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6
43-52

  • We have returned from ourselves to Thy sea and have sucked from the source that suckled us.
  • ما به بحر تو ز خود راجع شدیم  ** وز رضاع اصل مسترضع شدیم 
  • O thou who, on account of the ghoul, hast remained in the derivatives (unessentials) of the Way, do not boast of (possessing) the fundamental principles (thereof), O unprincipled man.
  • در فروغ راه ای مانده ز غول  ** لاف کم زن از اصول ای بی‌اصول 
  • Our war and our peace is in the light of the Essence: ’tis not from us, ’tis between the two fingers (of God). 45
  • جنگ ما و صلح ما در نور عین  ** نیست از ما هست بین اصبعین 
  • War of nature, war of action, war of speech—there is a terrible conflict amongst the parts (of the universe).
  • جنگ طبعی جنگ فعلی جنگ قول  ** در میان جزوها حربیست هول 
  • This world is maintained by means of this war: consider the elements, in order that it (the difficulty) may be solved.
  • این جهان زن جنگ قایم می‌بود  ** در عناصر در نگر تا حل شود 
  • The four elements are four strong pillars by which the roof of the present world is (kept) upright.
  • چار عنصر چار استون قویست  ** که بدیشان سقف دنیا مستویست 
  • Each pillar is a destroyer of the other: the pillar (known as) water is a destroyer of the flames (of fire).
  • هر ستونی اشکننده‌ی آن دگر  ** استن آب اشکننده‌ی آن شرر 
  • Hence the edifice of creation is (based) upon contraries; consequently we are at war for weal and woe. 50
  • پس بنای خلق بر اضداد بود  ** لاجرم ما جنگییم از ضر و سود 
  • My states (of mind and body) are mutually opposed: each one is mutually opposite in its effect.
  • هست احوالم خلاف همدگر  ** هر یکی با هم مخالف در اثر 
  • Since I am incessantly waylaying (struggling with) myself, how should I act in harmony with another?
  • چونک هر دم راه خود را می‌زنم  ** با دگر کس سازگاری چون کنم