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دفتر پنجم - بخش ۱۰۳ - مثل آوردن اشتر در بیان آنک در مخبر دولتی فر و اثر آن چون نبینی جای متهم داشتن باشد کی او مقلدست در آن / Book Five - Section 103 - Adducing the Parable of the Camel in Explanation That When You Do Not See the Glory and Effect of Fortune in a Informant, There Is Ground to Suspect That He is a Blind Imitator in Respect of It

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

آن یکی پرسید اشتر را که هیاز کجا می آیی ای اقبال پی
One asked a camel, 'Hey,
From where do you come, O you of auspicious steps?'
گفت از حمام گرم کوی توگفت خود پیداست در زانوی تو
He said, 'From the hot bath of your neighborhood.'
He replied, 'It is indeed manifest on your knees!'
مار موسی دید فرعون عنودمهلتی می خواست نرمی می نمود
The obstinate Pharaoh saw the staff-snake of Moses;
He begged for time and showed gentleness.
زیرکان گفتند بایستی که اینتندتر گشتی چو هست او رب دین
The clever ones said, 'This Pharaoh ought to have been
More fierce and angry, if indeed he is the lord of religion.'
معجزه گر اژدها گر مار بدنخوت و خشم خدایی اش چه شد
Whether the miracle was a dragon or a snake,
What became of his divine pride and anger?
رب اعلی گر ویست اندر جلوسبهر یک کرمی چیست این چاپلوس
If he is the supreme Lord on his throne,
What is this flattery for a mere worm?
نفس تو تا مست نقلست و نبیددانک روحت خوشه غیبی ندید
As long as your carnal self is intoxicated by sweetmeats and wine,
Know that your spirit has not seen the heavenly cluster of grapes.
که علاماتست زان دیدار نورالتجافی منک عن دار الغرور
For the signs of seeing that Light
Is your turning away from the house of delusion.
مرغ چون بر آب شوری می تندآب شیرین را ندیدست او مدد
When a bird flutters over salty water,
It has never seen the bounty of sweet water.
بلک تقلیدست آن ایمان اوروی ایمان را ندیده جان او
Rather, his faith is mere imitation;
His soul has never seen the face of true Faith.
پس خطر باشد مقلد را عظیماز ره و ره زن ز شیطان رجیم
Therefore, the blind imitator is in great danger
From the path and the highwayman, from the accursed Satan.
چون ببیند نور حق آمن شودز اضطرابات شک او ساکن شود
Once he beholds the Light of Truth, he becomes secure;
And from the agitations of doubt, he becomes still.
تا کف دریا نیاید سوی خاککه اصل او آمد بود در اصطکاک
Until the foam of the sea comes towards the shore,
Which was its origin, it remains in friction.
خاکی است آن کف غریبست اندر آبدر غریبی چاره نبود ز اضطراب
That foam is of the earth and is a stranger in the water;
In a state of exile, there is no escape from agitation.
چونک چشمش باز شد و آن نقش خوانددیو را بر وی دگر دستی نماند
When his eye is opened and he reads that writing,
The devil has no longer any power over him.
گرچه با روباه خر اسرار گفتسرسری گفت و مقلدوار گفت
Although the donkey spoke of mysteries to the fox,
He spoke superficially and like a blind imitator.
آب را بستود و او تایق نبودرخ درید و جامه او عاشق نبود
He praised the water, but he did not thirst for it;
He tore his cheek and garment, but he was not a lover.
از منافق عذر رد آمد نه خوبزانک در لب بود آن نه در قلوب
The hypocrite's excuse was rejected and was not pleasing,
Because it was on his lips, not in his heart.
بوی سیبش هست جزو سیب نیستبو درو جز از پی آسیب نیست
He has the smell of the apple, but he is not a part of the apple;
The scent is in him only for the sake of harm.
حمله زن در میان کارزارنشکند صف بلک گردد کار زار
A woman's charge in the midst of battle
Does not break the rank, but makes the business miserable.
گرچه می بینی چو شیر اندر صفشتیغ بگرفته همی لرزد کفش
Though you see her like a lion in her rank,
