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
Leave all this behind. Did not the substance of non-existence bring forth, and will it not bring forth continually, a (whole) Universe?
زین همه بگذر نه آن مایهی عدم ** عالمی زاد و بزاید دم بدم
He (the man of Bukhárá) sprang up and quivered and whirled once or twice (in dance) joyously, joyously; (then) fell to worship.
بر جهید و بر طپید و شاد شاد ** یک دو چرخی زد سجود اندر فتاد
How the senseless lover came to himself and turned his face in praise and thanksgiving to the Beloved.
با خویش آمدن عاشق بیهوش و روی آوردن به ثنا و شکر معشوق