Poem

دفتر چهارم - بخش ۳۵ - بقیهٔ قصهٔ اهل سبا و نصیحت و ارشاد سلیمان علیه‌السلام آل بلقیس را هر یکی را اندر خور خود و مشکلات دین و دل او و صید کردن هر جنس مرغ ضمیری به صفیر آن جنس مرغ و طعمهٔ او / Book Four - Section 35 - The Rest of the Tale of the People of Saba and the Advice and Guidance of Solomon, Peace Be Upon Him, to the Family of Bilqis, Each According to Their Capacity and the Difficulties of Their Religion and Heart, and Catching Every Kind of Bird of Consciousness with the Whistle of That

Original content

قصه گویم از سبا مشتاق وار
چون صبا آمد به سوی لاله زار

لاقت الاشباح یوم وصلها
عادت الاولاد صوب اصلها

امة العشق الخفی فی الامم
مثل جود حوله لوم السقم

ذلة الارواح من اشباحها
عزة الاشباح من ارواحها

ایها العشاق السقیا لکم
انتم الباقون و البقیالکم

ایها السالون قوموا واعشقوا
ذاک ریح یوسف فاستنشقوا

منطق الطیر سلیمانی بیا
بانگ هر مرغی که آید می سرا

چون به مرغانت فرستادست حق
لحن هر مرغی بدادستت سبق

مرغ جبری را زبان جبر گو
مرغ پر اشکسته را از صبر گو

مرغ صابر را تو خوش دار و معاف
مرغ عنقا را بخوان اوصاف قاف

مر کبوتر را حذر فرما ز باز
باز را از حلم گو و احتراز

وان خفاشی را که ماند او بی نوا
می کنش با نور جفت و آشنا

کبک جنگی را بیاموزان تو صلح
مر خروسان را نما اشراط صبح

هم چنان می رو ز هدهد تا عقاب
ره نما والله اعلم بالصواب

English translation

I will tell the tale of Saba like one who yearns, As the morning breeze came toward the tulip field.

The forms met on the day of their union; The children returned in the direction of their origin.

The community of hidden love among peoples Is like generosity, around which circles the sickness of blame.

The abasement of souls is from their phantom-bodies; The dignity of phantom-bodies is from their souls.

O lovers, may you be watered with refreshment! You are the everlasting ones, and what endures is yours.

O seekers, arise and love! That is the fragrance of Joseph — breathe it in!

Come, O Solomonic speech of birds; Sing out the call of every bird that comes.

Since God has sent you to the birds, He has given you precedence in the melody of every bird.

To the bird of jabr, speak the tongue of jabr; To the broken-winged bird, speak of patience.

The patient bird — keep it content and exempt; To the 'Anqā bird, recite the attributes of Qāf.

Warn the dove against the falcon; To the falcon, speak of forbearance and caution.

And that bat which remains without means, Make it companion and intimate with the light.

Teach the quarrelsome partridge peace; Show the roosters the signs of dawn.

Go on thus, from the hoopoe to the eagle; Show the way — and God knows best what is right.

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