1Cademy - بخش ۲۲ - مقاله اول در آفرینش عالم که آینه جمال نمای اسماء و صفات آفریننده است سبحانه و تعالی / Section 22 - The First Discourse on the Creation of the Universe, Which Is the Mirror Displaying the Beauty of the Creators Names and Attributes, Glorified and Exalted Is He

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Haft Awrang

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بخش ۲۲ - مقاله اول در آفرینش عالم که آینه جمال نمای اسماء و صفات آفریننده است سبحانه و تعالی / Section 22 - The First Discourse on the Creation of the Universe, Which Is the Mirror Displaying the Beauty of the Creator's Names and Attributes, Glorified and Exalted Is He

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شاهد خلوتگه غیبت از نخست
بود پی جلوه کمر کرده چست

آیینه غیب نما پیش داشت
جلوه نمایی همه با خویش داشت

ناظر و منظور همو بود و بس
غیر وی این عرصه نپیمود کس

جمله یکی بود و دویی هیچ نه
دعوی مایی و تویی هیچ نه

بود قلم رسته ز زخم تراش
لوح هم آسوده ز رنج خراش

عرش قدم بر سر کرسی نداشت
عقل سر نادره پرسی نداشت

دایره چرخ به صد دخل و خرج
بود به مطموره یک نقطه درج

سلک فلک ناظم انجم نبود
پشت زمین حاصل مردم نبود

نطفه آبا به مضیق جهات
بود مصون از رحم امهات

بود درین مهد فرو بسته دم
طفل موالید به خواب عدم

دیده آن شاهد نابود بین
معنی معدوم چو موجود بین

گرچه همی دید در اجمال ذات
حسن تفاصیل شئون و صفات

خواست که در آینه های دگر
بر نظر خویش شود جلوه گر

در خور هر یک ز صفات قدم
روی دگر جلوه دهد لاجرم

روضه جانبخش جهان آفرید
باغچه کون و مکان آفرید

کرد ز هر شاخ و گل و برگ و خار
جلوه او حسن دگر آشکار

سرو نشان از قد رعناش داد
گل خبر از طلعت زیباش داد

غنچه سخن از شکرش کرد ساز
قفل ز درج گهرش کرد باز

سبزه به گل غالیه تر سرشت
پیش گل اوصاف خط او نوشت

شد هوس طره او باد را
بست گره طره شمشاد را

نرگس جماش به آن چشم مست
زد ره مستان صبوحی پرست

فاخته با طوق تمنای سرو
زد نفس شوق ز بالای سرو

بلبل نالنده به دیدار گل
پرده گشا گشت ز اسرار گل

کبک دری پایچه ها بر زده
زد به سر سبزه قدم سرزده

قمری بنهاده به شمشاد دل
سوخت به داغ غم او شاد دل

مرغ سحر ساخت به ناز و عتاب
در نظر نرگس بسیار خواب

حسن ز هر جا که زد القصه سر
عشق شد از جای دگر جلوه گر

حسن ز هر چهره که رخ بر فروخت
عشق ازان شعله دلی را بسوخت

حسن به هر طره که آرام یافت
عشق دلی آمده در دام یافت

حسن ز هر لب که شکر خنده کرد
عشق دلی را به غمش بنده کرد

حسن جز از عشق نگیرد غذی
عشق هم از وی نگریزد بلی

قالب و جانند به هم حسن و عشق
گوهر و کانند به هم حسن و عشق

از ازل این هر دو به هم بوده اند
جز به هم این راه نپیموده اند

هستی ما هست ز پیوندشان
نیست گشاد همه جز بندشان

حسن و کس از عشق گرفتار نی
جنس نفیس است و خریدار نی

English translation

The Witness of the sanctuary of the Unseen, from the beginning, Was girded tight, ready to manifest Himself. He held the mirror that reveals the Unseen before Him, Displaying His manifestation all within Himself. He alone was the beholder and the beheld, and that was all; No one else traversed this arena but He. All was one, and there was no duality at all; No claim of 'us' and 'you' existed at all. The Pen was free from the wound of the carving-knife, And the Tablet was also at peace from the pain of scraping. The Throne of Eternity had not set foot on the Pedestal, And Intellect had no desire to ask wondrous questions. The circle of the heavens, with its hundred incomes and expenses, Was contained in the dungeon of a single point. The thread of the sky was not the organizer of the stars, And the back of the earth was not the harvest of mankind. The seed of the fathers, in the narrowness of directions, Was safe from the womb of the mothers. In this cradle of held breath, The child of creations slept the sleep of non-existence. The eye of that Witness who beholds non-existence, Saw the non-existent meaning as if it were existent. Although He saw in the summary of the Essence, The beauty of the details of affairs and attributes, He desired that in other mirrors He might become manifest to His own sight. Befitting each of His eternal attributes, He would inevitably manifest another countenance. He created the soul-giving garden of the world, He created the orchard of existence and space. He made from every branch, flower, leaf, and thorn Another beauty of His manifestation apparent. The cypress gave a sign of His graceful stature, The rose gave news of His beautiful countenance. The bud made speech of His sugar, And unlocked the casket of His pearls. The greenery mixed fresh civet with the rose, And wrote the descriptions of His down before the rose. The wind conceived a desire for His tress, And tied a knot in the tress of the box-tree. The coquettish narcissus, with that intoxicated eye, Robbed the way of the morning-worshipping drunkards. The ringdove, with the collar of desire for the cypress, Breathed the breath of yearning from atop the cypress. The lamenting nightingale, at the sight of the rose, Became the revealer of the secrets of the rose. The royal partridge, tucking up its skirts, Stepped suddenly upon the green grass. The turtle-dove, having given its heart to the box-tree, Burned its happy heart with the brand of its grief. The morning bird engaged in coquetry and reproach In the sight of the heavy-sleeping narcissus. In short, wherever Beauty reared its head, Love became manifest from another place. From whichever face Beauty kindled its countenance, Love burned a heart with that flame. In whichever tress Beauty found repose, Love found a heart fallen into the trap. From whichever lip Beauty made a sweet smile, Love made a heart the slave of its grief. Beauty takes no nourishment except from Love, And Love does not flee from Beauty, indeed. Body and soul are Beauty and Love to one another, Gem and mine are Beauty and Love to one another. From pre-eternity, these two have been together, They have traversed this path only together. Our existence is from their union; There is no liberation for anyone except in their bond. There is no beauty caught without love, It is a precious commodity with no buyer.

Updated 2026-07-19

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