He said, “O spirit that hast fled from tribulation, We have opened the door to union with Us; welcome!
گفت ای جان رمیده از بلا ** وصل ما را در گشادیم الصلا
O thou whose selflessness and intoxication is (caused by) Our Self, O thou whose being is incessantly (derived) from Our Being,
ای خود ما بیخودی و مستیات ** ای ز هست ما هماره هستیات
Now, without lip, I tell thee the old mysteries anew: hearken!
با تو بی لب این زمان من نو بنو ** رازهای کهنه گویم میشنو
(I tell thee silently) because those (bodily) lips are fleeing from (are unable to apprehend) this Breath (Word); it is breathed forth on the lip (bank) of the hidden River.4685
زانک آن لبها ازین دم میرمد ** بر لب جوی نهان بر میدمد
At this moment open the ear of earlessness for the sake of (hearing) the mystery of God doeth what He willeth.”
گوش بیگوشی درین دم بر گشا ** بهر راز یفعل الله ما یشا
When he began to hear the call to union, little by little, the dead man began to stir.
چون صلای وصل بشنیدن گرفت ** اندک اندک مرده جنبیدن گرفت
He (the lover of God) is not less than the earth which at the zephyr’s blandishments puts on (a garment of) green and lifts up it head from death;
نه کم از خاکست کز عشوهی صبا ** سبز پوشد سر بر آرد از فنا
He is not less than the seminal water from which at the (Divine) bidding there are born Josephs with faces like the sun;
کم ز آب نطفه نبود کز خطاب ** یوسفان زایند رخ چون آفتاب
He is not less than a wind (from which) at the command “Be!” peacocks and sweet-voiced birds came to being in the (bird’s) womb4690
کم ز بادی نیست شد از امر کن ** در رحم طاوس و مرغ خوشسخن
He is not less than the mountain of rock which by parturition brought forth the she-camel that brought forth a she-camel
کم ز کوه سنگ نبود کز ولاد ** ناقهای کان ناقه ناقه زاد زاد