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1083-1092

  • Man's original food is the Light of God: animal food is improper for him;
  • قوت اصلی بشر نور خداست ** قوت حیوانی مر او را ناسزاست‏
  • But, in consequence of disease, his mind has fallen into this (delusion), that day and night he should eat of this water and clay.
  • لیک از علت در این افتاد دل ** که خورد او روز و شب زین آب و گل‏
  • (He is) pale-faced, weak-footed, faint-hearted—where is the food of by Heaven which hath (starry) tracks? 1085
  • روی زرد و پای سست و دل سبک ** کو غذای و السما ذات الحبک‏
  • That is the food of the chosen ones of the (Divine) sovereignty; the eating thereof is (done) without throat or instrument.
  • آن غذای خاصگان دولت است ** خوردن آن بی‏گلو و آلت است‏
  • The food of the (spiritual) sun is (derived) from the light of the (celestial) Throne; (the food that belongs) to the envious and devilish is (derived) from the smoke of the (terrestrial) carpet.
  • شد غذای آفتاب از نور عرش ** مر حسود و دیو را از دود فرش‏
  • God said concerning the martyrs, they are (alive with their Lord) receiving sustenance. For that food there was neither mouth nor dish.
  • در شهیدان یرزقون فرمود حق ** آن غذا را نه دهان بد نه طبق‏
  • The heart is eating a (particular) food from every single companion; the heart is getting a (particular) excellence from every single (piece of) knowledge.
  • دل ز هر یاری غذایی می‏خورد ** دل ز هر علمی صفایی می‏برد
  • Every human being's (outer) form is like a cup; (only) the (spiritual) eye is a percipient of his (or her) reality. 1090
  • صورت هر آدمی چون کاسه‏ای است ** چشم از معنی او حساسه‏ای است‏
  • You eat (receive) something from meeting with any one, and you carry away something from conjunction with any associate.
  • از لقای هر کسی چیزی خوری ** و ز قران هر قرین چیزی بری‏
  • When planet comes into conjunction with planet, the effect appropriate to them both is assuredly produced,
  • چون ستاره با ستاره شد قرین ** لایق هر دو اثر زاید یقین‏