما محبوس گل ماندست هین بحر رحمت جذب کن ما را ز طین
(But) our water has remained imprisoned in earth. Hark, O Sea of Mercy, draw us out of the clay!
بحر گوید من ترا در خود کشم ** لیک می‌لافی که من آب خوشم
The Sea says, “I draw thee into myself, but thou art vainly pretending to be the sweet water.
#Rumi #Masnavi #Book3 #Poem
God saith, “Our regard is (bestowed) on the heart; it is not (bestowed) on the external form, which is (only) water and earth.”
تو همی‌گویی مرا دل نیز هست دل فراز عرش باشد نه به پست 2245
You say, “I too have a heart”; (but) the heart is above the empyrean, it is not below.
در گل تیره یقین هم آب هست لیک زان آبت نشاید آب‌دست
Certainly in the dark earth also there is water, but ’tis not proper for you to wash your hands with that water,
زانک گر آبست مغلوب گلست پس دل خود را مگو کین هم دلست
Because, though it is water, it is overcome by the earth. Do not, then, say of your heart, “This too is a heart.”
آن دلی کز آسمانها برترست آن دل ابدال یا پیغامبرست
The heart that is higher than the heavens is the heart of the saint or the prophet.
پاک گشته آن ز گل صافی شده در فزونی آمده وافی شده
That (heart) has become cleansed of earth and purified; it has come to (full) growth and has been made complete.
ترک گل کرده سوی بحر آمده رسته از زندان گل بحری شده 2250
It has taken leave of earth and has come to the Sea; it has escaped from the prison of earth and has become of the Sea.
آب ما محبوس گل ماندست هین بحر رحمت جذب کن ما را ز طین
(But) our water has remained imprisoned in earth. Hark, O Sea of Mercy, draw us out of the clay!
بحر گوید من ترا در خود کشم ** لیک می‌لافی که من آب خوشم
The Sea says, “I draw thee into myself, but thou art vainly pretending to be the sweet water.
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دل نباشد غیر آن دریای نور دل نظرگاه خدا وانگاه کور
The heart is naught but the Sea of Light: is the heart the place for vision of God—and then blind?
نه دل اندر صد هزاران خاص و عام در یکی باشد کدامست آن کدام 2270
The heart is not (contained) in hundreds of thousands (of persons) noble or common; it is in a single one: which is he? Which?
ریزه‌ی دل را بهل دل را بجو تا شود آن ریزه چون کوهی ازو
Leave (what is only) a fragment of the heart and seek the (perfect) heart, in order that by means of it that fragment may become as a mountain.
دل محیطست اندرین خطه‌ی وجود زر همی‌افشاند از احسان و جود
The (perfect) heart is encompassing (the whole of) this realm of existence and scattering gold in beneficence and bounty.
از سلام حق سلامیها نثار می‌کند بر اهل عالم اختیار
It chooses to lavish blessings derived from the Blessedness of God upon the people of the world.
هر که را دامن درستست و معد آن نثار دل بر آنکس می‌رسد
Whosoever's skirt is right and ready, the largesse of the heart comes to that person.
دامن تو آن نیازست و حضور هین منه در دامن آن سنگ فجور 2275
Your skirt (to catch that largesse) is supplication and presence (with God): beware, do not put in your skirt the stone of iniquity,
تا ندرد دامنت زان سنگها تا بدانی نقد را از رنگها
In order that your skirt may not be torn by those stones and that you may distinguish the sterling coin (of truth) from the colours (of falsehood).
سنگ پر کردی تو دامن از جهان هم ز سنگ سیم و زر چون کودکان
You have filled your skirt with stones (of iniquity) from this world, and also with stones of silver and gold, as children (do).
از خیال سیم و زر چون زر نبود دامن صدقت درید و غم فزود
Inasmuch as from that fancy of silver and gold there was no (real) gold, the skirt of your sincerity was rent and your sorrow increased.
کی نماید کودکان را سنگ سنگ تا نگیرد عقل دامنشان به چنگ
How should the (coloured) stone appear to the children as stone, till Reason lays hold of their skirts?
پیر عقل آمد نه آن موی سپید مو نمی‌گنجد درین بخت و امید 2280
The Elder (Pír) is Reason, not that white hair (of eld): hair is not contained in (has nothing to do with) this fortune and hope (which is bestowed by Reason).
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The heart is naught but the Sea of Light: is the heart the place for vision of God—and then blind?
نه دل اندر صد هزاران خاص و عام در یکی باشد کدامست آن کدام 2270
The heart is not (contained) in hundreds of thousands (of persons) noble or common; it is in a single one: which is he? Which?
ریزه‌ی دل را بهل دل را بجو تا شود آن ریزه چون کوهی ازو
Leave (what is only) a fragment of the heart and seek the (perfect) heart, in order that by means of it that fragment may become as a mountain.
دل محیطست اندرین خطه‌ی وجود زر همی‌افشاند از احسان و جود
The (perfect) heart is encompassing (the whole of) this realm of existence and scattering gold in beneficence and bounty.
