The heart that is the rising-place of the moonbeams (of Divine light) is for the gnostic (the means of revelation indicated by the words) its doors shall be opened.165
آن دلی کاو مطلع مهتابهاست ** بهر عارف فتحت ابوابهاست
To you it is a wall, to them it is a door; to you a stone, to (those) venerated ones a pearl.
با تو دیوار است و با ایشان در است ** با تو سنگ و با عزیزان گوهر است
What you see plainly in the mirror—the Pír sees more than that in the brick.
آن چه تو در آینه بینی عیان ** پیر اندر خشت بیند بیش از آن
The Pírs are they whose spirits, before this world existed, were in the Sea of (Divine) bounty.
پیر ایشاناند کاین عالم نبود ** جان ایشان بود در دریای جود
Before (the creation of) this body they passed (many) lifetimes; before the sowing they took up (harvested) the fruit (produce).
پیش از این تن عمرها بگذاشتند ** پیشتر از کشت بر برداشتند
They have received the spirit before (the creation of) the form; they have bored the pearls before (the creation of) the sea.170
پیشتر از نقش جان پذرفتهاند ** پیشتر از بحر درها سفتهاند
(Whilst) consultation was going on as to bringing mankind into existence, their spirits were in the Sea of (Divine) Omnipotence up to the throat.
مشورت میرفت در ایجاد خلق ** جانشان در بحر قدرت تا به حلق
When the angels were opposing that (creation of man), they (the Pírs) were secretly clapping their hands (in derision) at the angels.
چون ملایک مانع آن میشدند ** بر ملایک خفیه خنبک میزدند
He (the Pír) was made acquainted with the (material) form of every existent being, before this Universal Soul became fettered (by materiality).
مطلع بر نقش هر که هست شد ** پیش از آن کاین نفس کل پا بست شد
Before the (creation of the) heavens they have seen Saturn, before the (existence of) seeds they have seen the bread.