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1923-1932

  • (So) he came to the stationer's shop and (for some time) was laying his hand here and there on his (the stationer's) models for writing.
  • جانب دکان وراق آمد او  ** دست می‌برد او به مشقش سو به سو 
  • Suddenly that piece of script, with the distinctive marks which the heavenly voice had mentioned, caught his eye.
  • پیش چشمش آمد آن مکتوب زود  ** با علاماتی که هاتف گفته بود 
  • He slipped it under his arm and said, “Good-bye, Khwája: I will come back presently, O master.” 1925
  • در بغل زد گفت خواجه خیر باد  ** این زمان وا می‌رسم ای اوستاد 
  • He went into a solitary nook and read it and remained lost in bewilderment and amazement,
  • رفت کنج خلوتی و آن را بخواند  ** وز تحیر واله و حیران بماند 
  • (Wondering) how a priceless treasure-scroll of this sort had fallen and been left among the (stationer's) papers.
  • که بدین سان گنج‌نامه‌ی بی‌بها  ** چون فتاده ماند اندر مشقها 
  • (Then) again the thought darted into his mind, that God is the guardian for everything,
  • باز اندر خاطرش این فکر جست  ** کز پی هر چیز یزدان حافظست 
  • (And) how should the Guardian, in (His) circumspection, let any one recklessly carry off anything?
  • کی گذارد حافظ اندر اکتناف  ** که کسی چیزی رباید از گزاف 
  • Though the desert be filled with gold and (silver) money, not a single mite can be taken away without God's approval; 1930
  • گر بیابان پر شود زر و نقود  ** بی رضای حق جوی نتوان ربود 
  • And though you read a hundred volumes without a pause, you will not remember a single point (of argument) without the Divine decree;
  • ور بخوانی صد صحف بی سکته‌ای  ** بی قدر یادت نماند نکته‌ای 
  • But if you serve God and do not read a single book, you will learn rare sciences from your (own) bosom.
  • ور کنی خدمت نخوانی یک کتاب  ** علمهای نادره یابی ز جیب