جوشش خون باشد آن وا جستها ** خارش دلها و بحث و ماجرا
Those inquiries, the pricking of (conscience in men’s) beans and the investigation and discussion, are the stirring of the (murdered man’s) blood.
چونک پیداگشت سر کار او ** معجزه داود شد فاش و دوتو
When the mystery of his (the murderer’s) case had been divulged, David’s miracles became doubly manifest
خلق جمله سر برهنه آمدند ** سر به سجده بر زمینها می‌زدند
All the people came bare-headed and cast their heads in prostration on the earth,
ما همه کوران اصلی بوده‌ایم ** از تو ما صد گون عجایب دیده‌ایم
(Saying), “We all have been (as those who are) blind from birth, (though) we have seen from thee marvels of a hundred kinds.
سنگ با تو در سخن آمد شهیر ** کز برای غزو طالوتم بگیر2495
The stone came to speech with thee overtly, and said, ‘Take me for Saul’s expedition (against Goliath)’;
تو به سه سنگ و فلاخن آمدی ** صد هزاران مرد را بر هم زدی
Thou camest with three pebbles and a sling and didst rout a hundred thousand men:
سنگهایت صدهزاران پاره شد ** هر یکی هر خصم را خون‌خواره شد
Thy pebbles broke into a hundred thousand pieces, and each one drank the blood of an enemy.
آهن اندر دست تو چون موم شد ** چون زره‌سازی ترا معلوم شد
Iron became as wax in thy hand when the (craft of) fashioning coats of mail was made known to thee.
کوهها با تو رسایل شد شکور ** با تو می‌خوانند چون مقری زبور
The mountains became thy thankful. accompanists: they chant the psalms with thee, as one who teaches the recitation of theQur’an.
صد هزاران چشم دل بگشاده شد ** از دم تو غیب را آماده شد2500
Hundreds of thousands of spiritual eyes were opened and through thy breath were made ready for (contemplation of) the Unseen;
و آن قوی‌تر زان همه کین دایمست ** زندگی بخشی که سرمد قایمست
And that (miracle) is stronger than all those (others), for this one is lasting: thou bestowest the life that is enduring for ever.’!
جان جمله‌ی معجزات اینست خود ** کو ببخشد مرده را جان ابد
This indeed is the soul of all miracles, that it (the miracle) should bestow everlasting life on the (spiritually) dead.
کشته شد ظالم جهانی زنده شد ** هر یکی از نو خدا را بنده شد
The wicked man was killed and a whole world (of people) were quickened with life: every one became anew a (devoted) servant to God.
بیان آنک نفس آدمی بجای آن خونیست کی مدعی گاو گشته بود و آن گاو کشنده عقلست و داود حقست یا شیخ کی نایب حق است کی بقوت و یاری او تواند ظالم را کشتن و توانگر شدن به روزی بی‌کسب و بی‌حساب
Explaining that Man’s fleshly soul is in the position of the murderer who had become a claimant on account of the cow, and that the slayer of the cow is the intellect, and that David is God or the Shaykh who is God’s vicar, by means, of whose strength and support it is possible to kill the wicked (murderer) and be enriched with (spiritual) daily bread that is not earned by labour and for which, there is no reckoning.
نفس خود را کش جهانی را زنده کن ** خواجه را کشتست او را بنده کن
Kill your fleshly soul and make the world (spiritually) alive; it (your fleshly soul) has killed its master: make it (your) slave.
مدعی گاو نفس تست هین ** خویشتن را خواجه کردست و مهین2505
Hark! your fleshly soul is (as) the claimant (of compensation) for the cow: it has made itself a master and thief.
آن کشنده‌ی گاو عقل تست رو ** بر کشنده گاو تن منکر مشو
The slayer of the cow is your intellect (rational soul): go, do not be offended with the’ slayer of the cow, (which is) your body.
عقل اسیرست و همی خواهد ز حق ** روزیی بی رنج و نعمت بر طبق
The intellect is a captive and craves of God daily bread (won) without toil, and bounty (placed before it) on a tray.
روزی بی رنج او موقوف چیست ** آنک بکشد گاو را کاصل بدیست
Upon what does its daily bread (won) without toil depend? Upon its killing the cow is the origin of (all) evil
نفس گوید چون کشی تو گاو من ** زانک گاو نفس باشد نقش تن
The fleshly soul says, “How shouldst thou kill my ‘cow’?-because the “cow” of the fleshly soul is the (outward) form of the body.
خواجه‌زاده‌ی عقل مانده بی‌نوا ** نفس خونی خواجه گشت و پیشوا2510
The intellect, (typified by) the master’s son, is left destitute, (while) the fleshly soul, (typified by) the murderer, has become a master and leader.
روزی بی‌رنج می‌دانی که چیست ** قوت ارواحست و ارزاق نبیست
Do you know what is the daily bread (won) without toil? It is the food of spirits and the daily bread of the prophet.
لیک موقوفست بر قربان گاو ** گنج اندر گاو دان ای کنج‌کاو
But it depends upon sacrificing the cow: know (that) the (spiritual) treasure (is found) in (sacrifice of) the cow, O you who dig in (holes and) corners!
دوش چیزی خورده‌ام ور نه تمام ** دادمی در دست فهم تو زمام
Yesternight I ate something; otherwise, I would have given the reins entirely into the hand of your understanding’.
دوش چیزی خورده‌ام افسانه است ** هرچه می‌آید ز پنهان خانه است
(The words), ‘ yesternight I ate something,” are an idle tale: whatsoever comes (to pass) is from the secret chamber (of Divine Destiny).
چشم بر اسباب از چه دوختیم ** گر ز خوش‌چشمان کرشم آموختیم2515
Wherefore have we fixed our eyes on (secondary) causes, if we have learned from those with beauteous eyes how to glance amorously?