Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 114
BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FOUR خود پسنداں بعقل خویش اسیر فارغ از حضرت علیم و قدیر They are self-conceited and prisoners of their own intellect; They are unaware of the All-Knowing and All-Powerful God. آنکه خود بین و معجب افتاد است حضرت اقدسش کجا یاد است How can he, who is self-conceited and arrogant, Remember Him who is All-Holy? خوئے عشاق عجز هست و نیاز نشنیدیم عشق و کبر انباز Humility and submission are ingrained in the nature of lovers; We have never found arrogance and love coexisting. گر بجوئی سوار ایں ره راست اندر آنجا بجو کہ گرد بخاست If you seek a vehicle to take you to the right path, Search for it where dust is flying about. اندر آنجا بجو کہ زور نماند خود نمائی و کبر و شور نماند Search for it where cruelty ceases to exist. Search for it where there is no hypocrisy, arrogance, or contention. فانیاں را جہانیاں نرسند جانیاں را زبانیاں نرسند Those in thrall to the world cannot be like those who annihilate their selves; Those who merely talk cannot equal those who sacrifice their lives. خلق و عالم همه بشور و شراند عشق بازان بعالم دگر اند تا Man and his world are plunged in contention and wickedness, But the world of the lovers is altogether different! نه کار دلت بجال برسد چون پیامت زدلستان برسید Unless your heart reaches the brink of death, You will not be able to receive the message of the Beloved. 114