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بخش ۲ - فصل معرفت / Section 2 - The Chapter on Gnosis

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

به خودش کس شناخت نتوانستذات او هم بدو توان دانست
No one could know Him by themselves;
His essence can only be known through Him.
عقل حقش بتوخت نیک بتاختعجز در راه او شناخت شناخت
Reason paid its due and ran well,
yet recognized helplessness as the ultimate knowing on His path.
کرمش گفت مر مرا بشناسورنه کشناسدش به عقل و حواس
His grace said, 'Know Me,'
otherwise, who could know Him through reason and the senses?
به دلیلی حواس کی شایدگوز بر پشت قبه کی پاید
How can the senses serve as a guide?
How can a walnut stand on the top of a dome?
عقل رهبر ولیک تا در اوفضل او مر ترا برد بر او
Reason is a guide, but only to His door,
until His grace leads you to Him.
به دلیلی عقل ره نبریخیره چون دیگران مکن تو خری
You will not find the way by the proof of intellect;
do not act foolishly in your bewilderment like others.
فضل او در طریق رهبر ماستصنع او سوی او دلیل و گواست
His grace is our guide on the path;
His creation is the proof and witness pointing to Him.
ای شده از شناخت خود عاجزکی شناسی خدای را هرگز
O you who have become helpless in knowing yourself,
how will you ever know God?
چون تو در علم خود زبون باشیعارف کردگار چون باشی
When you are powerless even in your own self-knowledge,
how can you be a gnostic of the Creator?
چون ندانی تو سر ساختنشچون توهم کنی شناختنش
When you do not know the secret of your own creation,
how can you imagine that you know Him?
وهمها قاصر است ز اوصافشفهمها هرزه می زند لافش
Imaginations fall short of His attributes;
intellects make vain boasts in trying to grasp Him.
هست در وصف او به وقت دلیلنطق تشبیه و خامشی تعطیل
In describing Him, when seeking proof,
speech becomes anthropomorphism and silence becomes negation.
غایت عقل در رهش حیرتمایهٔ عقل سوی او غیرت
The ultimate end of reason on His path is bewilderment;
the source of reason toward Him is protective zeal.
عقل و جان را مراد و مالک اوستمنتهای مرید و سالک اوست
He is the desire and master of reason and soul,
the ultimate goal of the seeker and traveler.
عقل ما رهنمای هستی اوستهستها زیر پای هستی اوست
Our reason is a guide pointing only to His existence;
all existents are beneath the feet of His Being.
فعل او خارج از درون و برونذات او برتر از چگونه و چون
His action is outside of inside and outside;
His essence is beyond 'how' and 'why.'
ذات او را نبرده ره ادراکعقل را جان و دل در آن ره چاک
Perception has not found a way to His essence;
on that path, the heart and soul of reason are torn apart.
عقل بی کحل آشنایی اوبی خبر بوده از خدایی او
Without the kohl of familiarity with Him,
reason remains ignorant of His divinity.
چه کنی وهم را به جستنش حثکی بود با قدم حدیث حدث
Why do you urge imagination to search for Him?
How can a temporal creation speak of Eternity?
انبیا زین حدیث سرگرداناولیا زین صفاتها حیران
Prophets are bewildered by this discourse;
saints are astonished by these attributes.

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