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229-238

  • لیس للجن و لا للانس ان  ** ینفذوا من حبس اقطار الزمن 
  • Neither for the Jinn (genies) nor for mankind is it (possible) to pierce through the prison of the regions of the temporal world.
  • لا نفوذ الا بسلطان الهدی  ** من تجاویف السموات العلی  230
  • There is no piercing through the cavities of the highest heavens save by the power of Guidance.
  • لا هدی الا بسلطان یقی  ** من حراس الشهب روح المتقی 
  • There is no guidance save by a power that preserves the spirit of the devout from the keepers of the shooting stars.
  • هیچ کس را تا نگردد او فنا  ** نیست ره در بارگاه کبریا 
  • There is no way (admittance) for any one, till he become naughted, into the audience-chamber of (Divine) Majesty.
  • چیست معراج فلک این نیستی  ** عاشقان را مذهب و دین نیستی 
  • What is the means of ascension to Heaven? This not-being. Not-being is the creed and religion of the lovers (of God).
  • پوستین و چارق آمد از نیاز  ** در طریق عشق محراب ایاز 
  • From self-abasement in the way of Love the fur jacket and rustic shoon became the prayer-niche of Ayáz.
  • گرچه او خود شاه را محبوب بود  ** ظاهر و باطن لطیف و خوب بود  235
  • Even though he was beloved by the king (Mahmúd), and was charming and beauteous outwardly and inwardly—
  • گشته بی‌کبر و ریا و کینه‌ای  ** حسن سلطان را رخش آیینه‌ای 
  • (For) he had become devoid of any arrogance or ostentation or malice, and his face was a mirror for the beauty of the king—
  • چونک از هستی خود او دور شد  ** منتهای کار او محمود بد 
  • (Yet ’twas only) because he was far removed from his (self-) existence, (that) the end of his affair was praiseworthy.
  • زان قوی‌تر بود تمکین ایاز  ** که ز خوف کبر کردی احتراز 
  • The steadfastness of Ayáz was all the firmer forasmuch as he was taking (those) precautions in fear of arrogance.