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1650-1674

  • کهربای مسخ آمد این دغا ** خاک قابل را کند سنگ و حصا 1650
  • This falseness draws after it an evil transformation: it turns ground capable (of tillage) into stones and pebbles.

  • هر دلی را سجده هم دستور نیست ** مزد رحمت قسم هر مزدور نیست‏
  • Nor is it granted to every heart to fall down in prayer: the wages of (Divine) mercy are not the (allotted) portion of every hireling.

  • هین بپشت آن مکن جرم و گناه ** که کنم توبه در آیم در پناه‏
  • Beware! Do not commit crime and sin in reliance on (the thought), “I will repent and come to (take) refuge (with God).”

  • می‏بباید تاب و آبی توبه را ** شرط شد برق و سحابی توبه را
  • For (true) repentance, there must needs be a glow (of inward feeling) and a flood (of tears): (such) lightning and clouds are the condition indispensable to repentance.

  • آتش و آبی بباید میوه را ** واجب آید ابر و برق این شیوه را
  • There must needs be fire and water (rain) for the fruit: clouds and lightning are necessary for this accomplishment.

  • تا نباشد برق دل و ابر دو چشم ** کی نشیند آتش تهدید و خشم‏ 1655
  • Until there is the lightning of the heart and the rain-clouds of the two eyes, how shall the fire of (Divine) menace and wrath be allayed?

  • کی بروید سبزه‏ی ذوق وصال ** کی بجوشد چشمه‏ها ز آب زلال‏
  • How shall the herbage grow, (the herbage) of the delight of union (with God)? How shall the fountains of clear water gush forth?

  • کی گلستان راز گوید با چمن ** کی بنفشه عهد بندد با سمن‏
  • How shall the rose-beds tell their secret to the garden? How shall the violet make an engagement with the jasmine?

  • کی چناری کف گشاید در دعا ** کی درختی سر فشاند در هوا
  • How shall a plane-tree open its hands (spread its leaves) in prayer? How shall any tree toss its head in the air (of love-desire)?

  • کی شکوفه آستین پر نثار ** بر فشاندن گیرد ایام بهار
  • How shall the blossoms begin to shake out their sleeves full of largesse in the days of Spring?

  • کی فروزد لاله را رخ همچو خون ** کی گل از کیسه بر آرد زر برون‏ 1660
  • How shall the cheeks of the anemone flame like blood? How shall the rose bring gold out of its purse?

  • کی بیاید بلبل و گل بو کند ** کی چو طالب فاخته کوکو کند
  • How shall the nightingale come and smell the rose? How shall the dove say “coo, coo,” as one that seeks?

  • کی بگوید لکلک آن لک لک به جان ** لک چه باشد ملک تست ای مستعان‏
  • How shall the stork utter with (all) its soul the cry lak, lak? What is (the meaning of) lak? (It means) “Thine is the kingdom, O Thou whose help is invoked.”

  • کی نماید خاک اسرار ضمیر ** کی شود بی‏آسمان بستان منیر
  • How shall the earth show forth the secrets of its inmost mind? How shall the garden become radiant without the sky?

  • از کجا آورده‏اند آن حله‏ها ** من کریم من رحیم کلها
  • Whence have they fetched those garments (fair qualities)? (They have derived) all of them from One who is Bounteous and Merciful.

  • آن لطافتها نشان شاهدی است ** آن نشان پای مرد عابدی است‏ 1665
  • Those graces are the signs of a Witness: they are the footprints of a man devoted to (God's) service.

  • آن شود شاد از نشان کاو دید شاه ** چون ندید او را نباشد انتباه‏
  • (None but) that person that has seen the King is gladdened by the sign; when one has not seen Him, there is no recognition.

  • روح آن کس کاو به هنگام أ لست ** دید رب خویش و شد بی‏خویش و مست‏
  • The spirit of that one who at the time of Am not I (your Lord)? saw his Lord and became beside himself and intoxicated—

  • او شناسد بوی می کاو می بخورد ** چون نخورد او می چه داند بوی کرد
  • He (that spirit) knows the scent of the wine because he drank it (before); when he has not drunk it, how can he scent it?

  • ز انکه حکمت همچو ناقه‏ی ضاله است ** همچو دلاله شهان را داله است‏
  • For Wisdom is like a stray camel: like a go-between, it guides (those who find and recognise it) to (the presence of) kings.

  • تو ببینی خواب در یک خوش لقا ** کاو دهد وعده و نشانی مر ترا 1670
  • You behold in dream a person of pleasing countenance, who gives you a promise and a sign

  • که مراد تو شود اینک نشان ** که بپیش آید ترا فردا فلان‏
  • That your desire will come to pass; here is the sign—such and such a person will meet you to-morrow.

  • یک نشانی آن که او باشد سوار ** یک نشانی که ترا گیرد کنار
  • One sign is that he will be riding; one sign is that he will clasp you to his breast;

  • یک نشانی که بخندد پیش تو ** یک نشان که دست بندد پیش تو
  • One sign is that he will smile before you; one sign is that he will fold his hands in your presence;

  • یک نشانی آن که این خواب از هوس ** چون شود فردا نگویی پیش کس‏
  • One sign is that when the morrow comes you will not tell this dream to any one, though you would fain do so.