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مثنوی معنوی: دفتر پنجم / Masnavi: Book Five
دفتر پنجم - بخش ۴۴ - تفسیر خلقنا الانسان فی احسن تقویم ثم رددناه اسفل سافلین و تفسیر و من نعمره ننکسه فی الخلق / Book Five - Section 44 - Commentary on 'We created man in the best of statures, then We reduced him to the lowest of the low' and Commentary on 'And whomever We grant long life, We reverse in creation'

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دفتر پنجم - بخش ۴۵ - تفسیر أَسْفَلَ سافِلینَ إِلَّا الَّذینَ آمَنوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَیْرُ مَمْنونٍ / Book Five - Section 45 - Commentary on 'the Lowest of the Low, Except for Those Who Believe and Do Righteous Deeds, for They Will Have an Uninterrupted Reward'

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لیک گر باشد طبیبش نور حق	نیست از پیری و تب نقصان و دق
But if its physician is the light of God, It suffers no decline from old age, fever, or consumption.
سستی او هست چون سستی مست	که اندر آن سستیش رشک رستمست
Its weakness is like the weakness of a drunkard, Whose weakness is the envy of Rostam.
گر بمیرد استخوانش غرق ذوق	ذره ذره ش در شعاع نور شوق
If he dies, his bones are drowned in ecstasy, Every particle of him in the beam of the light of yearning.
وآنک آنش نیست باغ بی ثمر	که خزانش می کند زیر و زبر
And he who does not have that light is a fruitless garden, Which autumn turns upside down and devastates.
گل نماند خارها ماند سیاه	زرد و بی مغز آمده چون تل کاه
No rose remains, only black thorns are left, Turned yellow and hollow like a heap of straw.
تا چه زلت کرد آن باغ ای خدا	که ازو این حله ها گردد جدا
O God, what slip did that garden commit, That these robes of beauty should be separated from it?
خویشتن را دید و دید خویشتن	زهر قتالست هین ای ممتحن
It saw itself, and self-regard Is a deadly poison; beware, O you who are put to the test!
شاهدی کز عشق او عالم گریست	عالمش می راند از خود جرم چیست
A beauty for whose love the world wept— Why does the world drive him away? What is the crime?
جرم آنک زیور عاریه بست	کرد دعوی کین حلل ملک منست
The crime of wearing borrowed ornaments, And claiming, 'These robes are my own property.'
واستانیم آن که تا داند یقین	خرمن آن ماست خوبان دانه چین
We take them back so that he may know with certainty: 'The harvest is Ours, and the beauties are but gleaners of grain.'
تا بداند کان حلل عاریه بود	پرتوی بود آن ز خورشید وجود
So that he may know those robes were on loan, And that they were a ray from the Sun of Existence.
آن جمال و قدرت و فضل و هنر	ز آفتاب حسن کرد این سو سفر
That beauty, power, grace, and skill Journeyed to this side from the Sun of Beauty.
باز می گردند چون استارها	نور آن خورشید ازین دیوارها
Like stars, the light of that Sun Returns from these walls.
پرتو خورشید شد وا جایگاه	ماند هر دیوار تاریک و سیاه
The ray of the sun went back to its place, And every wall remained dark and black.
آنک کرد او در رخ خوبانت دنگ	نور خورشیدست از شیشه سه رنگ
That which made you ecstatic in the face of beauties Is the light of the sun shining through a three-colored glass.
شیشه های رنگ رنگ آن نور را	می نمایند این چنین رنگین بما
Those multi-colored glasses show that light To us in such a colorful way.
چون نماند شیشه های رنگ رنگ	نور بی رنگت کند آنگاه دنگ
When the multi-colored glasses are no more, The colorless light will then make you ecstatic.
خوی کن بی شیشه دیدن نور را	تا چو شیشه بشکند نبود عمی
Accustom yourself to seeing the light without the glass, So that when the glass breaks, you will not be blind.
