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4195-4204

  • (’Tis) that thou mayst know thy weakness and thy ignorance and that consequently thy faith in the Unseen may be increased; 4195
  • تا بدانی عجز خویش و جهل خویش  ** تا شود ایقان تو در غیب بیش 
  • And, moreover, that thy heart may be perplexed concerning the source whence the (expected) benefit will arrive, and what (result) the (Divine) Disposer will produce from this hope.
  • هم دلت حیران بود در منتجع  ** که چه رویاند مصرف زین طمع 
  • Thou hopest (to find) a means of livelihood in tailoring, so that by working as a tailor thou mayst earn money all thy life;
  • طمع داری روزیی در درزیی  ** تا ز خیاطی بی زر تا زیی 
  • (But) He causes thy daily bread to come to thee in the goldsmith's craft—a means of gain that was far from (entering) thy imagination.
  • رزق تو در زرگری آرد پدید  ** که ز وهمت بود آن مکسب بعید 
  • Wherefore, then, were thy hopes set on tailoring, when He did not intend to let thy daily bread reach thee from that side?
  • پس طمع در درزیی بهر چه بود  ** چون نخواست آن رزق زان جانب گشود 
  • (’Twas) by reason of a marvellous providence in the knowledge of God— an edict which He wrote in the (eternal) past; 4200
  • بهر نادر حکمتی در علم حق  ** که نبشت آن حکم را در ما سبق 
  • And also to the end that thy thoughts should be bewildered, so that bewilderment should be thy whole occupation.
  • نیز تا حیران بود اندیشه‌ات  ** تا که حیرانی بود کل پیشه‌ات 
  • (The eldest prince said), “My union with the Beloved will be achieved either by this effort or by some means outside of bodily effort.
  • یا وصال یار زین سعیم رسد  ** یا ز راهی خارج از سعی جسد 
  • I do not assert that my object will be gained in this (particular) way: I am palpitating (restlessly seeking) to ascertain from what quarter it will appear.
  • من نگویم زین طریق آید مراد  ** می‌طپم تا از کجا خواهد گشاد 
  • The decapitated bird tumbles in every direction to see in what direction its (vital) spirit may escape from its body.
  • سربریده مرغ هر سو می‌فتد  ** تا کدامین سو رهد جان از جسد