## متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation
<div data-farsi-poem-layout="v1" style="overflow-x: auto; margin: 0.75rem 0;">
<table dir="rtl" aria-label="Persian poem with couplet translations" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 1.9;">
<tbody>
<tr data-poem-unit="0" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="1" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">هفت شمع اندر نظر شد هفت مرد</td>
<td data-source-line="2" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">نورشان می شد به سقف لاژورد</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="0">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Seven candles, in the vision, became seven men; their light rose to the azure vault.</em></td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="1" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="3" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">پیش آن انوار نور روز، درد</td>
<td data-source-line="4" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">از صلابت نورها را می سترد</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="1">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Before those lights, the light of day was mere dregs; by their overpowering force, those lights effaced the other lights.</em></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>

دفتر سوم - بخش ۹۱ - نمودن آن شمعها در نظر هفت مرد / Book Three - Section 91 - The Appearance of Those Candles as Seven Men in the Vision

In Book 3 of Jalaluddin Rumi's *Masnavi*, the mystic's vision of the seven candles deepens as he witnesses a profound paradox: the seven candles merge into a single radiant light that splits the heavens, only to separate back into seven. This continuous oscillation between one and seven symbolizes the intricate relationship between divine absolute unity ($$Tawhid$$) and the multiplicity of the created world. Rumi emphasizes the extreme ineffability of this spiritual connection, asserting that a single instant of such divine unveiling cannot be articulated by the tongue or comprehended by the ear, even over the span of many years. Overwhelmed by the majesty of this vision, the seeker's intellect shatters, plunging him into a state of unconsciousness and self-annihilation ($$fana$$). When he eventually regains his senses, he is fundamentally transformed, moving forward without the illusion of individual ego or physical boundaries.

The Merging of the Seven Candles and Ineffable Unity in the Masnavi

## متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation
<div data-farsi-poem-layout="v1" style="overflow-x: auto; margin: 0.75rem 0;">
<table dir="rtl" aria-label="Persian poem with couplet translations" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 1.9;">
<tbody>
<tr data-poem-unit="0" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="1" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">باز می دیدم که می شد هفت، یک</td>
<td data-source-line="2" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">می شکافد نور او جیب فلک</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="0">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Again I saw that the seven were becoming one;<br />
its light was splitting the collar of the heavens.</em></td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="1" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="3" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">باز آن یک، بار دیگر هفت شد</td>
<td data-source-line="4" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">مستی و حیرانی من زفت شد</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="1">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Again that one became seven once more;<br />
my intoxication and bewilderment grew vast.</em></td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="2" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="5" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">اتصالاتی میان شمعها</td>
<td data-source-line="6" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">که نیاید بر زبان و گفت ما</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="2">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>There were connections among the candles<br />
that cannot come onto our tongue or into our speech.</em></td>
</tr>
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<td data-source-line="7" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">آنک یک دیدن کند ادراک آن</td>
<td data-source-line="8" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">سالها نتوان نمودن از زبان</td>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Whoever grasps that in a single act of seeing<br />
could not show it with the tongue for years.</em></td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="4" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="9" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">آنک یک دم بیندش ادراک هوش</td>
<td data-source-line="10" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">سالها نتوان شنودن آن بگوش</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Whoever&#39;s understanding sees it for a single instant<br />
could not hear it with the ear for years.</em></td>
</tr>
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<td data-source-line="11" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">چونک پایانی ندارد رو الیک</td>
<td data-source-line="12" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">زانک لا احصی ثناء ما علیک</td>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Since it has no end, turn toward You,<br />
for I cannot enumerate praise of You.</em></td>
</tr>
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<td data-source-line="13" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">پیشتر رفتم دوان کان شمعها</td>
<td data-source-line="14" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">تا چه چیزست از نشان کبریا</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>I ran farther forward toward those candles,<br />
to see what thing this sign of Majesty was.</em></td>
</tr>
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<td data-source-line="15" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">می شدم بی خویش و مدهوش و خراب</td>
<td data-source-line="16" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">تا بیفتادم ز تعجیل و شتاب</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="7">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>I was becoming selfless, stunned, and ruined,<br />
until I fell from haste and hurry.</em></td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="8" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="17" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">ساعتی بی هوش و بی عقل اندرین</td>
<td data-source-line="18" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">اوفتادم بر سر خاک زمین</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="8">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>For a while, unconscious and without intellect in this state,<br />
I fell with my head upon the dust of the earth.</em></td>
</tr>
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<td data-source-line="19" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">باز با هوش آمدم برخاستم</td>
<td data-source-line="20" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">در روش گویی نه سر نه پاستم</td>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Then I came back to consciousness and rose;<br />
in moving, it was as though I had neither head nor foot.</em></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>

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<p>هفت شمع از دور دیدم ناگهان<br />
اندر آن ساحل شتابیدم بدان</p>
<p>نور شعلهٔ هر یکی شمعی از آن<br />
بر شده خوش تا عنان آسمان</p>
<p>خیره گشتم خیرگی هم خیره گشت<br />
موج حیرت عقل را از سر گذشت</p>
<p>این چگونه شمعها افروخته ست<br />
کین دو دیدهٔ خلق ازینها دوخته ست</p>
<p>خلق جویان چراغی گشته بود<br />
پیش آن شمعی که بر مه می فزود</p>
<p>چشم بندی بد عجب بر دیده ها<br />
بندشان می کرد یهدی من یشا</p>

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## English translation
Suddenly from afar I saw seven candles;
I hurried toward them on that shore.
The light of the flame of each of those candles
had risen beautifully to the rein of heaven.
I was dazzled; even dazzlement itself was dazzled;
the wave of wonder passed over the head of reason.
What kind of candles have been lit here,
that the two eyes of creation have been sewn shut from seeing them?
The people had become seekers of a lamp
before a candle that outshone the moon.
A strange blindfold was upon their eyes;
it bound them: He guides whom He wills.

