The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 38
IN PRAISE & GLORY OF OUR BLESSED MASTER 37 خوبتر از وصف و مدح تو نباشد هیچ کار خوشتر از دوران عشق تو نباشد هیچ و دور No time is better than the time consumed in your love, Nor is any endeavour more pleasant than devotion to your praise and glorification. جان گدازم بہر تو گر دیگرے خدمت گزار منکه ره بردم بخوبی ہائے بے پایان تو As I have experienced your unlimited virtues, I am eager to sacrifice my life for you, whereas others only offer their services. من دعا ہائے برو بارِ تو اے باغ بہار ہر کسے اندر نماز خود دعائے می کند Everyone supplicates for himself in his prayers, but— O my Garden of eternal spring!—I supplicate only for your progeny. وقف راه تو کنم گر جاں دہندم صد ہزار یا نبی اللہ فدائے ہر سر موئے توام O Prophet of Allah! I am devoted to every particle of your holy person. Were I to have a hundred thousand lives, I would sacrifice them all in your path. اتباع و عشق رؤیت از رو تحقیق چیست کیمیائے ہر دلے اکسیر ہر جان فکار ازره What is the proven truth about submission to you, and love for your countenance? It is a panacea for every heart—an elixir for every lacerated soul. ور نثار تو نگردد جان کجا آید بکار دل اگر خوں نیست از بهرت چه چیز است آن دلے How worthless is the heart that does not bleed for you! How useless is the life that is not sacrificed for you! (صلیب) پائداری با بین خوش میروم تا پائے دار دل نمے ترسد بمهر تو مرا از موت ہم Because of your love, my heart does not fear death; but instead Behold my steadfastness: I happily go to the gallows! (the cross)