پستی دیوار قربی میشود ** فصل او درمان وصلی میبود
The lowness (destruction) of the wall becomes a means of access (to the water); separation from it is the remedy bringing about a union (with the water).”
سجده آمد کندن خشت لزب ** موجب قربی که و اسجد و اقترب
The tearing away of the adhesive (firmly joined) bricks is (analogous to) prostration (in prayer): (it is) the cause of nearness (to God), for (God has said), ‘And prostrate thyself and draw near (to Me).’
تا که این دیوار عالی گردن است ** مانع این سر فرود آوردن است1210
So long as this wall is high-necked (lofty and proud), it is an obstacle to this bowing of the head (in prayer).
سجده نتوان کرد بر آب حیات ** تا نیابم زین تن خاکی نجات
’Tis impossible to perform the prostration on the Water of Life, until I gain deliverance from this earthly body.
بر سر دیوار هر کاو تشنهتر ** زودتر بر میکند خشت و مدر
The more thirsty any one on the top of the wall is, the more quickly does he tear off the bricks and turfs.
هر که عاشق تر بود بر بانگ آب ** او کلوخ زفت تر کند از حجاب
The more any one is in love with the noise of the water, the bigger clods does he tear away from the barrier.
او ز بانگ آب پر می تا عنق ** نشنود بیگانه جز بانگ بلق
He, at the noise of the water, is filled with wine (ecstasy) up to the neck, (while) the stranger (to love) hears nothing but the sound of the splash.
ای خنک آن را که او ایام پیش ** مغتنم دارد گزارد وام خویش1215
Oh, blest is he that deems his early days an opportunity to be seized, and pays his debt—
اندر آن ایام کش قدرت بود ** صحت و زور دل و قوت بود
In the days when he has the power, (when) he has health and strength of heart and vigour,
و آن جوانی همچو باغ سبز و تر ** میرساند بیدریغی بار و بر
And (when) that season of youth, like a garden green and fresh, is bringing (to ripeness) produce and fruit without any stint;