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2204-2228

  • می‌کشد شیر قضا در بیشه‌ها ** جان ما مشغول کار و پیشه‌ها
  • The lion, Destiny, is dragging into the jungles (of death) our souls which are preoccupied with (worldly) business and trades.
  • آنچنانک از فقر می‌ترسند خلق ** زیر آب شور رفته تا به حلق 2205
  • That (case) is like (the fact) that the people (of this world) have fear of poverty, plunged (as they are) up to their throats in the briny water.
  • گر بترسندی از آن فقرآفرین ** گنجهاشان کشف گشتی در زمین
  • If they should fear the Creator of poverty, treasures would be opened to them on the earth.
  • جمله‌شان از خوف غم در عین غم ** در پی هستی فتاده در عدم
  • Through fear of affliction they all are in the very essence of affliction: in their quest for (material) existence they have fallen into non-existence.
  • دعا و شفاعت دقوقی در خلاص کشتی
  • Daqúqí's entreaty and intercession for the deliverance of the ship.
  • چون دقوقی آن قیامت را بدید ** رحم او جوشید و اشک او دوید
  • When Daqúqí beheld that turmoil, his pity was stirred and his tears flowed fast.
  • گفت یا رب منگر اندر فعلشان ** دستشان گیر ای شه نیکو نشان
  • He said, “O Lord, do not look at their deeds! Take their hands (to succour them), O auspicious King!
  • خوش سلامتشان به ساحل با زبر ** ای رسیده دست تو در بحر و بر 2210
  • Bring them back well and safe to the shore, O Thou whose hand (power) reaches (both) sea and land!
  • ای کریم و ای رحیم سرمدی ** در گذار از بدسگالان این بدی
  • O Gracious One, O Merciful and Everlasting One, pass over this wickedness committed by devisers of evil!
  • ای بداده رایگان صد چشم و گوش ** بی ز رشوت بخش کرده عقل و هوش
  • O Thou who hast given, free of cost, a hundred eyes and ears, and, without bribe, hast dispensed intellect and understanding;
  • پیش از استحقاق بخشیده عطا ** دیده از ما جمله کفران و خطا
  • Who hast bestowed the gift before the merit (was existent), having suffered from us the whole (sum) of ingratitude and transgression:
  • ای عظیم از ما گناهان عظیم ** تو توانی عفو کردن در حریم
  • O Almighty One, Thou art able to pardon our great sins in privacy.
  • ما ز آز و حرص خود را سوختیم ** وین دعا را هم ز تو آموختیم 2215
  • We have burnt ourselves from concupiscence and greed, and even this invocation we have learned from Thee.
  • حرمت آن که دعا آموختی ** در چنین ظلمت چراغ افروختی
  • (We beseech Thee) in reverence for Thy having taught (us) to invoke (Thee) and for having lighted the lamp (of invocation) amidst darkness like this.”
  • همچنین می‌رفت بر لفظش دعا ** آن زمان چون مادران با وفا
  • Thus was the invocation running on his tongue at that time, like (the words of) faithful mothers.
  • اشک می‌رفت از دو چشمش و آن دعا ** بی خود از وی می بر آمد بر سما
  • The tears were flowing from his eyes, and that invocation was going up to Heaven from him (while he was) beside himself (unconscious).
  • آن دعای بی خودان خود دیگرست ** آن دعا زو نیست گفت داورست
  • That unconscious invocation is, in truth, different: that invocation is not from him (the speaker), it is spoken by the (Divine) Judge.
  • آن دعا حق می‌کند چون او فناست ** آن دعا و آن اجابت از خداست 2220
  • God is making that invocation, since he (the speaker) is naughted (faná): the invocation and the answer (to it) are (both) from God.
  • واسطه‌ی مخلوق نه اندر میان ** بی‌خبر زان لابه کردن جسم و جان
  • There is not present (at that time) the medium, namely, the created person: body and spirit (alike) are unaware of making that supplication.
  • بندگان حق رحیم و بردبار ** خوی حق دارند در اصلاح کار
  • The (chosen) servants of God are merciful and long-suffering: they possess the disposition of God in regard to putting things right.
  • مهربان بی‌رشوتان یاری‌گران ** در مقام سخت و در روز گران
  • They are kind and bribeless ones, helpers in the hard plight and the heavy (grievous) day.
  • هین بجو این قوم را ای مبتلا ** هین غنیمت دارشان پیش از بلا
  • Hark, seek this (saintly) company, O afflicted one! Hark, hold them (as) a prize before the (coming of) affliction.
  • رست کشتی از دم آن پهلوان ** واهل کشتی را بجهد خود گمان 2225
  • Through the breath (prayer) of that (spiritual) hero the ship was saved, while the people in the ship thought (they were saved) by their own efforts,
  • که مگر بازوی ایشان در حذر ** بر هدف انداخت تیری از هنر
  • (Supposing) that maybe in (the hour of) dread their arm had skilfully shot an arrow at the target.
  • پا رهاند روبهان را در شکار ** و آن زدم دانند روباهان غرار
  • Foxes, in the chase, are saved by their legs, but the foxes inconsiderately deem that (safety to proceed) from their tails.
  • عشقها با دم خود بازند کین ** می‌رهاند جان ما را در کمین
  • (Hence) they play fondly with their tails, thinking, “These save our lives in the ambuscade (of calamity).”