از سلام حق سلامیها نثار می‌کند بر اهل عالم اختیار
It chooses to lavish blessings derived from the Blessedness of God upon the people of the world.
هر که را دامن درستست و معد آن نثار دل بر آنکس می‌رسد
Whosoever's skirt is right and ready, the largesse of the heart comes to that person.
دامن تو آن نیازست و حضور هین منه در دامن آن سنگ فجور 2275
Your skirt (to catch that largesse) is supplication and presence (with God): beware, do not put in your skirt the stone of iniquity,
تا ندرد دامنت زان سنگها تا بدانی نقد را از رنگها
In order that your skirt may not be torn by those stones and that you may distinguish the sterling coin (of truth) from the colours (of falsehood).
سنگ پر کردی تو دامن از جهان هم ز سنگ سیم و زر چون کودکان
You have filled your skirt with stones (of iniquity) from this world, and also with stones of silver and gold, as children (do).
از خیال سیم و زر چون زر نبود دامن صدقت درید و غم فزود
Inasmuch as from that fancy of silver and gold there was no (real) gold, the skirt of your sincerity was rent and your sorrow increased.
کی نماید کودکان را سنگ سنگ تا نگیرد عقل دامنشان به چنگ
How should the (coloured) stone appear to the children as stone, till Reason lays hold of their skirts?
پیر عقل آمد نه آن موی سپید مو نمی‌گنجد درین بخت و امید 2280
The Elder (Pír) is Reason, not that white hair (of eld): hair is not contained in (has nothing to do with) this fortune and hope (which is bestowed by Reason).
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چون ترا دیدم محالم حال شد جان من مستغرق اجلال شد
When I beheld thee, the absurd became actual for me: my spirit was submerged in the Glory.
چون ترا دیدم خود ای روح البلاد مهر این خورشید از چشمم فتاد 1085
When I beheld thee, O Spirit of the world, verily love for this (earthly) sun fell from mine eye.
گشت عالی‌همت از نو چشم من جز به خواری نگردد اندر چمن
By thee mine eye was endowed with lofty aspiration: it looks not on the (earthly) garden save with contempt.
نور جستم خود بدیدم نور نور حور جستم خود بدیدم رشک حور
I sought light: verily I beheld the Light of light. I sought the houri: verily (in thee) I beheld an object of envy to the houri.
یوسفی جستم لطیف و سیم تن یوسفستانی بدیدم در تو من
I sought a Joseph comely and with limbs (white as) silver: in thee I beheld an assembly of Josephs.
در پی جنت بدم در جست و جو جنتی بنمود از هر جزو تو
I was (engaged) in searching after Paradise: from every part of thee aParadise appeared (to me).
هست این نسبت به من مدح و ثنا هست این نسبت به تو قدح و هجا 1090
In relation to me this is praise and eulogy; in relation to thee this is vituperation and satire,
همچو مدح مرد چوپان سلیم مر خدا را پیش موسی کلیم
Like the praise given to God by the simple shepherd in the presence of Moses the Kalím—
که بجویم اشپشت شیرت دهم چارقت دوم من و پیشت نهم
‘I will seek out Thy lice, I will give Thee milk, I will stitch Thy shoon and lay them before Thee.’
قدح او را حق به مدحی برگرفت گر تو هم رحمت کنی نبود شگفت
God accepted his vituperation as an expression of praise: if thou also have mercy, ’twill be no marvel.
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When I beheld thee, the absurd became actual for me: my spirit was submerged in the Glory.
چون ترا دیدم خود ای روح البلاد مهر این خورشید از چشمم فتاد 1085
When I beheld thee, O Spirit of the world, verily love for this (earthly) sun fell from mine eye.
گشت عالی‌همت از نو چشم من جز به خواری نگردد اندر چمن
By thee mine eye was endowed with lofty aspiration: it looks not on the (earthly) garden save with contempt.
نور جستم خود بدیدم نور نور حور جستم خود بدیدم رشک حور
I sought light: verily I beheld the Light of light. I sought the houri: verily (in thee) I beheld an object of envy to the houri.
یوسفی جستم لطیف و سیم تن یوسفستانی بدیدم در تو من
I sought a Joseph comely and with limbs (white as) silver: in thee I beheld an assembly of Josephs.
در پی جنت بدم در جست و جو جنتی بنمود از هر جزو تو
I was (engaged) in searching after Paradise: from every part of thee aParadise appeared (to me).
هست این نسبت به من مدح و ثنا هست این نسبت به تو قدح و هجا 1090
In relation to me this is praise and eulogy; in relation to thee this is vituperation and satire,
همچو مدح مرد چوپان سلیم مر خدا را پیش موسی کلیم
Like the praise given to God by the simple shepherd in the presence of Moses the Kalím—
که بجویم اشپشت شیرت دهم چارقت دوم من و پیشت نهم
‘I will seek out Thy lice, I will give Thee milk, I will stitch Thy shoon and lay them before Thee.’
قدح او را حق به مدحی برگرفت گر تو هم رحمت کنی نبود شگفت
God accepted his vituperation as an expression of praise: if thou also have mercy, ’twill be no marvel.
