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734-783

  • Hark, flee from the troop of huge devourers towards Him who hath said, ‘We are thy protector’;
  • هین گریز از جوق اکال غلیظ  ** سوی او که گفت ما ایمت حفیظ 
  • Or towards one who has gained that (power of) protection, if thou canst not hasten towards the Protector (Himself). 735
  • یا به سوی آن که او آن حفظ یافت  ** گر نتانی سوی آن حافظ شتافت 
  • Do not surrender thy hand save to the hand of the Pír (spiritual director); (for) God hath become the aider of his hand.
  • دست را مسپار جز در دست پیر  ** حق شدست آن دست او را دستگیر 
  • The Pír (Elder), (which is) thy intellect, has become childish from being a neighbour to the carnal soul which is in the veil (of sensuality).
  • پیر عقلت کودکی خو کرده است  ** از جوار نفس که اندر پرده است 
  • Associate the perfect intelligence (of the spiritual director) with thy (imperfect) understanding, in order that thy understanding may return (withdraw itself) from that evil disposition.
  • عقل کامل را قرین کن با خرد  ** تا که باز آید خرد زان خوی بد 
  • When thou layest thy hand in his, then thou wilt escape from the hand of the devourers,
  • چونک دست خود به دست او نهی  ** پس ز دست آکلان بیرون جهی 
  • And thy hand will become one of the Covenanters above whose hands is the Hand of Allah. 740
  • دست تو از اهل آن بیعت شود  ** که یدالله فوق ایدیهم بود 
  • When thou hast put thy hand in the hand of the Pír, the Pír of wisdom who is knowing and eminent,
  • چون بدادی دست خود در دست پیر  ** پیر حکمت که علیمست و خطیر 
  • Who is the prophet of his own time, O disciple, so that the Light of the Prophet is manifested by him,
  • کو نبی وقت خویشست ای مرید  ** تا ازو نور نبی آید پدید 
  • By this means thou hast been present at Hudaybiya and hast been associated with the Companions who took the Covenant.
  • در حدیبیه شدی حاضر بدین  ** وآن صحابه‌ی بیعتی را هم‌قرین 
  • Therefore thou hast become one of the ten Friends to whom the glad tidings were given, and hast been made pure like sterling gold.
  • پس ز ده یار مبشر آمدی  ** هم‌چو زر ده‌دهی خالص شدی 
  • (This is) to the end that communion may be made perfect; for a man is united with that one whom he has made his friend. 745
  • تا معیت راست آید زانک مرد  ** با کسی جفتست کو را دوست کرد 
  • He is with him in this world and in that (other) world; and this is the (meaning of) the Hadíth of sweet-natured Ahmad (Mohammed),
  • این جهان و آن جهان با او بود  ** وین حدیث احمد خوش‌خو بود 
  • (Who) said, ‘A man is with him whom he loves’: the heart is not severed from its object of desire.
  • گفت المرء مع محبوبه  ** لا یفک القلب من مطلوبه 
  • Do not sit in any place where there is a trap and bait: O thou who regardest (others) as weak, go, consider (what becomes of) those who regard (others) as weak.
  • هر کجا دامست و دانه کم نشین  ** رو زبون‌گیرا زبون‌گیران ببین 
  • O thou who regardest the weak as weak (and at thy mercy), know this, (that) there is a hand above thy hand, O youth.
  • ای زبون‌گیر زبونان این بدان  ** دست هم بالای دستست ای جوان 
  • Thou art weak (thyself) and thou regardest (others) as weak. Oh, wonderful! Thou art at once the prey and the hunter in pursuit (of the prey). 750
  • تو زبونی و زبون‌گیر ای عجب  ** هم تو صید و صیدگیر اندر طلب 
  • Be not (one of those described in the Verse) before and behind them (We will set) a barrier, so that thou canst not see the enemy, though the enemy is manifest.
  • بین ایدی خلفهم سدا مباش  ** که نبینی خصم را وآن خصم فاش 
  • The greed of hunting makes (one) oblivious of being a prey: he (the hunter) tries to win hearts (though) he has lost his own.
  • حرص صیادی ز صیدی مغفلست  ** دلبریی می‌کند او بی‌دلست 
  • Be not thou inferior to a bird in (thy) seeking: (even) a sparrow sees (what is) before and behind.
  • تو کم از مرغی مباش اندر نشید  ** بین ایدی خلف عصفوری بدید 
  • When it approaches the grain (bait), at that moment it turns its head and face several times to front and rear,
  • چون به نزد دانه آید پیش و پس  ** چند گرداند سر و رو آن نفس 
  • (As though to say), ‘Oh, I wonder whether there is a fowler in front of me or behind, so that for fear of him I should abstain from this food.’ 755
  • کای عجب پیش و پسم صیاد هست  ** تا کشم از بیم او زین لقمه دست 
  • Do thou see behind (thee) the story of (what happened to) the wicked; see before (thee) the death of (many a) friend and neighbour,
  • تو ببین پس قصه‌ی فجار را  ** پیش بنگر مرگ یار و جار را 
  • Whom He (God) destroyed without (using) any instrument: He is close to thee in every circumstance.
  • که هلاکت دادشان بی‌آلتی  ** او قرین تست در هر حالتی 
  • God inflicted torment (on them), and there is no mace or hand (employed): know, then, that God is one who deals justice (inflicts chastisement) without hands.
  • حق شکنجه کرد و گرز و دست نیست  ** پس بدان بی‌دست حق داورکنیست 
  • He who was saying, ‘If God exists, where is He?’ was confessing on the rack (of pain) that ’tis He (God).
