English    Türkçe    فارسی   

4
2137-2146

  • با خودی با بی‌خودی دوچار زد ** با خود اندر دیده‌ی خود خار زد
  • A self-existent one encountered a selfless one in combat: the self-existent one drove a thorn into his own eye (hurt himself).

  • ای زده بر بی‌خودان تو ذوالفقار ** بر تن خود می‌زنی آن هوش دار
  • O you who stab the selfless ones with the sword, you are stabbing your own body with it. Beware!

  • زانک بی‌خود فانی است و آمنست ** تا ابد در آمنی او ساکنست
  • For the selfless one has passed away (in God) and is safe: he is dwelling in safety for ever.

  • نقش او فانی و او شد آینه ** غیر نقش روی غیر آن جای نه 2140
  • His form has passed away and he has become a mirror: naught is there but the form (image) of the face of another.

  • گر کنی تف سوی روی خود کنی ** ور زنی بر آینه بر خود زنی
  • If you spit (at it), you spit at your own face; and if you strike at the mirror, you strike at yourself;

  • ور ببینی روی زشت آن هم توی ** ور ببینی عیسی و مریم توی
  • And if you see an ugly face (in that mirror), ’tis you; and if you see Jesus and Mary, ’tis you.

  • او نه اینست و نه آن او ساده است ** نقش تو در پیش تو بنهاده است
  • He is neither this nor that: he is simple (pure and free from attributes of self): he has placed your image before you.

  • چون رسید اینجا سخن لب در ببست ** چون رسید اینجا قلم درهم شکست
  • When the discourse reached this point, it closed its lips; when the pen reached this point, it broke to pieces.

  • لب ببند ار چه فصاحت دست داد ** دم مزن والله اعلم بالرشاد 2145
  • Close thy lips (O my soul): though eloquence is at thy command, do not breathe a word—and God best knoweth the right way.

  • برکنار بامی ای مست مدام ** پست بنشین یا فرود آ والسلام
  • O you who are drunken with the wine (of love), you are on the edge of the roof: sit down or (else) descend, and peace be with you!