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دفتر پنجم - بخش ۱ - سر آغاز / Book Five - Section 1 - Prologue

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شه حسام الدین که نور انجمستطالب آغاز سفر پنجمست
King Hosamuddin, who is the light of the stars,
Seeks the beginning of the fifth journey.
این ضیاء الحق حسام الدین راداوستادان صفا را اوستاد
This Diya al-Haqq (Splendor of the Truth), Hosamuddin the noble,
Is the master of the masters of purity.
گر نبودی خلق محجوب و کثیفور نبودی حلقها تنگ و ضعیف
Were it not that people are veiled and gross,
And were it not that throats are narrow and weak,
در مدیحت داد معنی دادمیغیر این منطق لبی بگشادمی
I would have done full justice to meaning in thy praise;
I would have opened my lips in speech other than this.
لیک لقمه باز آن صعوه نیستچاره اکنون آب و روغن کردنیست
But that morsel is not for the sparrow;
The only remedy now is to lubricate it.
مدح تو حیفست با زندانیانگویم اندر مجمع روحانیان
To praise thee is a waste among prisoners;
I will speak of thee in the assembly of the spiritual ones.
شرح تو غبنست با اهل جهانهم چو راز عشق دارم در نهان
To explain thee is a loss to the people of the world;
I keep thee hidden like the secret of love.
مدح تعریف ست و تخریق حجابفارغست از شرح و تعریف آفتاب
Praise is defining and tearing the veil;
The sun is free from explanation and definition.
مادح خورشید مداح خودستکه دو چشمم روشن و نامرمدست
He who praises the sun is praising himself,
Saying: 'My two eyes are bright and free from disease.'
ذم خورشید جهان ذم خودستکه دو چشمم کور و تاریک و بد است
And he who dispraises the sun of the world dispraises himself,
Saying: 'My two eyes are blind, dark, and bad.'
تو ببخشا بر کسی کاندر جهانشد حسود آفتاب کامران
Do thou have mercy upon one who, in the world,
Has become envious of the victorious sun.
توٰاندش پوشید هیچ از دیده هاوز طراوت دادن پوسیده ها
Can they hide it at all from sight,
Or prevent it from giving freshness to decayed things?
یا ز نور بی حدش توٰانند کاستیا به دفع جاه او توانند خاست
Or can they diminish its boundless light,
Or rise to repel its high rank?
هر کسی کو حاسد کیهان بودآن حسد خود مرگ جاویدان بود
Whoever is envious of the universe,
That envy itself is eternal death.
قدر تو بگذشت از درک عقولعقل اندر شرح تو شد بوالفضول
Thy worth has surpassed the comprehension of intellects;
The intellect in explaining thee has become a babbling fool.
گرچه عاجز آمد این عقل از بیانعاجزانه جنبشی باید در آن
Though this intellect has proved helpless in expression,
A helpless movement is still necessary within it.
ان شییا کله لا یدرکاعلموا ان کله لا یترک
If a thing cannot be completely comprehended,
Know that it should not be entirely abandoned.
گر نتانی خورد طوفان سحابکی توان کردن بترک خورد آب
If thou canst not drink the storm-cloud's torrent,
How canst thou abandon drinking water altogether?
راز را گر می نیاری در میاندرکها را تازه کن از قشر آن
If thou canst not bring the secret into the midst,
Refresh the apprehensions with its husk.
نطقها نسبت به تو قشرست لیکپیش دیگر فهمها مغزست نیک
Speeches compared to thee are husks, but
To other understandings, they are excellent kernels.
آسمان نسبت به عرش آمد فرودورنه بس عالیست سوی خاک تود
The sky, compared to the Divine Throne, is low;
Otherwise, it is extremely high compared to the dust-heap.
من بگویم وصف تو تا ره برندپیش از آن کز فوت آن حسرت خورند
I will speak of thy description so they may find the way,
Before they feel regret for missing it.
نور حقی و به حق جذاب جانخلق در ظلمات وهم اند و گمان
Thou art the light of Truth and by Truth the attractor of souls;
People are in the darkness of imagination and doubt.
شرط تعظیمست تا این نور خوشگردد این بی دیدگان را سرمه کش
Veneration is a condition so that this pleasant light
May become collyrium for these sightless eyes.
نور یابد مستعد تیزگوشکو نباشد عاشق ظلمت چو موش
The ready, sharp-eared one receives light,
Who is not in love with darkness like a mouse.
سست چشمانی که شب جولان کنندکی طواف مشعله ایمان کنند
The weak-eyed ones who prowl at night,
How can they circumambulate the torch of faith?
نکته های مشکل باریک شدبند طبعی که ز دین تاریک شد
The difficult, subtle points have become narrow
To the fetters of a nature darkened by lack of faith.
تا بر آراید هنر را تار و پودچشم در خورشید نتواند گشود
So that the warp and woof of skill may flourish,
One cannot open eyes to the sun.
هم چو نخلی برنیارد شاخهاکرده موشانه زمین سوراخها
Like a palm tree, it will not bring forth branches,
If like a mouse, it has burrowed into the earth.
چار وصفست این بشر را دل فشارچارمیخ عقل گشته این چهار
There are four characteristics that squeeze the heart of man;
These four have become the four-nails of the intellect.

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