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3475-3499

  • He (Táj) was very short, while Ziyá was tall beyond measure: the Shaykh of Islam had a hundred arrogances and haughty airs. 3475
  • او بسی کوته ضیا بی‌حد دراز  ** بود شیخ اسلام را صد کبر و ناز 

  • He felt ashamed of this brother and disgraced (by him); yet Ziyá was a preacher in the way of salvation.
  • زین برادر عار و ننگش آمدی  ** آن ضیا هم واعظی بد با هدی 

  • On the day of congregation Ziyá came in: the hall was filled with cadis and men distinguished (for piety).
  • روز محفل اندر آمد آن ضیا  ** بارگه پر قاضیان و اصفیا 

  • In his complete arrogance the Shaykh of Islam (only) half rose (from his seat), in such a (careless) fashion, to (salute) his brother.
  • کرد شیخ اسلام از کبر تمام  ** این برادر را چنین نصف القیام 

  • He (Ziyá) said to him, “Thou art very tall: take a little off thy cypress-like stature in order to gain the (Divine) reward.”
  • گفت او را بس درازی بهر مزد  ** اندکی زان قد سروت هم بدزد 

  • (The ascetic said), “How, then, have you the intelligence, how have you the (necessary) understanding to drink wine, O enemy of knowledge? 3480
  • پس ترا خود هوش کو یا عقل کو  ** تا خوری می ای تو دانش را عدو 

  • (If) your face is very beautiful, put some indigo on it (as an ornament); (but) indigo on the face of an Abyssinian (negro) would be a laughing-stock.
  • روت بس زیباست نیلی هم بکش  ** ضحکه باشد نیل بر روی حبش 

  • When did any (spiritual) light enter into you, O misguided man, that you should become a seeker of unconsciousness and darkness?
  • در تو نوری کی درآمد ای غوی  ** تا تو بیهوشی و ظلمت‌جو شوی 

  • ’Tis the (approved) rule to seek the shadow during the day; (but) you seek the shadow on a cloudy night.
  • سایه در روزست جستن قاعده  ** در شب ابری تو سایه‌جو شده 

  • If it (wine) is lawful as sustenance for the common folk, (yet) it is unlawful to those who seek the Beloved.
  • گر حلال آمد پی قوت عوام  ** طالبان دوست را آمد حرام 

  • The wine for the lovers (of God) is their heart's blood: their eyes are (fixed) upon the Way and upon the Destination. 3485
  • عاشقان را باده خون دل بود  ** چشمشان بر راه و بر منزل بود 

  • In this Way across the terrible wilderness the guide, Reason, suffers a hundred eclipses.
  • در چنین راه بیابان مخوف  ** این قلاوز خرد با صد کسوف 

  • (If) you throw dust in the eyes of the guides, you will cause the caravan to perish and lose the way.
  • خاک در چشم قلاوزان زنی  ** کاروان را هالک و گمره کنی 

  • In sooth, barley bread is unlawful and injurious to the carnal soul: set (only) bread made of bran before it.
  • نان جو حقا حرامست و فسوس  ** نفس را در پیش نه نان سبوس 

  • Keep in abject submission the enemy on the Way to God: do not place a pulpit for the robber, (but) keep him on the gibbet.
  • دشمن راه خدا را خوار دار  ** دزد را منبر منه بر دار دار 

  • Deem the amputation of the robber's hand desirable: if you are unable to cut his hand off, bind it. 3490
  • دزد را تو دست ببریدن پسند  ** از بریدن عاجزی دستش ببند 

  • Unless you bind his hand, he will bind yours; unless you break his leg, he will break yours.
  • گر نبندی دست او دست تو بست  ** گر تو پایش نشکنی پایت شکست 

  • You give the enemy wine and sugar-cane—for what reason? Bid him laugh venomously and eat earth.”
  • تو عدو را می دهی و نی‌شکر  ** بهر چه گو زهر خند و خاک خور 

  • In his indignation he (the ascetic) hurled a stone at the jug and broke it: he (the slave) let the jug fall and sprang away from the ascetic.
  • زد ز غیرت بر سبو سنگ و شکست  ** او سبو انداخت و از زاهد بجست 

  • He went to the Amír, who said to him, “Where is the wine?” He (the slave) related in his presence all that had happened, point by point.
  • رفت پیش میر و گفتش باده کو  ** ماجرا را گفت یک یک پیش او 

  • How the enraged Amír set out to punish the ascetic.
  • رفتن امیر خشم‌آلود برای گوشمال زاهد 

  • The Amír became like fire and jumped straight up. “Show me,” he cried, “where the ascetic's house is, 3495
  • میر چون آتش شد و برجست راست  ** گفت بنما خانه‌ی زاهد کجاست 

  • That I may pound his head with this heavy club—his ignorant whoreson head.
  • تا بدین گرز گران کوبم سرش  ** آن سر بی‌دانش مادرغرش 

  • What should he know about enjoining (others) to do right? He is currishly seeking notoriety and fame,
  • او چه داند امر معروف از سگی  ** طالب معروفی است و شهرگی 

  • In order that by means of this hypocrisy he may make a position for himself and somehow make himself conspicuous;
  • تا بدین سالوس خود را جا کند  ** تا به چیزی خویشتن پیدا کند 

  • For in truth he has no talent save this alone, that he plays the hypocrite to all and sundry.
  • کو ندارد خود هنر الا همان  ** که تسلس می‌کند با این و آن