Quatrain 8

 

این بحر وجود آمده بیرون ز نهفت 

کس نیست که این  گوهر تحقیق بسفت

 

هر کس سخنی از سر سودا گفتند

 

زان  روی که هست کس نمی داند گفت

source, Dashti 2, p. 244 

 

in bahr-e vojud aamade birun ze nehoft

kas nist ke in gawhar-e tahqiq besoft 

har kas sokhani az sar-e sawdaa goftand

zaan ru-ye ke hast kas nemi daanad goft

 

The Sea of Life from secret well has sprung,
 This pearl of inquiry no one has strung;
 And fancies are the thoughts learn'd men expound--  
 Unheard is yet the truth from any tongue.

 Saidi, quatrain 74

 

Existence comes from who knows where --
a gem of a puzzle no one has cracked.
Emotions run wild in a sea of opinions
since no one can say it is 'this' and that's that.

 

 Translation & Discussion of the quatrain:

 1. This sea of existence came out of a hidden place/out of concealment 2.  There is no one who has pierced this gem of certainty --  no one has pierced the pearl of  true knowledge, the core truth, on the origin of existence.    Kasra, quatrain 14 (Forughi), says:  "If this pearl could be pierced, then it could be added to the string of knowledge." 3. Every one says things based on emotion/feelings  --  the past tense is used to express a present truth, a valid conclusion (based on what comes before it in this case)  4.  Of that reason for which/why it exists no one can say -- daanestan here = 'to be able to ...'