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  • این همه گفتند و گفت آن ناصبور  ** که مرا زین گفته‌ها آید نفور 
  • They said all this (to him), but the impatient (prince) replied, “These words (of warning) inspire me with repugnance.
  • سینه پر آتش مرا چون منقل است  ** کشت کامل گشت وقت منجل است  4160
  • My bosom is full of fire, like a brazier: the crop is ripe, ’tis time for the sickle.
  • صدر را صبری بد اکنون آن نماد  ** بر مقام صبر عشق آتش نشاند 
  • There was a (great) fortitude in my breast, (but) now it is no more: Love has set fire to the dwelling-place of fortitude.
  • صبر من مرد آن شبی که عشق زاد  ** درگذشت او حاضران را عمر باد 
  • My fortitude died on the night when Love was born: it has passed away—long live those who are present!
  • ای محدث از خطاب و از خطوب  ** زان گذشتم آهن سردی مکوب 
  • O thou that tellest (me) of (a stern) rebuke (from the King) and (terrible) punishments, I have passed beyond (all) that: do not beat a piece of cold iron!
  • سرنگونم هی رها کن پای من  ** فهم کو در جمله‌ی اجزای من 
  • I am (rushing) headlong: hey, let go my feet! Where in all my limbs is (any) understanding?
  • اشترم من تا توانم می‌کشم  ** چون فتادم زار با کشتن خوشم  4165
  • I am (like) a camel: I carry (my load) as long as I can, (but) when I fall down exhausted, I am glad to be killed.
  • پر سر مقطوع اگر صد خندق است  ** پیش درد من مزاج مطلق است 
  • If there are a hundred moats full of severed heads, ’tis an absolute pleasantry in comparison with my anguish.
  • من نخواهم زد دگر از خوف و بیم  ** این چنین طبل هوا زیر گلیم 
  • Nevermore in fear and dread will I beat such a drum of passion under a blanket.
  • من علم اکنون به صحرا می‌زنم  ** یا سراندازی و یا روی صنم 
  • Now I will plant my banner in the open plain: (let my fate be) either to lose my head or (to behold) the face of my adored one!
  • حلق کو نبود سزای آن شراب  ** آن بریده به به شمشیر و ضراب 
  • The throat that is not worthy of that wine—’tis best it should be cut by blows of the sword;
  • دیده کو نبود ز وصلش در فره  ** آن چنان دیده سپید کور به  4170
  • The eye that is not (rejoiced) in abundance by union with her—such an eye is best white (with disease) and blind;
  • گوش کان نبود سزای راز او  ** بر کنش که نبود آن بر سر نکو 
  • The ear that is not worthy of (hearing) her secret—tear it off, for it is no good on the head;
  • اندر آن دستی که نبود آن نصاب  ** آن شکسته به به ساطور قصاب 
  • The hand in which there is not the (requisite) amount (to win her favour)—’tis best that it should be chopped off by the butcher's knife;
  • آنچنان پایی که از رفتار او  ** جان نپیوندد به نرگس زار او 
  • The foot by whose faring the spirit is not led into her narcissus-plot—
  • آنچنان پا در حدید اولیترست  ** که آنچنان پا عاقبت درد سرست 
  • Such a foot is best in iron (chains), for such a foot is ultimately (the cause of) headache (affliction).
  • بیان مجاهد کی دست از مجاهده باز ندارد اگر چه داند بسطت عطاء حق را کی آن مقصود از طرف دیگر و به سبب نوع عمل دیگر بدو رساند کی در وهم او نبوده باشد او همه وهم و اومید درین طریق معین بسته باشد حلقه‌ی همین در می‌زند بوک حق تعالی آن روزی را از در دیگر بدو رساند کی او آن تدبیر نکرده باشد و یرزقه من حیث لا یحتسب العبد یدبر والله یقدر و بود کی بنده را وهم بندگی بود کی مرا از غیر این در برساند اگر چه من حلقه‌ی این در می‌زنم حق تعالی او را هم ازین در روزی رساند فی‌الجمله این همه درهای یکی سرایست مع تقریره 
  • [Setting forth (the case of) the earnest seeker who does not refrain from exerting himself to the utmost, although he knows that the amplitude of God's bounty may cause the object of his desire to reach him from a different quarter and by means of work of a different kind which he has never imagined; but since all his thoughts and hopes are fixed on this particular method (of attaining his object), he continues to knock at this same door, (knowing that) maybe God most High will cause his appointed portion to reach him through some other door which he has not foreseen, ‘and will provide for him from a quarter on which he does not reckon’—‘Man proposes but God disposes.’ And, (again), a slave (of God) may conceive, as beseems a slave, that although he keeps knocking at this (particular) door he will be supplied from another door; and (nevertheless) God most High may cause his portion to reach him through this very door (at which he is knocking). In short, all these (doors) are the doors of one Palace. And the exposition thereof.]
  • یا درین ره آیدم آن کام من  ** یا چو باز آیم ز ره سوی وطن  4175
  • Either this desire of mine will be fulfilled on this journey or when I return home from the journey.
  • بوک موقوفست کامم بر سفر  ** چون سفر کردم بیابم در حضر 
  • It may be that (the fulfilment of) my desire depends on going abroad and that after I have gone abroad I shall attain (to it) at home.
  • یار را چندین بجویم جد و چست  ** که بدانم که نمی‌بایست جست 
  • I will seek the Beloved with all my might and energy until I know whether I need not have sought (Him).
  • آن معیت کی رود در گوش من  ** تا نگردم گرد دوران زمن 
  • How should (the mystery of) His being with me enter my (spiritual) ear unless I wander round the world?
  • کی کنم من از معیت فهم راز  ** جز که از بعد سفرهای دراز 
  • How should I apprehend the mystery of His being with me except after (making) long journeys?”
  • حق معیت گفت و دل را مهر کرد  ** تا که عکس آید به گوش دل نه طرد  4180
  • God hath said that He is with us, but He hath sealed the heart in order that it (the real meaning) may enter the heart's ear contrariwise (indirectly), not directly.
  • چون سفرها کرد و داد راه داد  ** بعد از آن مهر از دل او بر گشاد 
  • When he (the seeker) has made (many) journeys and performed the duties of the Way, after that (and not before) the seal is removed from his heart.
  • چون خطایین آن حساب با صفا  ** گرددش روشن ز بعد دو خطا 
  • As (in the arithmetical method of) “the two errors,” the excellent (successful) calculation (only) becomes clear to him after two mistakes.
  • بعد از آن گوید اگر دانستمی  ** این معیت را کی او را جستمی 
  • After that, he says (to himself), “If I had known (the real nature of) this being with God, how should I have searched for Him?