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1153-1177

  • آنک کس بود و شهنشاه کسان  ** عقل صد چون قلزمش هر جا رسان 
  • (But) he who was a personage and the Emperor of (all) personages, he whose oceanic mind reaches every place—
  • وحیش آمد رحم حق غم‌خوار شد  ** که فلان مشتاق تو بیمار شد 
  • To him came the (Divine) inspiration: God's Mercy sympathised (with Hilál), saying (to the Prophet), “Such-and-such an one who longs for thee is fallen sick.”
  • مصطفی بهر هلال با شرف  ** رفت از بهر عیادت آن طرف  1155
  • (Thereupon) Mustafá went thither to pay a visit to the noble Hilál.
  • در پی خورشید وحی آن مه دوان  ** وآن صحابه در پیش چون اختران 
  • The (Prophetic) Moon was running behind the Sun of inspiration, while the Companions followed behind him, like the stars.
  • ماه می‌گوید که اصحابی نجوم  ** للسری قدوه و للطاغی رجوم 
  • The Moon is saying, “My Companions are stars—a model for (those who follow them in) the night-journey, and missiles hurled at the disobedient.”
  • میر را گفتند که آن سلطان رسید  ** او ز شادی بی‌دل و جان برجهید 
  • (When) the Amír was told of the arrival of that (spiritual) Sultan, he sprang up, beside himself with joy;
  • برگمان آن ز شادی زد دو دست  ** کان شهنشه بهر او میر آمدست 
  • He clapped his hands joyously, thinking that the (spiritual) Emperor had come on his account.
  • چون فرو آمد ز غرفه آن امیر  ** جان همی‌افشاند پامزد بشیر  1160
  • When the Amír came down from the upper chamber, he was ready to lavish his soul on the messenger as a reward (for the news he had brought).
  • پس زمین‌بوس و سلام آورد او  ** کرد رخ را از طرب چون ورد او 
  • Then he kissed the earth (before the Prophet) and gave the salaam (with great ceremony): in his delight he made his countenance like a rose.
  • گفت بسم‌الله مشرف کن وطن  ** تا که فردوسی شود این انجمن 
  • “In God's name,” he said, “bestow honour on the house (by entering it), so that this assembly-place may become a Paradise,
  • تا فزاید قصر من بر آسمان  ** که بدیدم قطب دوران زمان 
  • And that my palace may surpass heaven (in glory), saying, ‘I have seen the Pole on which Time revolves.’”
  • گفتش از بهر عتاب آن محترم  ** من برای دیدن تو نامدم 
  • The venerable (Prophet) said to him by way of rebuke, “I have not come to visit you.”
  • گفت روحم آن تو خود روح چیست  ** هین بفرما کین تجشم بهر کیست  1165
  • He replied, “My spirit belongs to thee—what, indeed, is my spirit (before thee)? Oh, say on whose account is this solicitude?—
  • تا شوم من خاک پای آن کسی  ** که به باغ لطف تستش مغرسی 
  • That I may become dust for the feet of the person who is planted in the orchard of thy favour.”
  • پس بگفتش کان هلال عرش کو  ** هم‌چو مهتاب از تواضع فرش کو 
  • Then he (the Prophet) said to him, “Where is that New-moon (Hilál) of the highest heaven? Where is he that in his humility is spread as moonbeams (like a carpet on the ground)?—
  • آن شهی در بندگی پنهان شده  ** بهر جاسوسی به دنیا آمده 
  • That king who is disguised as a slave and has come (down) to this world for the purpose of spying?
  • تو مگو کو بنده و آخرجی ماست  ** این بدان که گنج در ویرانه‌هاست 
  • Do not say, ‘He is my slave and stableman’: know this, that he is a treasure (buried) in ruins.
  • ای عجب چونست از سقم آن هلال  ** که هزاران بدر هستش پای‌مال  1170
  • Oh, I wonder to what state he has been reduced by sickness— that New-moon by which thousands of full-moons are trodden underfoot.”
  • گفت از رنجش مرا آگاه نیست  ** لیک روزی چند بر درگاه نیست 
  • He (the Amír) said, “I have no knowledge of his illness, but he has not been at the palace-gate for several days.
  • صحبت او با ستور و استرست  ** سایس است و منزلش این آخرست 
  • He keeps company with the horses and mules: he is a groom, and this stable is his dwelling-place.”
  • در آمدن مصطفی علیه‌السلام از بهر عیادت هلال در ستورگاه آن امیر و نواختن مصطفی هلال را رضی الله عنه 
  • How Mustafá, on whom be peace, came into the Amír's stable to see the sick Hilál, and how he caressed Hilál, may God be pleased with him!
  • رفت پیغامبر به رغبت بهر او  ** اندر آخر وآمد اندر جست و جو 
  • The Prophet went eagerly into the stable (to look) for him and began to search.
  • بود آخر مظلم و زشت و پلید  ** وین همه برخاست چون الفت رسید 
  • The stable was dark, foul, and dirty, (but) all this vanished (from Hilál's mind) when friendship arrived.
  • بوی پیغامبر ببرد آن شیر نر  ** هم‌چنانک بوی یوسف را پدر  1175
  • That fierce (spiritual) lion scented the Prophet just as the scent of Joseph was perceived by his father (Jacob).
  • موجب ایمان نباشد معجزات  ** بوی جنسیت کند جذب صفات 
  • Miracles are not the cause of religious faith; ’tis the scent of homogeneity that attracts (to itself) qualities (of the same kind).
  • معجزات از بهر قهر دشمنست  ** بوی جنسیت پی دل بردنست 
  • Miracles are (wrought) for the purpose of subjugating the foe: the scent of homogeneity is (only) for the winning of hearts.