The Seven Valleys
Attarعطار
هست وادی طلب آغاز کار
The valley of Seeking is the beginning of the work;
وادی عشق است از آن پس، بی کنار
after it comes the valley of Love, which has no shore;
پس سیم وادیست آن معرفت
the third valley is that of Knowledge;
پس چهارم وادی استغنی صفت
fourth is the valley whose quality is Detachment;
هست پنجم وادی توحید پاک
fifth is the valley of pure Unity;
پس ششم وادی حیرت صعب ناک
then sixth, the valley of Bewilderment, hard and perilous;
هفتمین وادی فقرست و فنا
the seventh valley is Poverty and Annihilation:
بعد ازین روی روش نبود ترا
beyond this you will have no way of going on.
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بلبلی برگ گلی خوش رنگ در منقار داشت
و اندر آن برگ و نوا خوش ناله‌های زار داشت
A nightingale held in its beak a rose petal of lovely colour,
and with that petal and its song it made sweet, piteous laments.
A nightingale held a rose petal
ستاره ای بدرخشید و ماه مجلس شد
دل رمیده ما را رفیق و مونس شد
A star shone out and became the moon of the gathering,
became friend and companion to our startled heart.
A star shone out
سحر بلبل حکایت با صبا کرد
که عشق روی گل با ما چه‌ها کرد
At dawn the nightingale told its tale to the east wind:
"See what love for the rose's face has done to us!"