غزل شمارهٔ 984

Take heed, for the time of men of fortitude has come, the hour of hardship and testing has come.

In such a time covenants are broken, when the knife reaches to the bone.

Covenants and oaths become very weak when the affairs of a man threaten his life.

Ha, my heart, do not make yourself weak; make your heart strong, for the time for that has come.

Laugh like red gold in the fire, that men may say, “The gold of the mine has come.”

Eager and cheerful before the sword of doom, cry aloud, “The champion has come.”

Be with God and pray to Him for help, for replenishment has come from heaven.

O God, shake the sleeve of bounty, since Your servant has come to the threshold.

Like an oyster shell we have our mouths open, for the cloud of Your pearl-scattering grace has come.

Many a dry thorn there is out of whose heart a rosegarden has emerged in Your protection.

I have pointed to You, because from You signless joys have come.

It is the time of compassion and sympathy, for a very heavy blow has come upon me.

Ab¯ab¯ıl! Take heed, for the army of the Elephant without bounds has come against the Kaaba.

Reason says to me, “Be silent! Enough; for God who knows the Unseen has come.”

I held my peace, O God; but without my will lamentation mounted up from my soul.

Thou threwest not when thou threwest is also of God—the arrow which suddenly came from this bow.