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دفتر پنجم - بخش ۹ - استعانت آب از حق جل جلاله بعد از تیره شدن / Book Five - Section 9 - The Water's Appeal to God, May His Glory Be Glorified, After Becoming Soiled

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ناله از باطن برآرد کای خداآنچ دادی دادم و ماندم گدا
It raises a lamentation from its inner being, saying, 'O God,
I have given away what You gave me, and I am left a beggar.
ریختم سرمایه بر پاک و پلیدای شه سرمایه ده هل من مزید
I poured out my capital upon the clean and the unclean;
O capital-bestowing King, is there any more?'
ابر را گوید ببر جای خوششهم تو خورشیدا به بالا بر کشش
He says to the cloud, 'Carry it to its pleasant place,'
and 'O sun, draw it up high!'
راههای مختلف می راندشتا رساند سوی بحر بی حدش
He drives it along various paths,
until He brings it back to its limitless ocean.
خود غرض زین آب جان اولیاستکو غسول تیرگیهای شماست
The true object of this water is the soul of the saints,
which is the washer of your impurities.
چون شود تیره ز غدر اهل فرشباز گردد سوی پاکی بخش عرش
When it becomes soiled by the treachery of the dwellers of the earth,
it returns to the purity-bestowing Throne.
باز آرد زان طرف دامن کشاناز طهارات محیط او درسشان
Dragging its skirts, it returns from that side,
bringing them a lesson from the purifications of His all-encompassing ocean.
از تیمم وا رهاند جمله راوز تحری طالبان قبله را
It delivers everyone from dry ablution,
and frees those seeking the Qiblah from investigation.
ز اختلاط خلق یابد اعتلالآن سفر جوید که ارحنا یا بلال
From mingling with creation it falls sick;
it seeks that journey, saying, 'Bring us rest, O Bilal!'
ای بلال خوش نوای خوش صهیلمیذنه بر رو بزن طبل رحیل
O Bilal of the sweet voice and pleasant call,
mount the minaret and beat the drum of departure!
جان سفر رفت و بدن اندر قیاموقت رجعت زین سبب گوید سلام
The soul has gone on a journey while the body remains standing;
upon its return, for this reason, it says 'Peace be upon you.'
این مثل چون واسطه ست اندر کلامواسطه شرطست بهر فهم عام
This metaphor is like a medium in speech;
a medium is necessary for the understanding of the common folk.
اندر آتش کی رود بی واسطهجز سمندر کو رهید از رابطه
How can anyone go into the fire without a medium,
except the salamander which has escaped from this dependency?
واسطه حمام باید مر تراتا ز آتش خوش کنی تو طبع را
A bathhouse is necessary for you,
so that you may pleasantly temper yourself with fire.
چون نتانی شد در آتش چون خلیلگشت حمامت رسول آبت دلیل
Since you cannot enter the fire like Khalil,
the bathhouse became your messenger, and water your guide.
سیری از حقست لیک اهل طبعکی رسد بی واسطه نان در شبع
Satiety comes from God, but for those of physical nature,
how can satisfaction be reached without the medium of bread?
لطف از حقست لیکن اهل تندرنیابد لطف بی پرده چمن
Grace is from God, but the people of the flesh
cannot perceive grace without the veil of the garden.
چون نماند واسطه تن بی حجیبهم چو موسی نور مه یابد ز جیب
When the medium is gone, and the body is without a veil,
like Moses, it finds the light of the moon from its bosom.
این هنرها آب را هم شاهدستکه اندرونش پر ز لطف ایزدست
These wonders are also witnesses for the water,
showing that its interior is full of the grace of God.

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