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هر آن چیزی که در عالم عیان است
چو عکسی ز آفتاب آن جهان است

جهان چون زلف و خط و خال و ابروست
که هر چیزی به جای خویش نیکوست

تجلی گه جمال و گه جلال است
رخ و زلف آن معانی را مثال است

صفات حق تعالی لطف و قهر است
رخ و زلف بتان را زان دو بهر است

چو محسوس آمد این الفاظ مسموع
نخست از بهر محسوس است موضوع

ندارد عالم معنی نهایت
کجا بیند مر او را لفظ غایت

هر آن معنی که شد از ذوق پیدا
کجا تعبیر لفظی یابد او را

چو اهل دل کند تفسیر معنی
به مانندی کند تعبیر معنی

که محسوسات از آن عالم چو سایه است
که این چون طفل و آن مانند دایه است

به نزد من خود الفاظ مأول
بر آن معنی فتاد از وضع اول

به محسوسات خاص از عرف عام است
چه داند عام کان معنی کدام است

نظر چون در جهان عقل کردند
از آنجا لفظها را نقل کردند

تناسب را رعایت کرد عاقل
چو سوی لفظ معنی گشت نازل

ولی تشبیه کلی نیست ممکن
ز جست و جوی آن می باش ساکن

بدین معنی کسی را بر تو دق نیست
که صاحب مذهب اینجا غیر حق نیست

ولی تا با خودی زنهار زنهار
عبارات شریعت را نگه دار

که رخصت اهل دل را در سه حال است
فنا و سکر و آن دیگر دلال است

هر آن کس کو شناسد این سه حالت
بداند وضع الفاظ و دلالت

تو را گر نیست احوال مواجید
مشو کافر ز نادانی به تقلید

مجازی نیست احوال حقیقت
نه هر کس یابد اسرار طریقت

گزاف ای دوست ناید ز اهل تحقیق
مر این را کشف باید یا که تصدیق

بگفتم وضع الفاظ و معانی
تو را سربسته گر خواهی بدانی

نظر کن در معانی سوی غایت
لوازم را یکایک کن رعایت

به وجه خاص از آن تشبیه می کن
ز دیگر وجه ها تنزیه می کن

چو شد این قاعده یک سر مقرر
نمایم زان مثالی چند دیگر

English translation

Whatever is apparent in this world, Is like a reflection from the sun of that world. The world is like [the beloved's] curl, down, mole, and eyebrow, For everything is good in its own place. The manifestation is sometimes beauty and sometimes majesty; The cheek and the curl are examples of those meanings. The attributes of God Almighty are grace and wrath; The cheek and the curl of the beloveds have their share from these two. Since these heard words are sensory, They were first coined for the sensory. The world of meaning has no end; Where can a word find its limit? Every meaning that is born of spiritual taste, How can it find a verbal expression? When the people of heart interpret meaning, They express meaning by way of comparison. For the sensory things are like shadows of that world; This is like a child and that is like a nurse. In my view, these interpreted words Were actually applied to those meanings in their primary designation. Their restriction to specific sensory things is by common usage; What does the commoner know of what that meaning is? When they looked into the world of intellect, They transferred the words from there. The wise person observed proportion When meaning descended toward the word. But complete comparison is not possible; Be quiet and cease searching for it. In this matter, no one has any objection to you, For there is no master of doctrine here other than the Truth. But as long as you are with yourself, beware, beware! Guard the expressions of the Shariah. For permission is given to the people of heart in three states: Annihilation, intoxication, and the third is intimacy. Whoever knows these three states Knows the designation of words and their signification. If you do not possess the states of ecstasy, Do not become an infidel out of ignorance through blind imitation. The states of truth are not metaphorical; Not everyone finds the secrets of the spiritual path. Idle talk, my friend, does not come from the people of verification; This requires either unveiling or confirmation. I have told you the coining of words and meanings, In a sealed way, if you wish to know. Look toward the end in meanings, And observe the implications one by one. Compare them in a specific aspect, And declare them transcendent in other aspects. Since this rule has been established completely, I will show some other examples of it.

Updated 2026-07-02

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