1Cademy - بخش ۵۵ - عقد شانزدهم در رجا که به روایح وصال زیستن است و به لوایح جمال نگریستن / Section 55 - The Sixteenth Knot on Hope, Which Is Living by the Fragrances of Union and Looking at the Flashes of Beauty

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بخش ۵۵ - عقد شانزدهم در رجا که به روایح وصال زیستن است و به لوایح جمال نگریستن / Section 55 - The Sixteenth Knot on Hope, Which Is Living by the Fragrances of Union and Looking at the Flashes of Beauty

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ای ز بس بار تو انبوه شده
دل تو نقطه اندوه شده

خط ایام تو در صلح و نبرد
منتهی گشته به این نقطه درد

نه بر این نقطه درین دایره پای
گرد این نقطه چو پرگار برآی

بو که از غیب نویدی برسد
زین چمن بوی امیدی برسد

هست در ساحت این بر شده کاخ
عرصه روضه امید فراخ

کار بر خویش چنین تنگ مگیر
وز دم ناخوشی آهنگ مگیر

گر بود خاطر تو جرم اندیش
عفو ایزد بود از جرم تو بیش

نامه ات گر ز گنه پر رقم است
نامه شوی تو سحاب کرم است

گرچه کوهیست گناه تو عظیم
کاهش کوه دهد حلم حلیم

چون شود موج زنان قلزم جود
در کف موج خسی را چه وجود

هیچ بودی و کم از هیچ بسی
ساخت فضل ازل از هیچ کسی

از عدم صورت هستی دادت
ساخت از قید فنا آزادت

گذرانید بر اطوار کمال
پرورانید به انوار جمال

در دلت تخم خدا دانی کاشت
دولت معرفت ارزانی داشت

یافت تاج شرف سجده سرت
زیور گوهر خدمت کمرت

بی توسل به کلید طلبی
بی تقید به کمند سببی

بر تو ابواب مطالب بگشاد
صید مقصود به دست تو نهاد

بی همین گونه قوی دار امید
که چو افتی به جهان جاوید

بی سبب ساخته گردد کارت
بی درم سود کند بازارت

بر درد پرده شب نومیدی
صبح امید کند خورشیدی

ای بسا تشنه لب خشک دهان
بر لب از تشنگی افتاده زبان

مانده حیرت زده در صحرایی
چرخ طولی و زمین پهنایی

خاک تفسیده هوا آتش بار
بادش آتش زده در هر خس و خار

نه در او خیمه به جز چرخ برین
نه در او سایه به جز زیر زمین

سوسمار از تف آن در تب و تاب
همچو ماهی که فتد دور ز آب

ناگهان تیره سحابی ز افق
پیش خورشید فلک بسته تتق

بر سر تشنه شود باران ریز
گردد از بادیه طوفان انگیز

رشحه ابر کند سیرابش
سایه آن برد از تن تابش

وی بسا گم شده ره در شب تار
غرقه در سیل ز باران بهار

متراکم شده بر وی ظلمات
منقطع گشته سبب های نجات

دام و دد کرده بر او دندان تیز
اژدها بسته بر او راه گریز

بارگی خسته و بار افکنده
دل ز امید خلاصی کنده

ناگهان ابر ز هم بگشاید
نور مه روی زمین آراید

ره شود ظاهر و رهبر حاضر
راهرو خرم و روشن خاطر

آن که این گونه کرم آید ازو
ناامیدت کجا شاید ازو

روز و شب بر در امید نشین
طالب دولت جاوید نشین

تا به نام تو زند فال فرج
قرعه «من قرع الباب ولج »

فضل او کامده در شیب و فراز
آشنا پرور و بیگانه نواز

چون به بیگانه شود همخانه
آشنا را نکند بیگانه

هر که ره برد به همخانگی اش
نسزد تهمت بیگانگی اش

English translation

O you whose burden has become so heavy, And your heart has become the point of sorrow. The line of your days, in peace and battle, Has ended at this point of pain. Do not plant your foot on this point in this circle; Rather, revolve around this point like a compass. Perhaps a glad tidings will arrive from the unseen, And a scent of hope will reach from this meadow. Within the courtyard of this exalted palace, The expanse of the garden of hope is wide. Do not make matters so tight for yourself, And do not tune your melody to an unpleasant breath. If your mind is prone to thinking of your sins, God's forgiveness is greater than your transgression. If your record is full of the marks of sin, The washer of your record is the cloud of generosity. Though your sin is a mountain, grand and vast, The forbearance of the Forbearing diminishes the mountain. When the ocean of bounty begins to surge, What existence has a piece of straw in the grasp of the wave? You were nothing, and much less than nothing; The eternal grace made someone out of nothing. From non-existence He gave you the form of existence, And He set you free from the bond of annihilation. He guided you through the stages of perfection, And nurtured you with the lights of beauty. He planted the seed of knowing God in your heart, And bestowed upon you the fortune of spiritual knowledge. Your head received the crown of the honor of prostration, And your waist was adorned with the jewel of service. Without resorting to the key of seeking, Without binding yourself to the lasso of causation, He opened the doors of desires to you, And placed the prey of purpose in your hand. In the very same way, keep your hope strong, So that when you fall into the eternal world, Your affairs will be arranged without secondary causes, And your market will profit without any coin. The veil of the night of despair will be rent, And the dawn of hope will shine like the sun. Oh, how many a thirsty-lipped and dry-mouthed traveler, Whose tongue has fallen to their lips from thirst, Left bewildered in a wilderness, Under a vast sky and upon a wide earth, The ground scorched, the air raining fire, And the wind setting fire to every straw and thorn, With no tent therein save the highest heaven, And no shade save beneath the earth, The lizard in feverish agitation from its heat, Like a fish that has fallen far from water, Suddenly, a dark cloud rises from the horizon, Drawing a curtain before the sun of the heavens, And begins to pour rain upon the thirsty soul, Raising a storm from the desert, The sprinkling of the cloud quenches his thirst, And its shade removes the burning heat from his body. And oh, how many a lost traveler in the dark of night, Drowned in the torrent of spring rains, Overwhelmed by thick layers of darkness, With all means of salvation cut off, Wild beasts and predators sharpening their teeth against him, And the dragon blocking his way of escape, His mount exhausted, his burden cast down, And his heart severed from the hope of deliverance, Suddenly, the clouds part ways, And the light of the moon adorns the face of the earth, The path becomes visible and the guide appears, Leaving the traveler joyful and of enlightened mind. He from whom such generosity proceeds, How could it be right for you to despair of Him? Sit day and night at the door of hope, Sitting as a seeker of eternal fortune, Until the omen of relief is cast in your name, Through the lot of 'He who knocks on the door and enters.' His grace, which has descended through highs and lows, Nurtures the intimate and cherishes the stranger. Since He makes Himself at home with the stranger, He will never make a stranger of the intimate. Whoever has found his way into His companionship, The accusation of being a stranger does not benefit him.

Updated 2026-07-07

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