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2
166-175

  • با تو دیوار است و با ایشان در است ** با تو سنگ و با عزیزان گوهر است‏
  • To you it is a wall, to them it is a door; to you a stone, to (those) venerated ones a pearl.
  • آن چه تو در آینه بینی عیان ** پیر اندر خشت بیند بیش از آن‏
  • What you see plainly in the mirror—the Pír sees more than that in the brick.
  • پیر ایشان‏اند کاین عالم نبود ** جان ایشان بود در دریای جود
  • The Pírs are they whose spirits, before this world existed, were in the Sea of (Divine) bounty.
  • پیش از این تن عمرها بگذاشتند ** پیشتر از کشت بر برداشتند
  • Before (the creation of) this body they passed (many) lifetimes; before the sowing they took up (harvested) the fruit (produce).
  • پیشتر از نقش جان پذرفته‏اند ** پیشتر از بحر درها سفته‏اند 170
  • They have received the spirit before (the creation of) the form; they have bored the pearls before (the creation of) the sea.
  • مشورت می‏رفت در ایجاد خلق ** جانشان در بحر قدرت تا به حلق‏
  • (Whilst) consultation was going on as to bringing mankind into existence, their spirits were in the Sea of (Divine) Omnipotence up to the throat.
  • چون ملایک مانع آن می‏شدند ** بر ملایک خفیه خنبک می‏زدند
  • When the angels were opposing that (creation of man), they (the Pírs) were secretly clapping their hands (in derision) at the angels.
  • مطلع بر نقش هر که هست شد ** پیش از آن کاین نفس کل پا بست شد
  • He (the Pír) was made acquainted with the (material) form of every existent being, before this Universal Soul became fettered (by materiality).
  • پیشتر ز افلاک کیوان دیده‏اند ** پیشتر از دانه‏ها نان دیده‏اند
  • Before the (creation of the) heavens they have seen Saturn, before the (existence of) seeds they have seen the bread.
  • بی‏دماغ و دل پر از فکرت بدند ** بی‏سپاه و جنگ بر نصرت زدند 175
  • Without brain and mind they were full of thought, without army and battle they gained victory.