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  • “‘Abdu ’l-‘Azíz,” said the child, “is my name with God; (but) ‘Abd-i ‘Uzzá with this handful of reprobates.
  • گفت نامم پیش حق عبدالعزیز ** عبد عزی پیش این یک مشت حیز
  • I am clear and free and quit of ‘Uzzá, (I swear it) by the truth of Him who gave thee this prophethood.”
  • من ز عزی پاک و بیزار و بری ** حق آنک دادت این پیغامبری
  • The two months old child, (illumined) like the full-moon, pronounced the discourse of an adult, as those who occupy the seat of honour.
  • کودک دو ماهه همچون ماه بدر ** درس بالغ گفته چون اصحاب صدر
  • Then at that instant arrived balm from Paradise, so that the brain of child and mother drew in the scent.
  • پس حنوط آن دم ز جنت در رسید ** تا دماغ طفل و مادر بو کشید
  • Both (of them) were saying, “For fear of falling (from that high estate), ’tis best to surrender one's soul to the scent of this balm.” 3235
  • هر دو می‌گفتند کز خوف سقوط ** جان سپردن به برین بوی حنوط
  • As for that one whom God endows with knowledge, things inanimate and growing (living) utter a hundred expressions of belief in him.
  • آن کسی را کش معرف حق بود ** جامد و نامیش صد صدق زند
  • As for that one whom God protects, birds and fish become his guardians.
  • آنکسی را کش خدا حافظ بود ** مرغ و ماهی مر ورا حارس شود
  • How an eagle seized the boot of the Prophet, on whom be peace, and carried it into the air and turned it upside down, and how a black serpent dropped down from the boot.
  • ربودن عقاب موزه‌ی مصطفی علیه السلام و بردن بر هوا و نگون کردن و از موزه مار سیاه فرو افتادن
  • They were thus engaged, when Mustafá (Mohammed) heard from aloft the call to the ritual prayer.
  • اندرین بودند کواز صلا ** مصطفی بشنید از سوی علا
  • He asked for water and renewed the ablution: he washed his hands and face with that cold water.
  • خواست آبی و وضو را تازه کرد ** دست و رو را شست او زان آب سرد
  • He washed both his feet and gave attention to (was about to take) his boot: a boot-snatcher carried off the boot. 3240
  • هر دو پا شست و به موزه کرد رای ** موزه را بربود یک موزه‌ربای
  • That man of sweet address moved his hand towards the boot: an eagle snatched the boot from his hand,
  • دست سوی موزه برد آن خوش‌خطاب ** موزه را بربود از دستش عقاب
  • And bore it away into the air, (swift) as the wind; then she turned it upside down, and a serpent dropped from it.
  • موزه را اندر هوا برد او چو باد ** پس نگون کرد و از آن ماری فتاد
  • From the boot dropped a black serpent: on account of that (Divine) care (for the Prophet) the eagle became his benevolent friend.
  • در فتاد از موزه یک مار سیاه ** زان عنایت شد عقابش نیکخواه
  • Then the eagle brought back the boot and said, “Come, take it and go to prayers.
  • پس عقاب آن موزه را آورد باز ** گفت هین بستان و رو سوی نماز
  • I did this presumptuous act from necessity: I am abashed by (my feeling of) reverence (for thee). 3245
  • از ضرورت کردم این گستاخیی ** من ز ادب دارم شکسته‌شاخیی
  • Woe to him that steps (behaves) presumptuously without necessity (and only) because vain desire authorises him!”
  • وای کو گستاخ پایی می‌نهد ** بی ضرورت کش هوا فتوی دهد
  • Then the Prophet thanked her (the eagle) and said, “I deemed this (act of thine) rudeness, but it really was kindness.
  • پس رسولش شکر کرد و گفت ما ** این جفا دیدیم و بود این خود وفا
  • Thou didst carry off the boot, and I was perturbed: thou took’st away my grief, and I was aggrieved.
  • موزه بربودی و من درهم شدم ** تو غمم بردی و من در غم شدم
  • Although God hath shown to me every unseen thing, at that moment my heart was occupied with myself.”
  • گرچه هر غیبی خدا ما را نمود ** دل در آن لحظه به خود مشغول بود
  • She (the eagle) said, “Far be it from thee that forgetfulness grew up in thee: my seeing that invisible thing is (from) thy reflexion. 3250
  • گفت دور از تو که غفلت در تو رست ** دیدنم آن غیب را هم عکس تست
  • (If) I, in the air, see the serpent in the boot, ’tis not of myself, ’tis thy reflexion, O Mustafá.”
  • مار در موزه ببینم بر هوا ** نیست از من عکس تست ای مصطفی
  • The reflexion of the man of light is wholly resplendent; the reflexion of the man of darkness is wholly (like) a bath-stove (ash-heap).
  • عکس نورانی همه روشن بود ** عکس ظلمانی همه گلخن بود
  • The reflexion of the servant of God is wholly luminous; the reflexion of the stranger (to God) is wholly blindness.
  • عکس عبدالله همه نوری بود ** عکس بیگانه همه کوری بود
  • Know every one's reflexion: see (it plainly), O my soul. (Then) ever sit beside the congener whom thou desirest.
  • عکس هر کس را بدان ای جان ببین ** پهلوی جنسی که خواهی می‌نشین
  • The right way of taking a lesson from this story and knowing with certainty that “verily, together with hardship there is ease.”
