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دفتر ششم - بخش ۵۰ - سؤال کردن آن صوفی قاضی را / Book Six - Section 50 - The Sufi Questioning the Qadi

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گفت صوفی چون ز یک کانست زر
این چرا نفعست و آن دیگر ضرر

چونک جمله از یکی دست آمدست
این چرا هوشیار و آن مست آمدست

چون ز یک دریاست این جوها روان
این چرا نوش است و آن زهر دهان

چون همه انوار از شمس بقاست
صبح صادق صبح کاذب از چه خاست

چون ز یک سرمه ست ناظر را کحل
از چه آمد راست بینی و حول

چونک دار الضرب را سلطان خداست
نقد را چون ضرب خوب و نارواست

چون خدا فرمود ره را راه من
این خفیر از چیست و آن یک راه زن

از یک اشکم چون رسد حر و سفیه
چون یقین شد الولد سر ابیه

وحدتی که دید با چندین هزار
صد هزاران جنبش از عین قرار

English translation

The Sufi said, 'Since the gold is from one mine, why is this one a benefit and that other a harm? Since all have come from one hand, why has this one come sober and that one intoxicated? Since these streams flow from one sea, why is this one nectar and that one poison in the mouth? Since all lights are from the Sun of eternity, whence did the true dawn and the false dawn arise? Since the collyrium for the seer is from one antimony, whence came straight vision and cross-eyedness? Since the Sultan of the mint is God, why does the coin have a good stamp and a false one? Since God has commanded, 'The path is My path,' why is this one a protector and that one a highway robber? How can a noble one and a fool come from one womb, since it became certain that 'the son is the secret of his father'? Who has seen a unity with so many thousands? A hundred thousand movements from the essence of rest!'

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