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5
208-217

  • کار او اینست و کار من همین  ** عالم‌آرایست رب العالمین 
  • Such is His work, and my work is the same: the Lord of all created beings is the beautifier of the world.”
  • گر نبودی این پلیدیهای ما  ** کی بدی این بارنامه آب را 
  • Were it not for these impurities of ours, how would the water have this glory?
  • کیسه‌های زر بدزدید از کسی  ** می‌رود هر سو که هین کو مفلسی  210
  • It stole purses of gold from a certain One: (then) it runs in every direction, crying, “Where is an insolvent?”
  • یا بریزد بر گیاه رسته‌ای  ** یا بشوید روی رو ناشسته‌ای 
  • Either it sheds (the treasure) on a blade of grass that has grown, or it washes the face of one whose face is unwashed,
  • یا بگیرد بر سر او حمال‌وار  ** کشتی بی‌دست و پا را در بحار 
  • Or, porter-like, it takes on its head (surface) the ship that is without hand or foot (helplessly tossing) in the seas.
  • صد هزاران دارو اندر وی نهان  ** زانک هر دارو بروید زو چنان 
  • Hidden in it are myriads of salves, because every salve derives from it its nature and property.
  • جان هر دری دل هر دانه‌ای  ** می‌رود در جو چو داروخانه‌ای 
  • The soul of every pearl, the heart of every grain, goes into the river (for healing) as (into) a shop of salves.
  • زو یتیمان زمین را پرورش  ** بستگان خشک را از وی روش  215
  •  From it (comes) nourishment to the orphans of the earth; from it (comes) movement (growth) to them that are tied fast, the parched ones.
  • چون نماند مایه‌اش تیره شود  ** هم‌چو ما اندر زمین خیره شود 
  • When its stock (of spiritual grace) is exhausted, it becomes turbid: it becomes abject on the earth, as we are.
  • استعانت آب از حق جل جلاله بعد از تیره شدن 
  • How the water, after becoming turbid, entreats God Almighty to succour it.
  • ناله از باطن برآرد کای خدا  ** آنچ دادی دادم و ماندم گدا 
  • (Then) from its interior it raises cries of lamentation, saying, “O God, that which Thou gavest (me) I have given (to others) and am left a beggar.