The Shining Lamp — Page 215
Correspondence with h a d rat Khaw a jah Ghul a m Far i d 215 نظر ها باطن به دارد یارِما هان مشو نازان تو با فخر دِگر My Friend looks at your inner condition. So, do not be proud of any other beauty of yours. هست آن عالی جنابی بس بلند بهر وصلش شورها باید فگند That Court is extremely lofty and magnificent; To be united with Him demands much toil and striving. زندگی در مردن عجز و بکاست هر که افتادست او آخر بخاست Life is gained by dying, humility, and weeping; Only he who falls down will be raised [to life]. تا نه کار ِ درد ِ کس تا جان رسد رسد جانان در تا فغانش کی Until the time that the pain becomes life-threatening, The lamenting and moaning do not reach the Beloved’s Threshold. هر که ترک خود کند یابد خدا چیستوصلازنفسخودگشتنجدا One who forsakes his ego, finds God. What is union with God—it is to part with one’s self. لیک ترک نفس کی آسان بود مردن و از خود شدن یکسان بود But it is not easy to kill one’s self, To die and to leave one’s ego is the same thing. تا نه آن بادی وزد بر جان ما ِ ما امکان ی ذره رباید کو So long as that breeze does not blow over us, Which takes away every particle of our being—