The Shining Lamp — Page 219
Correspondence with h a d rat Khaw a jah Ghul a m Far i d 219 ام سینه شد دلستان ِ نور ز پر ام صیقل ِ آیینه دستی ز شد My heart is filled with the Light of the Beloved, My mirror has indeed been polished by His Hand. ِ ازل ِ یار پیکر شد پیکرم ِ ازل ِ دِلدار کار شد َن ِ م کار My being has become the Being of that Friend who is Forever, And my work has become the work of that Eternal Beloved. بس که جانم شد نهان در یار ِ من بوی یار آمد ازین گلزار ِ من As my life became hidden within my Friend, Hence His fragrance began to emanate from my garden. ِ چادری زیر داریم حق نور دلبری برآمد گریبانم از The Light of God light shines within my covering, That Beloved emanated from within me. احمد ِ آخر زمان نام ِ من است احمد ِ آخر زمان همین جام ِ من است آخرین جامی ‘Ahmad of the Latter Days’ is my name; And my chalice is verily the last chalice [ for the world]. باد مژده را خدا راه طالب کش خدا بنمود این وقت ِ مراد Glad tidings be for the seeker of God, That He has shown him this age of success. هر که را یاری نهان شد از نظر از خبرداری همین پرسد خبر When someone’s friend disappears from his sight, He enquires about him from the friend’s acquaintances.