دفتر سوم - بخش ۸۹ - نمودن مثال هفت شمع سوی ساحل / Book Three - Section 89 - Showing the Example of Seven Candles Towards the Shore

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In Book 3 of Jalaluddin Rumi's *Masnavi*, the mystic's vision of the seven candles deepens as the radiant flames miraculously transform into seven men. Rumi describes the divine light radiating from these spiritual figures as ascending to the 'azure vault' of the heavens. To emphasize the overwhelming supremacy of this spiritual illumination, Rumi contrasts it with the natural light of the sun, stating that before these profound lights, ordinary daylight appeared as 'mere dregs.' The overpowering force of this divine radiance completely effaces all other worldly sources of illumination. This metaphorical transformation signifies the embodiment of divine light within perfected spiritual masters or saints, illustrating that their inner spiritual luminosity vastly eclipses any physical or material light in the created universe.

The Transformation of the Seven Candles into Seven Men in the Masnavi

## متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation
<div data-farsi-poem-layout="v1" style="overflow-x: auto; margin: 0.75rem 0;">
<table dir="rtl" aria-label="Persian poem with couplet translations" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 1.9;">
<tbody>
<tr data-poem-unit="0" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="1" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">باز می دیدم که می شد هفت، یک</td>
<td data-source-line="2" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">می شکافد نور او جیب فلک</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="0">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Again I saw that the seven were becoming one;<br />
its light was splitting the collar of the heavens.</em></td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="1" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="3" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">باز آن یک، بار دیگر هفت شد</td>
<td data-source-line="4" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">مستی و حیرانی من زفت شد</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="1">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Again that one became seven once more;<br />
my intoxication and bewilderment grew vast.</em></td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="2" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="5" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">اتصالاتی میان شمعها</td>
<td data-source-line="6" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">که نیاید بر زبان و گفت ما</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="2">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>There were connections among the candles<br />
that cannot come onto our tongue or into our speech.</em></td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="3" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="7" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">آنک یک دیدن کند ادراک آن</td>
<td data-source-line="8" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">سالها نتوان نمودن از زبان</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="3">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Whoever grasps that in a single act of seeing<br />
could not show it with the tongue for years.</em></td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="4" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="9" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">آنک یک دم بیندش ادراک هوش</td>
<td data-source-line="10" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">سالها نتوان شنودن آن بگوش</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="4">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);"><em>Whoever&#39;s understanding sees it for a single instant<br />
could not hear it with the ear fo

دفتر سوم - بخش ۹۰ - شدن آن هفت شمع بر مثال یک شمع / Book Three - Section 90 - Those Seven Candles Becoming as One Candle

In Book 3 of Jalaluddin Rumi's *Masnavi*, the mystic Daquqi experiences a profound vision that begins with the sudden appearance of seven exceptionally radiant candles on a shore. These seven candles symbolize the exalted spiritual saints or 'Friends of God' ($$awliya$$) who serve as divine guides for humanity. The overpowering brilliance of their flames, which rises to the heavens and completely bewilders the observer, represents the awe-inspiring nature of divine light channeled through these perfected individuals. This initial manifestation in Daquqi's vision establishes the foundational theme of spiritual illumination, illustrating how the majestic unveiling of divine truth can overwhelm human comprehension.

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باز می دیدم که می شد هفت، یک	می شکافد نور او جیب فلک
Again I saw that the seven were becoming one; its light was splitting the collar of the heavens.
باز آن یک، بار دیگر هفت شد	مستی و حیرانی من زفت شد
Again that one became seven once more; my intoxication and bewilderment grew vast.
اتصالاتی میان شمعها	که نیاید بر زبان و گفت ما
There were connections among the candles that cannot come onto our tongue or into our speech.
آنک یک دیدن کند ادراک آن	سالها نتوان نمودن از زبان
Whoever grasps that in a single act of seeing could not show it with the tongue for years.
آنک یک دم بیندش ادراک هوش	سالها نتوان شنودن آن بگوش
Whoever's understanding sees it for a single instant could not hear it with the ear for years.
چونک پایانی ندارد رو الیک	زانک لا احصی ثناء ما علیک
Since it has no end, turn toward You, for I cannot enumerate praise of You.
پیشتر رفتم دوان کان شمعها	تا چه چیزست از نشان کبریا
I ran farther forward toward those candles, to see what thing this sign of Majesty was.
می شدم بی خویش و مدهوش و خراب	تا بیفتادم ز تعجیل و شتاب
I was becoming selfless, stunned, and ruined, until I fell from haste and hurry.
ساعتی بی هوش و بی عقل اندرین	اوفتادم بر سر خاک زمین
For a while, unconscious and without intellect in this state, I fell with my head upon the dust of the earth.
باز با هوش آمدم برخاستم	در روش گویی نه سر نه پاستم
Then I came back to consciousness and rose; in moving, it was as though I had neither head nor foot.