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TRANSLATIONS OF FOUR TEXTS OF AN EARLY POEM OF BAHĀ'-ALLĀH رَشْح عَمَاء THE RASHḤ-I `AMĀ' ("THE SPRINKLING OF THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING").
BEING REVISED AND CORRECTED 2006-7
TRANSLATION OF THE RASHḤ-I `AMĀ' رَشْح عَمَا OF BAHĀ-ALLĀH. [1] Text translated, Mā'idih-yi āsmanī 4:184-6 (19 verses) Reproduced with revisions from Bahā'ī Studies Bulletin 3:2 (Sept.1984) (rev.2003-4). هو الله He is God [1] رشح عما از جذبه ما ميريزد سّر وفا از نغمه ما ميريزد On account of our rapture the sprinkling of the Cloud of Unknowing rains down;The Mystery of fidelity pours forth from Our melody.[2] از باد صبا مشك خطا گشته پديداين نفحه خوش از جعده ما ميريزد The musk of Cathay hath appeared from the zephyr; this Sweet-Scented Breeze wafts down from Our Ringlet. [3] شمس طراز از طلعت حق كرده طلوع سّر حقيقت بين كز وجهه ما ميريزد The ornamented Sun hath arisen from the Countenance of the True One; See thou that the Mystery of Reality rains down from Our Face! [4] بحر صفا از موج لقا كرده خروش اين طرفه عطا از جذبه ها ميريزد Out of a Wave of the Ocean of the Meeting with God the Sea of purity has cried out;On account of Our rapture this Precious favour pours forth.[ 5]بهجت مل از نظره گل شد ظاهراين رمز مليح از رنّه را ميريزد At the sight of the Rose was the delight of the wine apparent;This sweet Cipher rains down through the ringing sound of [the letter] "R" ( ر = rā').[ 6]نقره ناقوری جذبه لاهوتیاين هردو بيك نفحه از جوّ سما ميريزد The Stunning Trump! The Celestial Rapture! In the firmament of Heaven they twain rain down as a single Blast [Breath].[ 7]دور انا هو از چهره ما كرده بروز
كور هوهو از نفحه ما ميريزد On account of Our Visage the dispensation of "I am He" hath commenced;The cycle of "He is He" reverberates from Our Trumpet-Blast .[8] كوثر حق از كاسه دل گشته ه وين ساغر شهد از لعل بها ميريزد From the goblet of the Heart the Kawthar (Fount) of Reality has appeared. Out of the vermilion lips of Bahā' this Cup of honey pours forth. [9] يوم خدا از جلوه رب شد ظاهر اين لغز حديث از غنه طا ميريزد The "Day of God has been fully realized on account of the effulgence of the Lord Through the warbling of [the letter ط ( "Ṭ") this New Beauty pours forth.
[10] طفح بهائی بين رشح عمائی بين كين جمله زيك نغمه از لحن خدا ميريزد Observe the Glorious Overflowing! Behold the beclouded Sprinkling !Through the Melody of God all this pours forth as a single Song. [11] ماهی سرمد بين طلع منزه بين صدر ممرّد بين كز عرش علا ميريزد Observe the eternal Moon! Behold the pristine ascendant Sun! See thou that the pure Breast sprinkles forth from the elevated Throne[1 2]نخله طوبی بين رنّه ورقا بين غنّه ابهی بين كز لمع صفا ميريزد Observe the Blessed Palm-Tree! Behold the cooing of the Dove! See thou that the All-Glorious lament rains down from the brilliancy of Purity [1 3]آهنگ عراقی بين دفّ حجازی بين كف الهی بين كز جذبه لا ميريزد Observe the Iraqi harmony! Behold the Hijazi tambourine!
Envisage that the rapture of "No"
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طلعت
لاهوتی
بين
حوری
هاهوتی
بين
جلوه
ناسوتی
بين
كز
سّر
عما
ميريزد Observe the deified Countenance! Behold the God-like Maiden! See thou that the terrestrial Effulgence rains down from the mysterious depth of the Cloud of Unknowing! [15] وجهه باقی بين چهره ساقی بين رق زجاجی بين كز كوبهء ما ميريزد Observe the All-Enduring Face! Behold the Visage of the Cupbearer! See thou that the Sparkling draught pours down from Our Goblet! [16] آتش موسی بين بيضه بيضا بين سينه سينا بين كز كفّ سنا ميريزد Observe the Fire of Moses! Behold the Snow-White Brightness! See thou that the Sinaitic bosom rains down through the radiant Palm! [17] ناله مستان بين حالت بستان بين هستان بين كز صحن لقا ميريزد Observe the state of the Intoxicated! Behold the verdure of Orchard See thou that the rapture of existent being is diffused from the court of the Meeting with God! [18] غنچه هائی بين طرزه بائی بين رنّه فائی بين كز كلك بها ميريزدObserve the [letter] "H"-like (  )
rosebud!
Behold the [letter] "B"-like (
 ) ringlet!
See thou that the timbre of the Flute reverberates through the hollow-reed of Bahā ! [19] طفّ ظهوراست اين رشح طهوراست اين غنّ طيوراست اين كز عين فنا ميريزد This is the overflowing theophany! This is the sprinkling of manifestation! Such is the warbling of the heavenly birds which sing nigh the wellspring of mystical death
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