  • وجه عبرت گرفتن ازین حکایت و یقین دانستن کی ان مع العسر یسرا
  • That tale is a lesson to thee, O my soul, to the end that thou mayst acquiesce in the decree of God; 3255
  • عبرتست آن قصه ای جان مر ترا ** تا که راضی باشی در حکم خدا
  • So that thou wilt be quick to understand and wilt have good thoughts (of God) when thou seest a calamity (befall thee) of a sudden.
  • تا که زیرک باشی و نیکوگمان ** چون ببینی واقعه‌ی بد ناگهان
  • (While) others turn pale from dread of it, thou (wilt be) laughing in the hour of gain or loss, like the rose.
  • دیگران گردند زرد از بیم آن ** تو چو گل خندان گه سود و زیان
  • Because the rose, though thou tear it petal by petal, does not leave off laughing and does not become bent (with grief).
  • زانک گل گر برگ برگش می‌کنی ** خنده نگذارد نگردد منثنی
  • “Why,” it says, “should I fall into grief on account of a thorn? Indeed I have brought laughter (into my possession) by means of the thorn.”
  • گوید از خاری چرا افتم بغم ** خنده را من خود ز خار آورده‌ام
  • Whatsoever by (Divine) destiny becomes lost to thee, know for sure that it has redeemed thee from affliction. 3260
  • هرچه از تو یاوه گردد از قضا ** تو یقین دان که خریدت از بلا
  • (Some one asked), “What is Súfism?” He (the Shaykh) said, “To feel joy in the heart at the coming of sorrow.”
  • ما التصوف قال وجدان الفرح ** فی الفاد عند اتیان الترح
  • Regard His chastisement as the eagle which carried off the boot from that man of excellent disposition,
  • آن عقابش را عقابی دان که او ** در ربود آن موزه را زان نیک‌خو
  • That she might save his foot from the serpent's bite. Oh, happy is the understanding that is undimmed.
  • تا رهاند پاش را از زخم مار ** ای خنک عقلی که باشد بی غبار
  • He (God) hath said, “Grieve not for that which escapeth you,” if the wolf come and destroy your sheep,
  • گفت لا تاسوا علی ما فاتکم ** ان اتی السرحان واردی شاتکم
  • For that (God-sent) affliction keeps off great afflictions, and that loss prevents huge losses. 3265
  • کان بلا دفع بلاهای بزرگ ** و آن زیان منع زیانهای سترگ
  • How a certain man demanded of Moses (that he should teach him) the language of the beasts and birds.
  • استدعاء آن مرد از موسی زبان بهایم با طیور
  • A young man said to Moses, “Teach me the language of the animals,
  • گفت موسی را یکی مرد جوان ** که بیاموزم زبان جانوران
  • That perchance from the voice of animals and wild beasts I may get a lesson concerning my religion.
  • تا بود کز بانگ حیوانات و دد ** عبرتی حاصل کنم در دین خود
  • Since the languages of the sons of Adam are entirely for the sake of (acquiring) water and bread and renown,
  • چون زبانهای بنی آدم همه ** در پی آبست و نان و دمدمه
  • It may be that the animals have a different care, (namely), that of taking thought for the hour of passing away (from this world).”
  • بوک حیوانات را دردی دگر ** باشد از تدبیر هنگام گذر
  • “Begone,” said Moses; “abandon this vain desire, for this (desire) holds (involves) much danger before and behind. 3270
  • گفت موسی رو گذر کن زین هوس ** کین خطر دارد بسی در پیش و پس
  • Seek the lesson and the (spiritual) wakefulness (which you want) from God, not from books and speech and words and lips.”
  • عبرت و بیداری از یزدان طلب ** نه از کتاب و از مقال و حرف و لب
  • The man became more eager in consequence of the refusal which he (Moses) made to him: a man always becomes more eager from being refused (what he craves).
  • گرم‌تر شد مرد زان منعش که کرد ** گرم‌تر گردد همی از منع مرد
  • He said, “O Moses, since thy light has shone forth, whatever was a thing has gained (its) thinginess from thee.
  • گفت ای موسی چو نور تو بتافت ** هر چه چیزی بود چیزی از تو یافت
  • ’Tis not worthy of thy bounty, O generous one, to disappoint me of this object of desire.
  • مر مرا محروم کردن زین مراد ** لایق لطفت نباشد ای جواد
  • At this time thou art the vicegerent of God: it will be despair (for me) if thou prevent me.” 3275
  • این زمان قایم مقام حق توی ** یاس باشد گر مرا مانع شوی
  • Moses said, “O Lord, surely the stoned (accursed) Devil has subdued this simple man.
  • گفت موسی یا رب این مرد سلیم ** سخره کردستش مگر دیو رجیم
  • If I teach him, it will be harmful to him; and if I do not teach him, he will become faint-hearted.”
  • گر بیاموزم زیان‌کارش بود ** ور نیاموزم دلش بد می‌شود
  • He (God) said, “Teach him, O Moses, for We in our loving-kindness never have rejected (any one's) prayer.”
  • گفت ای موسی بیاموزش که ما ** رد نکردیم از کرم هرگز دعا
  • He (Moses) said, “O Lord, he will feel repentance and gnaw his hands and rend his garments.
  • گفت یا رب او پشیمانی خورد ** دست خاید جامه‌ها را بر درد
  • Power is not suitable to every one: weakness is the best stock-in-trade for the devout.” 3280
  • نیست قدرت هر کسی را سازوار ** عجز بهتر مایه‌ی پرهیزکار