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1024-1033

  • ظاهرت از تیرگی افغان کنان ** باطن تو گلستان در گلستان
  • Your outward (form) is wailing because of the darkness; your inward (spirit) is (like) roses within roses.
  • قاصد او چون صوفیان روترش ** تا نیامیزند با هر نورکش 1025
  • It (your outward form) is purposely like Súfís (who are) sour-faced (sad and mournful) in order that they may not mix with every one that quenches the (inner) light.
  • عارفان روترش چون خارپشت ** عیش پنهان کرده در خار درشت
  • Like the hedgehog, the sour-faced knowers (of God) have hidden their (spiritual) pleasures in rough prickles (of austerity).
  • باغ پنهان گرد باغ آن خار فاش ** کای عدوی دزد زین در دور باش
  • The orchard is hidden, (while) around the orchard those thorns are plainly seen, saying, “O thievish foe, keep far from this gate!”
  • خارپشتا خار حارس کرده‌ای ** سر چو صوفی در گریبان برده‌ای
  • O hedgehog, you have made the prickles your guardian and, like a Súfí, have buried your head in your bosom,
  • تا کسی دوچار دانگ عیش تو ** کم شود زین گلرخان خارخو
  • That none of these rose-cheeked thorn-natured ones may encounter (become acquainted with) a farthing (the least part) of your pleasure.
  • طفل تو گرچه که کودک‌خو بدست ** هر دو عالم خود طفیل او بدست 1030
  • “Though thy infant (Mohammed) is childish, verily both the worlds are his parasites (attendants).
  • ما جهانی را بدو زنده کنیم ** چرخ را در خدمتش بنده کنیم
  • We make a (whole) world living through him; We make Heaven a slave in his service.”
  • گفت عبدالمطلب کین دم کجاست ** ای علیم السر نشان ده راه راست
  • ‘Abdu ’l-Muttalib said, “Where is he now? O Thou that knowest the secret (of all things), point out the right way!”
  • نشان خواستن عبدالمطلب از موضع محمد علیه‌السلام کی کجاش یابم و جواب آمدن از اندرون کعبه و نشان یافتن
  • How ‘Abdu ’l-Muttalib asked for a clue to the place where Mohammed was—peace be upon him!—saying, "Where shall I find him?" and how he was answered from within the Ka‘ba and obtained the clue.
  • از درون کعبه آوازش رسید ** گفت ای جوینده آن طفل رشید
  • A voice reached him from within the Ka‘ba. It said, “O seeker, that righteous child