Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 62
62 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART THREE تو عجب داری از پیغام خدائے ایں چہ عقل و فکر تست اے خود نمائے Does the message of God surprise you, O arrogant one! What is wrong with your intelligence and understanding! لطف او چون خاکیاں را عشق داد عاشقان را چوں بینگندے زیاد When He Himself, out of His kindness, has bestowed on a mere clump of clay [man] the capacity to love, How could He then forget His lovers? عشق چوں بخشید از لُطفِ اتم چوں نہ بخشیدی دوائے آں الم When He has been gracious enough to bestow His love, How could He not have provided remedy for this longing? خود چو کرد از عشق خود دلہا کباب چوں نہ کردے از سر رحمت خطاب When He Himself caused the hearts to burn with His love, Why then should He not speak out of mercy? دل نیارامد بجز گفتار یار گرچه پیش دید ها باشد نگار A lover's heart finds no peace if the beloved does not speak, Even if the beloved is right before his eyes; پس چو خود دلبر بود اندر حجاب کے تواں کردن صبوری از خطاب And when the beloved is himself behind veils, How can the lover find a moment's peace without having discourse. لیک آن داند که او دلداده است در طریق عاشقی افتاده است But only such a one knows these mysteries, Who arrives at the utmost degree of love by surrendering his heart. حسن را با عاشقان باشد سرے بے نظر ور کے بود خوش منظرے Beauty has close affinity with lovers; You will never find a handsome one lacking in admirers.