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بخش ۲۴ - در بیان فرق میان رقص ارباب نقص و حال اهل کمال / Section 24 - In Explanation of the Difference Between the Dance of the Deficient and the Spiritual State of the Perfect

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رقص ناقص به سوی نقص بود
جنبش کاملان نه رقص بود

می زند مرغ جانشان پر و بال
تا رهد باز ازین حضیض وبال

گرچه هر روز یک صدا و ندا
به هوای سماع جسته ز جا

آن یکی بر فلک کشیده ردی
وان دگر رفته تا به تحت ثری

آن یکی سوده سر به چرخ برین
وان دگر رخت برده زیر زمین

English translation

The dance of the imperfect is toward imperfection, The movement of the perfect is not mere dancing. The bird of their soul flaps its wings and feathers, To escape once more from this abyss of misery. Though every day, at a sound or call, They leap up from their place in the desire for spiritual audition (sama'). One has cast his cloak up to the heavens, While the other has gone down to the depths of the earth. One has rubbed his head against the highest sphere of heaven, While the other has taken his baggage underground.

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