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3180-3204

  • O you who have torn the coats of the (spiritual) Josephs, know that it is your own fault if the wolf tear you. 3180
  • ای دریده پوستین یوسفان  ** گر بدرد گرگت آن از خویش دان 
  • Wear, all the year round, (a garment) of that (cloth) which you are weaving; eat and drink, all the year round, of that (crop) which you are sowing.
  • زانک می‌بافی همه‌ساله بپوش  ** زانک می‌کاری همه ساله بنوش 
  • These continual pangs (which you are suffering) are (the effect of) your own action: this is the meaning of ‘the Pen has dried,’
  • فعل تست این غصه‌های دم به دم  ** این بود معنی قد جف القلم 
  • (Namely, that God says), ‘My Law (Sunna) does not turn aside from rectitude: good shall befall the good, evil the evil.’
  • که نگردد سنت ما از رشد  ** نیک را نیکی بود بد راست بد 
  • Beware, do (good) works, for Solomon is alive: so long as you are a devil, his sword is cutting;
  • کار کن هین که سلیمان زنده است  ** تا تو دیوی تیغ او برنده است 
  • When he (the devil) becomes an angel, he is safe from the sword and has no dread of Solomon. 3185
  • چون فرشته گشته از تیغ آمنیست  ** از سلیمان هیچ او را خوف نیست 
  • His (Solomon's) sway is over the devil, not (over) the angel: pain is on the earth, not above the sky.
  • حکم او بر دیو باشد نه ملک  ** رنج در خاکست نه فوق فلک 
  • Abandon this Necessitarianism, which is very empty (of good), in order that you may know what is the inmost secret of Necessity.
  • ترک کن این جبر را که بس تهیست  ** تا بدانی سر سر جبر چیست 
  • Abandon this Necessitarianism of the idle party, in order that you may gain knowledge of the Necessity that is (dear) as the soul.
  • ترک کن این جبر جمع منبلان  ** تا خبر یابی از آن جبر چو جان 
  • Abandon the state of being loved (by men) and adopt the practice of loving (God), O you who think that you are excellent and pre-eminent.
  • ترک معشوقی کن و کن عاشقی  ** ای گمان برده که خوب و فایقی 
  • O you who really are more silent than Night, how long will you seek a purchaser for your words? 3190
  • ای که در معنی ز شب خامش‌تری  ** گفت خود را چند جویی مشتری 
  • They (your hearers) nod their heads in your presence for (the purpose of assenting to) you: your time is wasted in the passionate desire of (attracting) them.
  • سر بجنبانند پیشت بهر تو  ** رفت در سودای ایشان دهر تو 
  • You say to me, ‘Don't indulge in envy,’ (but) how should any one feel envy in consequence of losing naught?
  • تو مرا گویی حسد اندر مپیچ  ** چه حسد آرد کسی از فوت هیچ 
  • O impudent man, instruction given to the worthless is like drawing a little design on a clod of earth.
  • هست تعلیم خسان ای چشم‌شوخ  ** هم‌چو نقش خرد کردن بر کلوخ 
  • Instruct thyself in love (of God) and (spiritual) insight; for that is like a design (engraved) on a solid mass of stone.
  • خویش را تعلیم کن عشق و نظر  ** که آن بود چون نقش فی جرم الحجر 
  • Your own self is the (only) pupil that is (really) faithful to you: (all) the others perish: where will you seek them, where? 3195
  • نفس تو با تست شاگرد وفا  ** غیر فانی شد کجا جویی کجا 
  • In order that you may make others erudite and eminent, you are making yourself evil-natured and empty (of true knowledge).
  • تا کنی مر غیر را حبر و سنی  ** خویش را بدخو و خالی می‌کنی 
  • (But) when your heart is united with that Eden (of Reality), hark, speak on, and be not afraid of becoming empty.
  • متصل چون شد دلت با آن عدن  ** هین بگو مهراس از خالی شدن 
  • Hence the (Divine) command, ‘Speak!’ came to him (the Prophet), saying, ‘O righteous one, it will not fail: this is an (infinite) ocean.’
  • امر قل زین آمدش کای راستین  ** کم نخواهد شد بگو دریاست این 
  • (God said), ‘Be ye silent,’ that is, ‘do not waste your water in idle talk, for the orchard is dry-lipped (thirsty).’
  • انصتوا یعنی که آبت را بلاغ  ** هین تلف کم کن که لب‌خشکست باغ 
  • This discourse hath no end, O father: leave this discourse and consider the end. 3200
  • این سخن پایان ندارد ای پدر  ** این سخن را ترک کن پایان نگر 
  • I am not jealous that they (your pupils) stand (listening) in your presence: they are (really) mocking you, they are not lovers.
  • غیرتم آید که پیشت بیستند  ** بر تو می‌خندند عاشق نیستند 
  • Behold your (true) lovers behind the veil of the (Divine) Bounty, crying aloud for you continually.
  • عاشقانت در پس پرده‌ی کرم  ** بهر تو نعره‌زنان بین دم بدم 
  • Be the lover of those unseen lovers: do not cherish the lovers who last (no more than) five days;
  • عاشق آن عاشقان غیب باش  ** عاشقان پنج روزه کم تراش 
  • For they have devoured you by means of a (great) deceit and attraction (exerted upon you), and during (many) years you have never seen a grain (of profit) from them.
  • که بخوردندت ز خدعه و جذبه‌ای  ** سالها زیشان ندیدی حبه‌ای