Selected Persian Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 175
Perfect Humility Perfect Humility مشچ وگش و ددىہ دنب اے قح زگنى ْ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِیْن قُل ْ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِیْن قُل رفامن خ �ُ ک اىد believer in God! Restrain your eyes and ears And recall the commandment: ‘Say to the believers. ’ اخرط ِ وخد زنى و آن رسكى ربآر ر اکش آ قح اخرطت رب اتوشد Do not let your heart be attached to things that do not matter So that Truth should be manifested to your heart. اہجن ِ اںى دربلان نک اپ زرى اجن وبحمب ن آ رہچۂ اتامندى Tread underfoot the beloveds of this world, So that the Beloved of your heart may show His countenance to you. زنىم زرى مہ ّ ادن یح ِ المن اک نىنچ ِ انى اباىحت ی وگبر وت The perfect remain alive, even when they lay buried in the earth And you are in the grave, despite being alive. ی وخن دل وخر ہک اساہل ابدى ی رربہ داتسلےن ےئ وکب ات You have to endure heartfelt anguish for several years To find the path to the Beloved of the heart. دىت اشکب رےہ ین آباس ےک ات وہش آدىت ہک دص ونجن ابدى How can this path [to God] be opened easily? You need a hundred-fold madnesses to come to your senses. Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part 4, R uh an i Khaz a’ in, vol. 1, p. 602– 603; see also English translation, Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part 4, p. 383–384, published by Islam International Publication Ltd. 2016