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  • با محمد بود عشق پاک جفت  ** بهر عشق او را خدا لولاک گفت 
  • The pure Love was united with Mohammed: for Love's sake God said to him, “But for thee.”
  • منتهی در عشق چون او بود فرد  ** پس مر او را ز انبیا تخصیص کرد 
  • Since he alone was the ultimate goal in Love, therefore God singled him out from the (other) prophets,
  • گر نبودی بهر عشق پاک را  ** کی وجودی دادمی افلاک را 
  • (Saying), “Had it not been for pure Love's sake, how should I have bestowed an existence on the heavens?
  • من بدان افراشتم چرخ سنی  ** تا علو عشق را فهمی کنی  2740
  • I have raised up the lofty celestial sphere, that thou mayst apprehend the sublimity of Love.
  • منفعتهای دیگر آید ز چرخ  ** آن چو بیضه تابع آید این چو فرخ 
  • Other benefits come from the celestial sphere: it is like the egg, (while) these (benefits) are consequential, like the chick.
  • خاک را من خوار کردم یک سری  ** تا ز خواری عاشقان بویی بری 
  • I have made the earth altogether lowly, that thou mayst gain some notion of the lowliness of lovers.
  • خاک را دادیم سبزی و نوی  ** تا ز تبدیل فقیر آگه شوی 
  • We have given greenness and freshness to the earth, that thou mayst become acquainted with the (spiritual) transmutation of the dervish.”
  • با تو گویند این جبال راسیات  ** وصف حال عاشقان اندر ثبات 
  • These firm-set mountains describe (represent) to thee the state of lovers in steadfastness,
  • گرچه آن معنیست و این نقش ای پسر  ** تا به فهم تو کند نزدیک‌تر  2745
  • Although that (state) is a reality, while this (description) is (only) an image, O son, (which is employed) in order that he (who offers it) may bring it nearer to thy understanding.
  • غصه را با خار تشبیهی کنند  ** آن نباشد لیک تنبیهی کنند 
  • They liken anguish to thorns; it is not that (in reality), but they do so as a means of arousing (thy) attention.