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1447-1471

  • The yelps astonished him exceedingly: (he wondered) how the puppies called out in the womb.
  • بس عجب آمد ورا آن بانگها  ** سگ‌بچه اندر شکم چون زد ندا 
  • Puppies howling in the womb—“has any one,” (he thought), “ever seen this in the world?”
  • سگ‌بچه اندر شکم ناله کنان  ** هیچ‌کس دیدست این اندر جهان 
  • When he sprang up from his dream and came to himself, his perplexity was increasing at every moment.
  • چون بجست از واقعه آمد به خویش  ** حیرت او دم به دم می‌گشت بیش 
  • During the chila there was none by whom the knot should be untied except the Presence of God Almighty and Glorious. 1450
  • در چله کس نی که گردد عقده حل  ** جز که درگاه خدا عز و جل 
  • He said, “O Lord, on account of this difficulty and debate I am deprived of recollection (dhikr) of Thee during the chila.
  • گفت یا رب زین شکال و گفت و گو  ** در چله وا مانده‌ام از ذکر تو 
  • Loose my wings, that I may soar and enter the garden of recollection and the apple-orchard (of gnosis).”
  • پر من بگشای تا پران شوم  ** در حدیقه‌ی ذکر و سیبستان شوم 
  • At once (in reply) there came to him a mysterious voice, saying, “Know that it is an emblem of the idle talk of the ignorant,
  • آمدش آواز هاتف در زمان  ** که آن مثالی دان ز لاف جاهلان 
  • Who, without having come forth from the veil and curtain, (being) blindfold have begun to speak in vain.”
  • کز حجاب و پرده بیرون نامده  ** چشم بسته بیهده گویان شده 
  • The yelp of the dog in the womb is (useless) loss: (in such a case) he is neither a starter of hunted animals nor a keeper of watch by night. 1455
  • بانگ سگ اندر شکم باشد زیان  ** نه شکارانگیز و نه شب پاسبان 
  • He has not seen the wolf, so as to prevent him; he has not seen the robber, so as to repel him.
  • گرگ نادیده که منع او بود  ** دزد نادیده که دفع او شود 
  • He (a man of this sort), because of covetousness and desire for eminence, is dull as regards (spiritual) vision and bold in prating.
  • از حریصی وز هوای سروری  ** در نظر کند و بلافیدن جری 
  • From desire for the purchaser and warm admirer, (being) devoid of insight, he begins to talk nonsense.
  • از هوای مشتری و گرم‌دار  ** بی بصیرت پا نهاده در فشار 
  • Without having seen the Moon, he gives indications: thereby he perverts (misleads) the (ignorant) countryman.
  • ماه نادیده نشانها می‌دهد  ** روستایی را بدان کژ می‌نهد 
  • On account of the purchaser he gives a hundred indications describing the Moon which he has never seen, for the sake of (gaining) power. 1460
  • از برای مشتری در وصف ماه  ** صد نشان نادیده گوید بهر جاه 
  • There is in truth one Purchaser who is profitable, but concerning Him they (these impostors) have a (great) suspicion and doubt.
  • مشتری کو سود دارد خود یکیست  ** لیک ایشان را درو ریب و شکیست 
  • In their desire for the inglorious purchaser, these people have thrown the (real) Purchaser to the winds.
  • از هوای مشتری بی‌شکوه  ** مشتری را باد دادند این گروه 
  • He is our Purchaser—God hath purchased: hark, rise above anxiety for any (other) purchaser.
  • مشتری ماست الله اشتری  ** از غم هر مشتری هین برتر آ 
  • Seek the Purchaser who is seeking thee, One who knows thy beginning and end.
  • مشتریی جو که جویان توست  ** عالم آغاز و پایان توست 
  • Beware, do not try to win every purchaser: ’tis bad to make love to two sweethearts. 1465
  • هین مکش هر مشتری را تو به دست  ** عشق‌بازی با دو معشوقه بدست 
  • Thou wilt not get interest or capital from him, if he purchase (thee): in sooth he has not the price for (thy) reason and intellect.
  • زو نیابی سود و مایه گر خرد  ** نبودش خود قیمت عقل و خرد 
  • He has not even the price of half a horseshoe, and thou art offering him (what is precious as) corundum and rubies.
  • نیست او را خود بهای نیم نعل  ** تو برو عرضه کنی یاقوت و لعل 
  • Cupidity hath blinded thee and will deprive thee (of blessedness): the Devil will make thee accursed like himself.
  • حرص کورت کرد و محرومت کند  ** دیو هم‌چون خویش مرجومت کند 
  • Just as that wrathful (fiend) made accursed like himself the Fellows of the Elephant and the people of Lot.
  • هم‌چنانک اصحاب فیل و قوم لوط  ** کردشان مرجوم چون خود آن سخوط 
  • The patient (devout and self-denying) have gained the Purchaser, since they did not hasten towards every purchaser. 1470
  • مشتری را صابران در یافتند  ** چون سوی هر مشتری نشتافتند 
  • He that averted his face from that Purchaser—fortune and felicity and everlasting life are quit of him.
  • آنک گردانید رو زان مشتری  ** بخت و اقبال و بقا شد زو بری