Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 414
414 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FOUR بچه او زن بر سر شان بار نیست فانیان را مانعی از یار نیست Nothing hinders those lost in love from the Friend, Nor are their wives and children a burden to them. باد و صد زنجیر هر دم پیش یار خار با او گل گل اندر ہجر خار Despite a hundred obligations, they are ever present in the Beloved's court; When in His company, thorns are to them flowers; in His absence flowers are thorns. عاشقاں خنداں بپائے جاں فشاں تو بیک خارے براری صد فغان You wail and shout a hundred times when a single thorn pierces you, But those lovers remain cheerful even when sacrificing their lives. عاشقال در عظمت مولی فنا غرفتہ دریائے توحید از وفا The lovers are lost in the glory of their Lord; They are immersed in the ocean of Tauhid [Oneness of God] on account of their fidelity. کین قهر شان گرہست آں قہر خداست مین و مهر شان ہمہ بہر خداست Their enmity, their friendship, is all for the sake of God; Even their fury, when it is shown, is, in fact, God's fury. هر چه زو آید ز ذات کبریاست آن که در عشق احد محو و فناست When one is lost and absorbed in the love of the One God, Whatever one does is the doing of the Greatest Being. فانی است و تیر او تیر حق است صید او در اصل نخجیر حق است He is mortal, but his arrow is God's arrow; His quarry is, in truth, God's quarry.