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یار بد نیکوست بهر صبر را که گشاید صبر کردن صدر را
(Yet) the bad associate is good (for you) because of the patience (which you must show in overcoming its desires), for the exercise of patience expands the heart (with spiritual peace).
صبر مه با شب منور داردش صبر گل با خار اذفر داردش
The patience shown by the moon to the (dark) night keeps it illumined; the patience shown by the rose to the thorn keeps it fragrant.
صبر شیر اندر میان فرث و خون کرده او را ناعش ابن اللبون
The patience shown by the milk (chyle) betwixt the faeces (in the intestine) and the blood enables it to rear the camel-foal till he has entered on his third year.
صبر جمله‌ی انبیا با منکران کردشان خاص حق و صاحب‌قران 1410
The patience shown by all the prophets to the unbelievers made them the elect of God and lords of the planetary conjunction.
هر که را بینی یکی جامه درست دانک او آن را به صبر و کسب جست
When you see any one wearing goodly raiment, know that he has gained it by patience and work.
هرکه را دیدی برهنه و بی‌نوا هست بر بی‌صبری او آن گوا
If you have seen any one naked and destitute, that is a testimony of his lack of patience.
هرکه مستوحش بود پر غصه جان کرده باشد با دغایی اقتران
Any one who feels lonely and whose soul is full of anguish must have associated with an impostor.
صبر اگر کردی و الف با وفا ار فراق او نخوردی این قفا
If he had shown patience and loyal friendship (to God), he would not have suffered this affliction through being separated from Him.
خوی با حق نساختی چون انگبین با لبن که لا احب الافلین 1415
He would have consorted with God as honey with milk, saying, “I love not them that set.”
لاجرم تنها نماندی هم‌چنان که آتشی مانده به راه از کاروان
(Then) assuredly he would not have remained alone, even as a fire left on the road by caravaneers.
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(Yet) the bad associate is good (for you) because of the patience (which you must show in overcoming its desires), for the exercise of patience expands the heart (with spiritual peace).
صبر مه با شب منور داردش صبر گل با خار اذفر داردش
The patience shown by the moon to the (dark) night keeps it illumined; the patience shown by the rose to the thorn keeps it fragrant.
صبر شیر اندر میان فرث و خون کرده او را ناعش ابن اللبون
The patience shown by the milk (chyle) betwixt the faeces (in the intestine) and the blood enables it to rear the camel-foal till he has entered on his third year.
صبر جمله‌ی انبیا با منکران کردشان خاص حق و صاحب‌قران 1410
The patience shown by all the prophets to the unbelievers made them the elect of God and lords of the planetary conjunction.
هر که را بینی یکی جامه درست دانک او آن را به صبر و کسب جست
When you see any one wearing goodly raiment, know that he has gained it by patience and work.
هرکه را دیدی برهنه و بی‌نوا هست بر بی‌صبری او آن گوا
If you have seen any one naked and destitute, that is a testimony of his lack of patience.
هرکه مستوحش بود پر غصه جان کرده باشد با دغایی اقتران
Any one who feels lonely and whose soul is full of anguish must have associated with an impostor.
صبر اگر کردی و الف با وفا ار فراق او نخوردی این قفا
If he had shown patience and loyal friendship (to God), he would not have suffered this affliction through being separated from Him.
خوی با حق نساختی چون انگبین با لبن که لا احب الافلین 1415
He would have consorted with God as honey with milk, saying, “I love not them that set.”
لاجرم تنها نماندی هم‌چنان که آتشی مانده به راه از کاروان
(Then) assuredly he would not have remained alone, even as a fire left on the road by caravaneers.
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ای برادر تو همان اندیشهای ما بقی تو استخوان و ریشهای
O brother, you are that same thought (of yours); as for the rest (of you), you are (only) bone and fibre.
گر گل است اندیشهی تو گلشنی ور بود خاری تو هیمهی گلخنی
If your thought is a rose, you are a rose-garden; and if it is a thorn, you are fuel for the bath-stove.
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ای برادر تو همان اندیشهای ما بقی تو استخوان و ریشهای
O brother, you are that same thought (of yours); as for the rest (of you), you are (only) bone and fibre.
گر گل است اندیشهی تو گلشنی ور بود خاری تو هیمهی گلخنی
If your thought is a rose, you are a rose-garden; and if it is a thorn, you are fuel for the bath-stove.
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این جهان کوه است و فعل ما ندا ** سوی ما آید نداها را صدا
This world is the mountain, and our action the shout: the echo of the shouts comes (back) to us.”
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تو مگو ما را بدان شه بار نیست با کریمان کارها دشوار نیست
Do not say, “We have no admission to that King.” Dealings with the generous are not difficult.
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This world is the mountain, and our action the shout: the echo of the shouts comes (back) to us.”
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تو مگو ما را بدان شه بار نیست با کریمان کارها دشوار نیست
Do not say, “We have no admission to that King.” Dealings with the generous are not difficult.
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