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  • گرچه میوه آخر آید در وجود ** اولست او زانک او مقصود بود
  • Although the fruit comes last into being, it is the first, because it was the object.
  • چون ملایک گوی لا علم لنا ** تا بگیرد دست تو علمتنا 1130
  • Say, like the angels, “We have no knowledge,” to the end that “Thou hast taught us” may take thy hand (come to thy aid).
  • گر درین مکتب ندانی تو هجا ** همچو احمد پری از نور حجی
  • If in this school thou dost not know the alphabet, (yet) thou art filled, like Ahmad (Mohammed), with the light of Reason.
  • گر نباشی نامدار اندر بلاد ** گم نه‌ای الله اعلم بالعباد
  • If thou art not famous in the world, (yet) thou art not lost: God knoweth best concerning His servants.
  • اندر آن ویران که آن معروف نیست ** از برای حفظ گنجینه‌ی زریست
  • A treasure of gold is (hidden), for safety's sake, in a desolate spot that is not well-known.
  • موضع معروف کی بنهند گنج ** زین قبل آمد فرج در زیر رنج
  • How should they deposit the treasure in a well-known place? On this account it is said, “Joy is (hidden) beneath sorrow.”
  • خاطر آرد بس شکال اینجا ولیک ** بسکلد اشکال را استور نیک 1135
  • Here the mind may bring (suggest) many difficulties, but a good beast will break the tether.
  • هست عشقش آتشی اشکال‌سوز ** هر خیالی را بروبد نور روز
  • His (God's) love is a fire that consumes difficulties: the daylight sweeps away every phantom.
  • هم از آن سو جو جواب ای مرتضا ** کین سال آمد از آن سو مر ترا
  • O thou with whom He is pleased, seek the answer from the same quarter from which this question came to thee.
  • گوشه‌ی بی گوشه‌ی دل شه‌رهیست ** تاب لا شرقی و لا غرب از مهیست
  • The cornerless corner of the heart is a King's highway: the radiance that is neither of the east nor of the west is (derived) from a Moon.