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  • جزو شید و ابر و انجمها بدی ** نفس و فعل و قول و فکرتها شدی 4185
  • Thou wert a part of the sun and the cloud and the stars: thou becamest soul and action and speech and thoughts.”
  • هستی حیوان شد از مرگ نبات ** راست آمد اقتلونی یا ثقات
  • The existence of the animal arose from the death of the plant: (hence the command) “slay me, O trusty friends” is right.
  • چون چنین بردیست ما را بعد مات ** راست آمد ان فی قتلی حیات
  • Since there is such a victory for us after the checkmate (of death), (the words) “verily, in my being slain there is a life” are true.
  • فعل و قول و صدق شد قوت ملک ** تا بدین معراج شد سوی فلک
  • Action and speech and sincerity became the food of the angel, so that by means of this ladder he mounted to heaven,
  • آنچنان کان طعمه شد قوت بشر ** از جمادی بر شد و شد جانور
  • Just as (when) that morsel became the food of Man, it mounted from (the state of) inanimateness and became possessed of soul.
  • این سخن را ترجمه‌ی پهناوری ** گفته آید در مقام دیگری 4190
  • As regards this topic, a wide (far-reaching) explanation will be given in another place.
  • کاروان دایم ز گردون می‌رسد ** تا تجارت می‌کند وا می‌رود
  • “The caravan (of spirits) is incessantly arriving from heaven, that they may traffic (on the earth) and go back again.
  • پس برو شیرین و خوش با اختیار ** نه بتلخی و کراهت دزدوار
  • Go, then, sweetly and gladly with free-will, not with bitterness and loathing, like a thief.
  • زان حدیث تلخ می‌گویم ترا ** تا ز تلخیها فرو شویم ترا
  • I am speaking bitter words to thee, in order that I may wash thee (clean) of bitternesses.
  • ز آب سرد انگور افسرده رهد ** سردی و افسردگی بیرون نهد
  • The frozen grape is thawed by cold water and lays aside its coldness and congealment.