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1474-1498

  • In the village of Zarwán, near Yemen, (he was) renowned for (his) almsgiving and good disposition.
  • در ده ضروان به نزدیک یمن  ** شهره اندر صدقه و خلق حسن 

  • His abode was the Ka‘ba of the poor: the distressed were (always) coming to him. 1475
  • کعبه‌ی درویش بودی کوی او  ** آمدندی مستمندان سوی او 

  • He would give, unostentatiously, a tithe both of the ears of corn and of the wheat when it was separated from the chaff.
  • هم ز خوشه عشر دادی بی‌ریا  ** هم ز گندم چون شدی از که جدا 

  • (If) it was made into flour, he would give a tithe of that too; if it was made into bread, he would give another tithe of the bread.
  • آرد گشتی عشر دادی هم از آن  ** نان شدی عشر دگر دادی ز نان 

  • He would never omit (to give) the tithe of any produce: he would give (the tithe) four times on that which he sowed.
  • عشر هر دخلی فرو نگذاشتی  ** چارباره دادی زانچ کاشتی 

  • That (generous) young man was continually giving many injunctions to all his sons,
  • بس وصیتها بگفتی هر زمان  ** جمع فرزندان خود را آن جوان 

  • Saying, “For God's sake, for God's sake, after I am gone, do not on account of your covetousness withhold the portion of the poor, 1480
  • الله الله قسم مسکین بعد من  ** وا مگیریدش ز حرص خویشتن 

  • So that the crops and fruit may remain (as a) permanent (blessing bestowed) on you under the safeguard of your obedience to God.”
  • تا بماند بر شما کشت و ثمار  ** در پناه طاعت حق پایدار 

  • Without surmise or doubt, (it is) God (who) hath sent all produce and fruits from the Unseen.
  • دخلها و میوه‌ها جمله ز غیب  ** حق فرستادست بی‌تخمین و ریب 

  • If you expend something in the place where the produce comes, ’tis the gateway to profit: you will obtain a (great) profit (thereby).
  • در محل دخل اگر خرجی کنی  ** درگه سودست سودی بر زنی 

  • The Turk sows the major part of the produce again in the field, because it (the sown field) is the source of the fruits (crops).
  • ترک اغلب دخل را در کشت‌زار  ** باز کارد که ویست اصل ثمار 

  • He sows most of it and consumes (only) a little, for he has no doubt of its growing. 1485
  • بیشتر کارد خورد زان اندکی  ** که ندارد در بروییدن شکی 

  • The Turk shakes (moves to and fro) his hand in sowing, because that (former) crop of his has been produced from the same soil.
  • زان بیفشاند به کشتن ترک دست  ** که آن غله‌ش هم زان زمین حاصل شدست 

  • Likewise the shoemaker buys hide and leather and morocco (with) the surplus left over from (what he spends on) bread,
  • کفشگر هم آنچ افزاید ز نان  ** می‌خرد چرم و ادیم و سختیان 

  • Saying, “These have (always) been the sources of my income: from these, accordingly, my means of livelihood are flowing.”
  • که اصول دخلم اینها بوده‌اند  ** هم ازینها می‌گشاید رزق بند 

  • His income has come from that place: consequently he bestows (it) in the same place with liberality and generosity.
  • دخل از آنجا آمدستش لاجرم  ** هم در آنجا می‌کند داد و کرم 

  • This soil (that produces crops) and (this) morocco are only a veil (secondary cause): know that at every moment the (real) source of livelihood is in God. 1490
  • این زمین و سختیان پرده‌ست و بس  ** اصل روزی از خدا دان هر نفس 

  • When you sow, sow in the soil of the Origin, that for every single (seed) a hundred thousand (blessings) may grow.
  • چون بکاری در زمین اصل کار  ** تا بروید هر یکی را صد هزار 

  • If just now (recently) you have sown seed, (as) I will suppose, in a soil which you thought (would be) a means (of producing crops)—
  • گیرم اکنون تخم را گر کاشتی  ** در زمینی که سبب پنداشتی 

  • When it (the seed) does not grow during two or three years, how can you do aught but put your hand (to your head) in supplication and prayer?
  • چون دو سه سال آن نروید چون کنی  ** جز که در لابه و دعا کف در زنی 

  • You will beat your hand on your head in the presence of God: (your) hand and head bear witness to His giving sustenance;
  • دست بر سر می‌زنی پیش اله  ** دست و سر بر دادن رزقش گواه 

  • So that you may know that He is the Source of the source of (all) sustenance, and that the seeker of sustenance may seek only Him. 1495
  • تا بدانی اصل اصل رزق اوست  ** تا همو را جوید آنک رزق‌جوست 

  • Seek sustenance from Him, do not seek it from Zayd and ‘Amr: seek intoxication from Him, do not seek it from beng and wine.
  • رزق از وی جو مجو از زید و عمرو  ** مستی از وی جو مجو از بنگ و خمر 

  • Desire wealth from Him, not from treasure and possessions: desire aid from Him, not from paternal and maternal uncles.
  • توانگری زو خو نه از گنج و مال  ** نصرت از وی خواه نه از عم و خال 

  • At the last you will be left without (all) these things: hark, unto whom will you call then?
  • عاقبت زینها بخواهی ماندن  ** هین کرا خواهی در آن دم خواندن