  • آنک می‌گفتی اگر حق هست کو  ** در شکنجه او مقر می‌شد که هو 
  • He who was saying, ‘This is far-fetched and marvellous’ was shedding tears and crying, ‘O Thou who art nigh!’ 760
  • آنک می‌گفت این بعیدست و عجیب  ** اشک می‌راند و همی گفت ای قریب 
  • Since he has deemed it necessary to flee from the trap, (’tis strange that) the trap for thee is in fact stuck fast to thy (gaudy) feathers.
  • چون فرار از دام واجب دیده است  ** دام تو خود بر پرت چفسیده است 
  • I will tear out the pin of this ill-fated trap: I will not suffer bitter grief for the sake of (indulging) a desire.
  • بر کنم من میخ این منحوس دام  ** از پی کامی نباشم طلخ‌کام 
  • I have given thee this answer (which is) suitable to thy understanding: apprehend (its meaning) and do not avert thy face from seeking.
  • درخور عقل تو گفتم این جواب  ** فهم کن وز جست و جو رو بر متاب 
  • Snap this cord, which is greed and envy: remember (the text) on her neck a cord of palm-fibres.”
  • بسکل این حبلی که حرص است و حسد  ** یاد کن فی جیدها حبل مسد 
  • The reason why Khalíl (Abraham), on whom be peace, killed the crow, indicating (thereby) the subjugation of certain blameworthy and pernicious qualities in the disciple.
  • صفت کشتن خلیل علیه‌السلام زاغ را کی آن اشارت به قمع کدام صفت بود از صفات مذمومه‌ی مهلکه در مرید 
  • There is no end and completion to this discourse. O Friend of God, why didst thou kill the crow? 765
  • این سخن را نیست پایان و فراغ  ** ای خلیل حق چرا کشتی تو زاغ 
  • Because of the (Divine) command. What was the wisdom of the (Divine) command? A small part of the mysteries thereof must (now) be shown.
  • بهر فرمان حکمت فرمان چه بود  ** اندکی ز اسرار آن باید نمود 
  • The cawing and noisy cry of the black crow is ever asking for (long) life in this world.
  • کاغ کاغ و نعره‌ی زاغ سیاه  ** دایما باشد به دنیا عمرخواه 
  • Like Iblís, it (the crow) besought the holy and incomparable God for bodily life till the Resurrection.
  • هم‌چو ابلیس از خدای پاک فرد  ** تا قیامت عمر تن درخواست کرد 
  • He (Iblís) said, “Grant me a respite till the Day of Retribution.” Would that he had said, “We repent, O our Lord.”
  • گفت انظرنی الی یوم الجزا  ** کاشکی گفتی که تبنا ربنا 
  • Life without repentance is all agony of spirit: to be absent from God is present (instant) death. 770
  • عمر بی توبه همه جان کندنست  ** مرگ حاضر غایب از حق بودنست 
  • Life and death—both these are sweet with (the presence of) God: without God the Water of Life is fire.
  • عمر و مرگ این هر دو با حق خوش بود  ** بی‌خدا آب حیات آتش بود 
  • Moreover, ’twas from the effect of the (Divine) curse that in such a Presence he was requesting (long) life.
  • آن هم از تاثیر لعنت بود کو  ** در چنان حضرت همی‌شد عمرجو 
  • To crave of God aught other than God is (merely) the supposition of gain, and (in reality) it is entire loss;
  • از خدا غیر خدا را خواستن  ** ظن افزونیست و کلی کاستن 
  • Especially (to desire) a life sunk in estrangement (from God) is to behave like a fox in the presence of the lion,
  • خاصه عمری غرق در بیگانگی  ** در حضور شیر روبه‌شانگی 
  • (Saying), “Give me longer life that I may go farther back; grant me more time that I may become less.” 775
  • عمر بیشم ده که تا پس‌تر روم  ** مهلم افزون کن که تا کمتر شوم 
  • (The result is) that he (such an one) is a mark for the (Divine) curse: evil is that one who seeks to be accursed.
  • تا که لعنت را نشانه او بود  ** بد کسی باشد که لعنت‌جو بود 
  • The goodly life is to nourish the spirit in nearness (to God); the crow's life is for the sake of eating dung.
  • عمر خوش در قرب جان پروردنست  ** عمر زاغ از بهر سرگین خوردنست 
  • (The crow says), “Give me more life that I may be ever eating dung: give me this always, for I am very evil-natured.”
  • عمر بیشم ده که تا گه می‌خورم  ** دایم اینم ده که بس بدگوهرم 
  • Were it not that that foul-mouthed one is a dung-eater, he would say, “Deliver me from the nature of the crow!”
  • گرنه گه خوارست آن گنده‌دهان  ** گویدی کز خوی زاغم وا رهان 
  • Prayer.
  • مناجات 
  • O Thou who hast transmuted one clod of earth into gold, and another clod into the Father of mankind, 780
  • ای مبدل کرده خاکی را به زر  ** خاک دیگر را بکرده بوالبشر 
  • Thy work is the transmutation of essences and (the showing of) munificence; my work is mistake and forgetfulness and error.
  • کار تو تبدیل اعیان و عطا  ** کار من سهوست و نسیان و خطا 
  • Transmute mistake and forgetfulness into knowledge: I am all choler, make me patience and forbearance.
  • سهو و نسیان را مبدل کن به علم  ** من همه خلمم مرا کن صبر و حلم 
  • O Thou who makest nitrous earth to be bread, and O Thou who makest dead bread to be life,
  • ای که خاک شوره را تو نان کنی  ** وی که نان مرده را تو جان کنی