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571-580

  • The (physical) sense saw (only) dryness, because it was born of dryness (earth): the Jesus of the spirit set foot on the sea.
  • حس خشکی دید کز خشکی بزاد ** عیسی جان پای بر دریا نهاد
  • The journey of the dry body befell on dry land, (but) the journey of the spirit set foot (took place) in the heart of the sea.
  • سیر جسم خشک بر خشکی فتاد ** سیر جان پا در دل دریا نهاد
  • Since thy life has passed in travelling on land, now mountain, now river, now desert,
  • چون که عمر اندر ره خشکی گذشت ** گاه کوه و گاه صحرا گاه دشت‌‌
  • Whence wilt thou gain the Water of Life? Where wilt thou cleave the waves of the Sea?
  • آب حیوان از کجا خواهی تو یافت ** موج دریا را کجا خواهی شکافت‌‌
  • The waves of earth are our imagination and understanding and thought; the waves of water are (mystical) self-effacement and intoxication and death (faná). 575
  • موج خاکی وهم و فهم و فکر ماست ** موج آبی محو و سکر است و فناست‌‌
  • Whilst thou art in this (sensual) intoxication, thou art far from that (mystical) intoxication; whilst thou art drunken with this, thou art blind to that cup.
  • تا در این سکری از آن سکری تو دور ** تا از این مستی از آن جامی تو دور
  • Outward speech and talk is as dust: do thou for a time make a habit of silence. Take heed!
  • گفت‌‌وگوی ظاهر آمد چون غبار ** مدتی خاموش خو کن هوش دار
  • How the disciples repeated their request that he should interrupt his seclusion.
  • مکرر کردن مریدان که خلوت را بشکن
  • They all said: “O sage who seekest a crevice (means of evasion), say not to us this (word of) guile and harshness.
  • جمله گفتند ای حکیم رخنه جو ** این فریب و این جفا با ما مگو
  • Lay on the beast a burden in proportion to its endurance, lay on the weak a task in proportion to their strength.
  • چار پا را قدر طاقت بار نه ** بر ضعیفان قدر قوت کار نه‌‌
  • The bait for every bird is according to its (the bird's) measure (capacity): how should a fig be the food (lure) for every bird? 580
  • دانه‌‌ی هر مرغ اندازه‌‌ی وی است ** طعمه‌‌ی هر مرغ انجیری کی است‌‌