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1518-1527

  • He (Luqmán) eats it with such pleasure that from his delight (all) natures have become eager and craving the morsel.”
  • او چنین خوش می‏خورد کز ذوق او ** طبعها شد مشتهی و لقمه جو
  • As soon as he (the master) ate it, by its sourness there was kindled fire (which) blistered his tongue and burnt his throat.
  • چون بخورد از تلخیش آتش فروخت ** هم زبان کرد آبله هم حلق سوخت‏
  • He became beside himself for a while on account of its sourness; after that, he said to him, “O (you who are) soul and world, 1520
  • ساعتی بی‏خود شد از تلخی آن ** بعد از آن گفتش که ای جان و جهان‏
  • How did you make all this poison an antidote? How did you deem this cruelty to be kindness?
  • نوش چون کردی تو چندین زهر را ** لطف چون انگاشتی این قهر را
  • What patience is this? For what reason is this great fortitude? Or, perchance, in your opinion this life of yours is an enemy (which you would fain destroy).
  • این چه صبر است این صبوری از چه روست ** یا مگر پیش تو این جانت عدوست‏
  • Why did not you cunningly bring (forward) a plea, saying, ‘I have an excuse (for declining to eat): desist for a while’.”
  • چون نیاوردی به حیلت حجتی ** که مرا عذری است بس کن ساعتی‏
  • Luqmán said, “From thy munificent hand I have eaten so much that I am (bent) double with shame.
  • گفت من از دست نعمت بخش تو ** خورده‏ام چندان که از شرمم دو تو
  • I was ashamed not to eat one bitter thing from thy hand, O thou who art possessed of knowledge. 1525
  • شرمم آمد که یکی تلخ از کفت ** من ننوشم ای تو صاحب معرفت‏
  • Since all parts of me have grown from thy bounty and are plunged in thy bait and snare—
  • چون همه اجزام از انعام تو ** رسته‏اند و غرق دانه و دام تو
  • If I make outcry and complaint because of one bitter thing, may the dust of a hundred roads be on (all) parts of me!
  • گر ز یک تلخی کنم فریاد و داد ** خاک صد ره بر سر اجزام باد