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4782-4806

  • He came to himself (recovered) from the intoxication caused by the wine (of egoism); (but) in consequence of that sin his head became the abode of crop-sickness.
  • با خود آمد او ز مستی عقار  ** زان گنه گشته سرش خانه‌ی خمار 

  • He had eaten the wheat (the forbidden fruit), his celestial robe had been stripped off him, and Paradise had become for him a desert and sandy plain.
  • خورده گندم حله زو بیرون شده  ** خلد بر وی بادیه و هامون شده 

  • He perceived that that (intoxicating) draught had made him ill and that the poison of those egoistic pretensions had done its work.
  • دید کان شربت ورا بیمار کرد  ** زهر آن ما و منیها کار کرد 

  • His soul that was (formerly) like a peacock in the (eternal) garden of delight (now) became like an owl in the wilderness of unreality. 4785
  • جان چون طاوس در گل‌زار ناز  ** هم‌چو چغدی شد به ویرانه‌ی مجاز 

  • Like Adam, he was left far away from Paradise, driving an ox on the earth for the purpose of sowing.
  • هم‌چو آدم دور ماند او از بهشت  ** در زمین می‌راند گاوی بهر کشت 

  • He was shedding tears and crying, “O Hindú mighty (in craft), thou hast made the lion a captive of the cow's tail.
  • اشک می‌راند او کای هندوی زاو  ** شیر را کردی اسیر دم گاو 

  • O wicked fleshly soul with thy chill breath, thou hast acted disloyally to the King who answers every call for help.
  • کردی ای نفس بد بارد نفس  ** بی‌حفاظی با شه فریادرس 

  • In thy greed for a grain of wheat thou hast chosen (to enter) the trap, and every grain of its wheat has become a scorpion to (sting) thee.
  • دام بگزیدی ز حرص گندمی  ** بر تو شد هر گندم او کزدمی 

  • The vain fancy of egoism came into thy head: (now) behold a shackle weighing fifty mann on thy foot!” 4790
  • در سرت آمد هوای ما و من  ** قید بین بر پای خود پنجاه من 

  • In this fashion was he mourning for his soul, saying, “Why did I become the antagonist of my sovereign?”
  • نوحه می‌کرد این نمط بر جان خویش  ** که چرا گشتم ضد سلطان خویش 

  • (Then) he came to himself and asked pardon of God, and with his repentance he combined something else.
  • آمد او با خویش و استغفار کرد  ** با انابت چیز دیگر یار کرد 

  • The pain that arises from dread of losing one's faith—take pity (on him who is thus afflicted), for that is the irremediable pain.
  • درد کان از وحشت ایمان بود  ** رحم کن کان درد بی‌درمان بود 

  • May no human being have a perfect (new and spotless) raiment! As soon as he is delivered from enduring (poverty) he at once seeks the seat of honour.
  • مر بشر را خود مبا جامه‌ی درست  ** چون رهید از صبر در حین صدر جست 

  • May no human being possess a fist and nails! (for) then he never thinks of devotion and righteousness. 4795
  • مر بشر را پنجه و ناخن مباد  ** که نه دین اندیشد آنگه نه سداد 

  • ’Tis best for a man to be killed (mortified) in tribulation: the carnal soul is an ingrate and one that has gone astray.
  • آدمی اندر بلا کشته بهست  ** نفس کافر نعمتست و گمرهست 

  • How God addressed Azrael, saying, “Of all these creatures whose souls thou hast seized, whom didst thou pity most?” and the answer given by Azrael to the Lord.
  • خطاب حق تعالی به عزرائیل علیه‌السلام کی ترا رحم بر کی بیشتر آمد ازین خلایق کی جانشان قبض کردی و جواب دادن عزرائیل حضرت را 

  • God was saying to Azrael, “O marshal, whom of all the miserable ones didst thou pity (most)?”
  • حق به عزرائیل می‌گفت ای نقیب  ** بر کی رحم آمد ترا از هر کیب 

  • He replied, “My heart burns with grief for them all, but I am afraid to neglect the (Divine) command,
  • گفت بر جمله دلم سوزد به درد  ** لیک ترسم امر را اهمال کرد 

  • So that I should say, ‘Would that God might sacrifice me in exchange for the (generous) youth!’”
  • تا بگویم کاشکی یزدان مرا  ** در عوض قربان کند بهر فتی 

  • God asked, “For whom didst thou feel the greatest pity? On account of whom was thy heart most filled with flame and grilled?” 4800
  • گفت بر کی بیشتر رحم آمدت  ** از کی دل پر سوز و بریان‌تر شدت 

  • “One day,” said he, “by (Thy) command I wrecked a ship on the fierce waves, so that it went to pieces.
  • گفت روزی کشتیی بر موج تیز  ** من شکستم ز امر تا شد ریز ریز 

  • Then Thou bad’st me take the souls of them all, except one woman and one child belonging to that company.
  • پس بگفتی قبض کن جان همه  ** جز زنی و غیر طفلی زان رمه 

  • The twain were left on a plank, and the plank was being driven on by the waves.
  • هر دو بر یک تخته‌ای در ماندند  ** تخته را آن موج‌ها می‌راندند 

  • Then Thou saidst, ‘Take the mother's soul and leave the child alone in obedience to the command Be!’
  • باز گفتی جان مادر قبض کن  ** طفل را بگذار تنها ز امر کن 

  • When I parted the child from its mother, Thou thyself knowest how bitter ’twas to me. 4805
  • چون ز مادر بسکلیدم طفل را  ** خود تو می‌دانی چه تلخ آمد مرا 

  • Often have I seen sighs (heaved) in great mournings, (but) the bitter grief of that child has never gone from my recollection.”
  • بس بدیدم دود ماتم‌های زفت  ** تلخی آن طفل از فکرم نرفت