While holding the sword, her palm is trembling.
وای آنک عقل او ماده بودنفس زشتش نر و آماده بود
Woe to him whose intellect is feminine,
And his ugly carnal self is masculine and ready.
لاجرم مغلوب باشد عقل اوجز سوی خسران نباشد نقل او
Inevitably, his intellect will be vanquished,
And his journeying will be only towards loss.
ای خنک آن کس که عقلش نر بودنفس زشتش ماده و مضطر بود
O happy is he whose intellect is masculine,
And his ugly carnal self is feminine and helpless.
عقل جزوی اش نر و غالب بودنفس انثی را خرد سالب بود
His particular intellect is masculine and dominant;
His wisdom robs the feminine carnal self of its power.
حمله ماده به صورت هم جریستآفت او هم چو آن خر از خریست
The attack of the female seems brave in appearance,
But its ruin, like that of the donkey, is due to donkeyishness.
وصف حیوانی بود بر زن فزونزانک سوی رنگ و بو دارد رکون
The animal attribute is more abundant in women,
Because they are inclined towards color and scent.
رنگ و بوی سبزه زار آن خر شنیدجمله حجتها ز طبع او رمید
That donkey heard the color and scent of the green meadow,
And all arguments fled from his nature.
تشنه محتاج مطر شد وابر نهنفس را جوع البقر بد صبر نه
The thirsty one needed rain, but there was no cloud;
The carnal self had an insatiable hunger and no patience.
اسپر آهن بود صبر ای پدرحق نبشته بر سپر جاء الظفر
Patience is an iron shield, O father;
God has written on the shield: 'Victory has come.'
صد دلیل آرد مقلد در بیاناز قیاسی گوید آن را نه از عیان
The blind imitator adduces a hundred proofs in explanation,
But he speaks from analogy, not from direct vision.
مشک آلودست الا مشک نیستبوی مشکستش ولی جز پشک نیست
He is smeared with musk, but he is not musk;
He has the smell of musk, but he is nothing but dung.
تا که پشکی مشک گردد ای مریدسالها باید در آن روضه چرید
For a piece of dung to become musk, O disciple,
It must graze for years in that garden.
که نباید خورد و جو هم چون خرانآهوانه در ختن چر ارغوان
It must not eat straw and barley like donkeys,
But graze deer-like on the purple blossoms in Khotan.
جز قرنفل یا سمن یا گل مچررو به صحرای ختن با آن نفر
Graze on nothing but carnation, jasmine, or rose;
Go to the desert of Khotan with that group.
معده را خو کن بدان ریحان و گلتا بیابی حکمت و قوت رسل
Accustom your stomach to that sweet basil and rose,
So that you may find the wisdom and power of the prophets.
خوی معده زین که و جو باز کنخوردن ریحان و گل آغاز کن
Wean the stomach from this straw and barley;
Begin to eat sweet basil and rose.
معده تن سوی کهدان می کشدمعده دل سوی ریحان می کشد
The stomach of the body drags towards the straw-barn;
The stomach of the heart drags towards the sweet basil.
هر که کاه و جو خورد قربان شودهر که نور حق خورد قرآن شود
Whoever eats straw and barley becomes a sacrificial animal;
Whoever eats the Light of God becomes the Quran.
نیم تو مشکست و نیمی پشک هینهین میفزا پشک افزا مشک چین
Half of you is musk and half of you is dung, beware!
Beware, do not increase the dung; increase the musk, gather it!
آن مقلد صد دلیل و صد بیاندر زبان آرد ندارد هیچ جان
That blind imitator brings a hundred proofs and a hundred explanations
To his tongue, but his words have no soul.
چونک گوینده ندارد جان و فرگفت او را کی بود برگ و ثمر
Since the speaker has no soul and glory,
How should his speech have leaves and fruit?
می کند گستاخ مردم را به راهاو بجان لرزان ترست از برگ کاه
He makes people bold on the path,
But in his own soul he is more trembling than a blade of straw.
پس حدیثش گرچه بس با فر بوددر حدیثش لرزه هم مضمر بود
Therefore, although his discourse may be full of glory,
Trembling is also concealed within his discourse.

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