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دفتر پنجم - بخش ۲ - تفسیر خذ اربعة من الطیر فصرهن الیک / Book Five - Section 2 - Commentary on 'Take four of the birds and draw them to thee'

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

تو خلیل وقتی ای خورشیدهشاین چهار اطیار ره زن را بکش
You are the Abraham of the time, O sun of intelligence!
Slay these four birds of prey (robbers of the way),
زانک هر مرغی ازینها زاغ وشهست عقل عاقلان را دیده کش
Because each of these birds, like a crow,
Plucks out the eye of the intellect of the wise.
چار وصف تن چو مرغان خلیلبسمل ایشان دهد جان را سبیل
The four qualities of the body are like Abraham's birds;
Slaying them opens the way for the soul.
ای خلیل اندر خلاص نیک و بدسر ببرشان تا رهد پاها ز سد
O Abraham, in delivering (the soul) from good and evil,
Cut off their heads so that the feet may be freed from the barrier.
کل توی و جملگان اجزای توبر گشا که هست پاشان پای تو
You are the whole, and all are your parts;
Release them, for their feet are your feet.
از تو عالم روح زاری می شودپشت صد لشکر سواری می شود
Through you, the world of spirit becomes full of supplication;
The backs of a hundred armies become ridden by you.
زانک این تن شد مقام چار خونامشان شد چار مرغ فتنه جو
Because this body became the dwelling-place of four temperaments (traits),
Their name became the four mischief-seeking birds.
خلق را گر زندگی خواهی ابدسر ببر زین چار مرغ شوم بد
If you desire eternal life for the people,
Cut off the heads of these four evil, sinister birds.
بازشان زنده کن از نوعی دگرکه نباشد بعد از آن زیشان ضرر
Then bring them to life again in another fashion,
So that thereafter no harm may come from them.
چار مرغ معنوی راه زنکرده اند اندر دل خلقان وطن
Four spiritual birds of prey (highwaymen)
Have made their home within the hearts of mankind.
چون امیر جمله دلهای سویاندرین دور ای خلیفه حق توی
Since you are the commander of all pure hearts,
In this era, you are the vicegerent of God.
سر ببر این چار مرغ زنده راسر مدی کن خلق ناپاینده را
Cut off the heads of these four living birds,
And make the transient creation eternal.
بط و طاوسست و زاغست و خروساین مثال چار خلق اندر نفوس
The duck, the peacock, the crow, and the rooster:
These are the examples of four characters within human souls.
بط حرصست و خروس آن شهوتستجاه چون طاوس و زاغ امنیتست
The duck is greed, and the rooster is lust;
Prestige is like the peacock, and the crow is false security (hope).
منیتش آن که بود اومیدسازطامع تأبید یا عمر دراز
Its desire is that which builds hope,
Greedy for eternity or a long life.
بط حرص آمد که نوکش در زمیندر تر و در خشک می جوید دفین
The duck is greed, whose beak is in the earth,
Seeking treasure in both wet and dry.
یک زمان نبود معطل آن گلونشنود از حکم جز امر کلوا
Not for a moment is that throat idle;
It hears nothing of the commandment except the command 'Eat!'
هم چو یغماجیست خانه می کندزود زود انبان خود پر می کند
Like a plunderer, it ransacks the house,
Quickly, quickly filling its bag.
اندر انبان می فشارد نیک و بددانه های در و حبات نخود
Into the bag it squeezes good and bad alike,
Grains of pearls and seeds of chickpeas.
تا مبادا یاغیی آید دگرمی فشارد در جوال او خشک و تر
Lest another rebel (rival plunderer) should arrive,
It squeezes wet and dry into its sack.
وقت تنگ و فرصت اندک او مخوفدر بغل زد هر چه زودتر بی وقوف
The time is tight, the opportunity short, and he is terrified;
He stuffs everything under his arm as fast as possible, without discernment.
لیک مؤمن ز اعتماد آن حیاتمی کند غارت به مهل و با انات
But the believer, through trust in that Life,
Plunders with leisure and patience.
آمنست از فوت و از یاغی که اومی شناسد قهر شه را بر عدو
He is secure from loss and from any rival, for he
Knows the King's dominance over the enemy.
آمنست از خواجه تاشان دگرکه بیایندش مزاحم صرفه بر
He is secure from other fellow-servants
Who might come to obstruct or take away his profit.
عدل شه را دید در ضبط حشمکه نیارد کرد کس بر کس ستم
He has seen the King's justice in controlling the retinue,
So that no one can commit oppression against another.
لاجرم نشتابد و ساکن بوداز فوات حظ خود آمن بود
Therefore, he does not hasten but remains calm,
Secure against the loss of his portion.
بس تانی دارد و صبر و شکیبچشم سیر و مؤثرست و پاک جیب
He has great deliberation, patience, and endurance;
He is satisfied of eye, generous (influential), and pure of pocket.
کین تانی پرتو رحمان بودوان شتاب از هزه شیطان بود
For this deliberation is a reflection of the Merciful,
While that haste is from the agitation of Satan.
زانک شیطانش بترساند ز فقربارگیر صبر را بکشد به عقر
Because Satan frightens him with poverty,
And slays the mount of patience.
از نبی بشنو که شیطان در وعیدمی کند تهدیدت از فقر شدید
Hear from the Prophet that Satan, in his threat,
Threatens you with severe poverty,
تا خوری زشت و بری زشت و شتابنی مروت نی تانی نی ثواب
So that you may eat foully, act foully, and hasten,
Showing neither chivalry, nor deliberation, nor merit.
لاجرم کافر خورد در هفت بطندین و دل باریک و لاغر زفت بطن
Consequently, the unbeliever eats with seven stomachs;
His religion and heart are thin and lean, while his belly is fat.

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