And He Said

Iraqi style
English

And He Said

Mufti of the faith of kindness, you whom even the heavens long to run alongside, holding your stirrup. Every dawn in spring, the morning breeze washes the faces of the flowers with the water of your grace. I have brought a question for a ruling to your presence, for everyone seeks their answers from you. If someone asks this humble servant, this pilgrim, 'What did you gain from this journey?', what should he say?
Explanation: A mufti is a scholar who issues religious rulings (fatwas); the poet frames his own plea as a legal question. 'Da'agu' literally means one who prays for another, a modest self-reference.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۴ - وقال

مفتی دین مروت ای که فلک را آرزو آید که در رکاب تو پوید
دست صبا هر سپیده دم ببهاران چهرۀ گل را بآب لطف تو شوید
فتوی آورده ام بحضرت عالی کز تو همه کس جواب فتوی جوید
گر زدعاگو کسی بپرسد و گوید حاصل تو زین سفرچه بود چه گوید؟