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1485-1509

  • The Súfí observed that his adversary was exceedingly frail: he said (to himself), “If I give him a hostile blow with my fist, 1485
  • دید صوفی خصم خود را سخت زار  ** گفت اگر مشتش زنم من خصم‌وار 

  • At my first blow he will crumble like dead, and then the king will punish me and exact retaliation.
  • او به یک مشتم بریزد چون رصاص  ** شاه فرماید مرا زجر و قصاص 

  • The tent is ruined and the tent-pin broken: it (the tent) is seeking (the least) excuse to fall in.
  • خیمه ویرانست و بشکسته وتد  ** او بهانه می‌جود تا در فتد 

  • It would be a pity, a (great) pity, that on account of this (virtually) dead man retaliation should fall upon me under the sword.”
  • بهر این مرده دریغ آید دریغ  ** که قصاصم افتد اندر زیر تیغ 

  • Since he durst not give his adversary a fisticuff, he resolved to take him to the Cadi.
  • چون نمی‌توانست کف بر خصم زد  ** عزمش آن شد کش سوی قاضی برد 

  • Saying (to himself), “He (the cadi) is God’s scales and measure, he is the means of deliverance from the deceit and cunning of the Devil. 1490
  • که ترازوی حق است و کیله‌اش  ** مخلص است از مکر دیو و حیله‌اش 

  • He is the scissors for (cutting off) enmities and wranglings, he is the decider of the quarrels and disputes of the two litigants.
  • هست او مقراض احقاد و جدال  ** قاطع جن دو خصم و قیل و قال 

  • His spells put the Devil in the bottle, his legal ruling makes dissensions cease.
  • دیو در شیشه کند افسون او  ** فتنه‌ها ساکن کند قانون او 

  • When the covetous adversary sees the scales (of justice), he abandons rebelliousness and becomes submissive;
  • چون ترازو دید خصم پر طمع  ** سرکشی بگذارد و گردد تبع 

  • But if there are no scales, (even) though you give him more (than his fair share) his shrewdness will never be satisfied with the portion (allotted to him).”
  • ور ترازو نیست گر افزون دهیش  ** از قسم راضی نگردد آگهیش 

  • The cadi is a mercy (bestowed by God) and the means of removing strife: he is a drop from the ocean of the justice of  the Resurrection. 1495
  • هست قاضی رحمت و دفع ستیز  ** قطره‌ای از بحر عدل رستخیز 

  • Though the drop be small and short of foot, (yet) by it the purity of the ocean’s water is made manifest.
  • قطره گرچه خرد و کوته‌پا بود  ** لطف آب بحر ازو پیدا بود 

  • If you keep the (outer) veil (coat of the inward eye) free from dust, you will see the Tigris in a single drop (of water).
  • از غبار ار پاک داری کله را  ** تو ز یک قطره ببینی دجله را 

  • The parts bear witness to the state of (their) wholes, so that the afterglow of sunset has become an informer concerning the sun.
  • جزوها بر حال کلها شاهدست  ** تا شفق غماز خورشید آمدست 

  • God applied that oath, (namely), His Words Verily (I swear) by the afterglow of sunset, to the body of Ahmad (Mohammad).
  • آن قسم بر جسم احمد راند حق  ** آنچ فرمودست کلا والشفق 

  • Wherefore should the ant have been trembling (in desire) for the grain (of corn), if from that single grain it had known (inferred) the (existence of) the stack? 1500
  • مور بر دانه چرا لرزان بدی  ** گر از آن یک دانه خرمن‌دان بدی 

  • Come (now) to the topic (in hand), for the Súfi is distraught (has lost control of his reason) and is making haste to exact redress for the injury (inflicted on him).
  • بر سر حرف آ که صوفی بی‌دلست  ** در مکافات جفا مستعجلست 

  • O thou that has committed deeds of injustice, ho art thou (so) glad at heart? Art thou unaware of the demand (that will be made upon thee) by him who exacts the penalty?
  • ای تو کرده ظلمها چون خوش‌دلی  ** از تقاضای مکافی غافلی 

  • Or hast thou forgotten those deeds of thine, since heedlessness has let down curtains (of oblivion) over thee?
  • یا فراموشت شدست از کرده‌هات  ** که فرو آویخت غفلت پرده‌هات 

  • If there were no litigations pursuing thee the celestial orb would envy thy happiness,
  • گر نه خصمیهاستی اندر قفات  ** جرم گردون رشک بردی بر صفات 

  • But on account of those just claims (against thee) thou art embarrassed. Little by little, (therefore), beg to be excused for thy unrighteousness. 1505
  • لیک محبوسی برای آن حقوق  ** اندک اندک عذر می‌خواه از عقوق 

  • Lest the Inspector suddenly arrest thee, now (at once) make thy (turbid) water clear (make full amends and wipe out thy injustice) towards the lover (of God).
  • تا به یکبارت نگیرد محتسب  ** آب خود روشن کن اکنون با محب 

  • The Súfi went to the man who had slapped him, and laid hold of his skirt like a plaintiff.
  • رفت صوفی سوی آن سیلی‌زنش  ** دست زد چون مدعی در دامنش 

  • Haling him along, he brought him to the Cadi, saying, “Mount this asinine miscreant on an ass (and parade him through the streets),
  • اندر آوردش بر قاضی کشان  ** کین خر ادبار را بر خر نشان 

  • Or punish him with blows of the whip, according as thy judgement may deem fitting;
  • یا به زخم دره او را ده جزا  ** آنچنان که رای تو بیند سزا