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891-915

  • کمترین عیبش جوانمردی و داد ** آن جوانمردی که جان را هم بداد
  • His least fault is generosity and bounty—the generosity that even gives up life.”

  • صد هزاران جان خدا کرده پدید ** چه جوانمردی بود کان را ندید
  • God has brought to view myriads of lives (in return for the life given up): what generosity would there be (in him) that saw not those?

  • ور بدیدی کی به جان بخلش بدی ** بهر یک جان کی چنین غمگین شدی‏
  • And if he saw them, how should he grudge his life? How should he become so grieved for the sake of one life?

  • بر لب جو بخل آب آن را بود ** کاو ز جوی آب نابینا بود
  • On the river-bank, water is grudged by him (alone) that is blind to the stream of water.

  • گفت پیغمبر که هر که از یقین ** داند او پاداش خود در یوم دین‏ 895
  • The Prophet said, “Whosoever knows for sure his recompense on the day of Resurrection—

  • که یکی را ده عوض می‏آیدش ** هر زمان جودی دگرگون زایدش‏
  • That his compensation will be ten for one—at every moment a different (act of) munificence will issue from him.”

  • جود جمله از عوضها دیدن است ** پس عوض دیدن ضد ترسیدن است‏
  • All munificence is from seeing compensations; therefore seeing the compensation is opposed to fearing (and shrinking from the act of munificence).

  • بخل نادیدن بود اعواض را ** شاد دارد دید در خواض را
  • Miserliness consists in not seeing compensations: the prospect of pearls keeps the divers glad.

  • پس به عالم هیچ کس نبود بخیل ** ز انکه کس چیزی نبازد بی‏بدیل‏
  • Hence no one in the world is miserly, since no one hazards anything without (seeing) what is to be received in exchange.

  • پس سخا از چشم آمد نه ز دست ** دید دارد کار جز بینا نرست‏ 900
  • Generosity, then, comes from the eye, not from the hand: ’tis seeing that matters; none but the seer is saved.

  • عیب دیگر این که خود بین نیست او ** هست او در هستی خود عیب جو
  • “Another fault (of his is) that he is not self-conceited; he is anxious to find fault with his self-existence.

  • عیب گوی و عیب جوی خود بده ست ** با همه نیکو و با خود بد بده ست‏
  • He has (always) been one who speaks in blame of himself and seeks to blame himself; he has (always) been good (kind) to all and bad (unkind) to himself.”

  • گفت شه جلدی مکن در مدح یار ** مدح خود در ضمن مدح او میار
  • The King said, “Do not show (such) eagerness in praising your friend, do not introduce praise of yourself in the mask of (your) praise of him;

  • ز انکه من در امتحان آرم و را ** شرمساری آیدت در ما ورا
  • Because I will bring him to the test, and shame will befall you in the upshot.”

  • قسم غلام در صدق و وفای یار خود از طهارت ظن خود
  • How the slave, from the purity of his thought, swore to the truth and loyalty of his friend.

  • گفت نه و الله و بالله العظیم ** مالک الملک و به رحمان و رحیم‏ 905
  • He said, “Nay, by Allah, and by the great God, the possessor of kingdom, and by the Merciful and Compassionate One;

  • آن خدایی که فرستاد انبیا ** نه به حاجت بل به فضل و کبریا
  • By the God who sent the prophets, not in (His) need (of them), but in grace and majesty;

  • آن خداوندی که از خاک ذلیل ** آفرید او شهسواران جلیل‏
  • By the Lord who from the lowly earth created (those) glorious princely riders,

  • پاکشان کرد از مزاج خاکیان ** بگذرانید از تک افلاکیان‏
  • (And) purified them from the temperament of earthly beings, and caused them to outrun the celestials;

  • بر گرفت از نار و نور صاف ساخت ** وانگه او بر جمله‏ی انوار تاخت‏
  • (By Him) who took up from the Fire and fashioned into pure Light—and then it outstripped all (the other) lights—

  • آن سنا برقی که بر ارواح تافت ** تا که آدم معرفت ز آن نور یافت‏ 910
  • That splendour of lightning which shone over the spirits, so that Adam gained from that Light (his) knowledge (of God).

  • آن کز آدم رست و دست شیث چید ** پس خلیفه‏ش کرد آدم کان بدید
  • The hand of Seth gathered that which grew from Adam: therefore Adam, when he saw that (Light in him), made him his vicar.

  • نوح از آن گوهر که برخوردار بود ** در هوای بحر جان دربار بود
  • Since Noah had enjoyment of that Jewel, he showered pearls (of Divine wisdom) in the air of the Sea of Soul.

  • جان ابراهیم از آن انوار زفت ** بی‏حذر در شعله‏های نار رفت‏
  • From (possession of) that mighty radiance the spirit of Abraham went fearlessly into the flames of the fire.

  • چون که اسماعیل در جویش فتاد ** پیش دشنه‏ی آب دارش سر نهاد
  • When Ismá‘íl (Ishmael) fell into the stream thereof, he laid his head before his (Abraham's) flashing knife.

  • جان داود از شعاعش گرم شد ** آهن اندر دست بافش نرم شد 915
  • The soul of David was heated by its rays: iron became soft in his hand-loom.