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2068-2077

  • “As the blind man has come seeking the Truth, ‘tis not meet to wound his breast (by turning aside from him) on account of his poverty.
  • چون که اعمی طالب حق آمده ست ** بهر فقر او را نشاید سینه خست‏
  • Thou (Mohammed) art eager for the great ones to take the right way, in order that the common folk may learn from the rulers.
  • تو حریصی بر رشاد مهتران ** تا بیاموزند عام از سروران‏
  • O Ahmad (Mohammed), thou hast seen that a company of princes have become ready to listen (to thee), and thou art pleased (with the hope) that, maybe, 2070
  • احمدا دیدی که قومی از ملوک ** مستمع گشتند گشتی خوش که بوک‏
  • These chieftains will become good friends of the Religion (Islam), (for) they are lords over the Arabs and the Abyssinians,
  • این رئیسان یار دین گردند خوش ** بر عرب اینها سرند و بر حبش‏
  • (And that) the fame of this will pass beyond Basra and Tabúk, since ‘people follow the religion of their kings.’
  • بگذرد این صیت از بصره و تبوک ** ز انکه الناس علی دین الملوک‏
  • For this cause thou hast averted thy face from the blind man that was led into the right way, and hast become vexed,
  • زین سبب تو از ضریر مهتدی ** رو بگردانیدی و تنگ آمدی‏
  • Saying (to him), ‘This gathering (of strangers) seldom falls out so opportunely, (whereas) you are one of my friends, and your time is ample.
  • که در این فرصت کم افتد این مناخ ** تو ز یارانی و وقت تو فراخ‏
  • You are urgent with me at an inconvenient time. I give you this admonition, (but) not in anger and strife.’ 2075
  • مزدحم می‏گردیم در وقت تنگ ** این نصیحت می‏کنم نه از خشم و جنگ‏
  • O Ahmad, in the sight of God this one blind man is better than a hundred emperors and a hundred viziers.
  • احمدا نزد خدا این یک ضریر ** بهتر از صد قیصر است و صد وزیر
  • Take heed., remember (the adage), ‘Men are mines’: one mine may be more than a hundred thousand.
  • یاد الناس معادن هین بیار ** معدنی باشد فزون از صد هزار