قانعی با دانش آموخته	در چراغ غیر چشم افروخته
You are content with acquired knowledge, Having kindled your eye at the lamp of another.
او چراغ خویش برباید که تا	تو بدانی مستعیری نی فتا
He will snatch away His lamp, so that You may know you are a borrower, not a master.
گر تو کردی شکر و سعی مجتهد	غم مخور که صد چنان بازت دهد
If you gave thanks and strived diligently, Grieve not, for He will give you back a hundredfold.
ور نکردی شکر اکنون خون گری	که شدست آن حسن از کافر بری
But if you did not give thanks, weep tears of blood now, For that beauty has become free from the ungrateful.
امة الکفران اضل اعمالهم	امة الایمان اصلح بالهم
The people of ingratitude—their deeds are lost; The people of faith—He has set right their state.
گم شد از بی شکر خوبی و هنر	که دگر هرگز نبیند زان اثر
Through lack of gratitude, beauty and skill are lost, Such that he will never see any trace of them again.
خویشی و بی خویشی و سکر وداد	رفت زان سان که نیاردشان به یاد
Selfhood, selflessness, ecstasy, and love Are gone in such a way that he does not even remember them.
که اضل اعمالهم ای کافران	جستن کامست از هر کام ران
For 'He made their deeds go astray', O ungrateful ones, Is to seek gratification from every self-seeker.
جز ز اهل شکر و اصحاب وفا	که مریشان راست دولت در قفا
Except for the people of gratitude and the companions of loyalty, Who have fortune following in their footsteps.
دولت رفته کجا قوت دهد	دولت آینده خاصیت دهد
Where does past fortune give strength? It is the future fortune that bestows benefit.
قرض ده زین دولت اندر اقرضوا	تا که صد دولت ببینی پیش رو
Lend from this fortune according to 'Lend unto God a goodly loan', So that you may see a hundred fortunes ahead of you.
اندکی زین شرب کم کن بهر خویش	تا که حوض کوثری یابی به پیش
Reduce a little of this draft for yourself, So that you may find the pool of Kowsar before you.
جرعه بر خاک وفا آنکس که ریخت	کی تواند صید دولت زو گریخت
He who poured a draft upon the soil of loyalty— How can the prey of fortune escape from him?
خوش کند دلشان که اصلح بالهم	رد من بعد التوی انزالهم
He makes their hearts happy, for 'He set right their state', Restoring their descent after destruction.
ای اجل وی ترک غارت ساز ده	هر چه بردی زین شکوران باز ده
O Death, O plundering Turk, prepare yourself! Give back whatever you have taken from these grateful ones.
وا دهد ایشان بنپذیرند آن	زانک منعم گشته اند از رخت جان
If he gives it back, they will not accept it, For they have become rich with the garments of the soul.
صوفییم و خرقه ها انداختیم	باز نستانیم چون در باختیم
We are Sufis and have cast off our cloaks; We do not take them back once we have lost them.
ما عوض دیدیم آنگه چون عوض	رفت از ما حاجت و حرص و غرض
We saw the recompense; since that recompense came, Need, greed, and selfish motive departed from us.
ز آب شور و مهلکی بیرون شدیم	بر رحیق و چشمه کوثر زدیم
We emerged from the salty and deadly water, And struck upon the pure wine and the fountain of Kowsar.
آنچ کردی ای جهان با دیگران	بی وفایی و فن و ناز گران
What you, O world, did to others— Infidelity, trickery, and heavy coquetry—
بر سرت ریزیم ما بهر جزا	که شهیدیم آمده اندر غزا
We pour upon your head as retribution, For we are martyrs who have come into holy battle.
تا بدانی که خدای پاک را	بندگان هستند پر حمله و مری
So that you may know that the pure God Has servants full of assault and contention,
سبلت تزویر دنیا بر کنند	خیمه را بر باروی نصرت زنند
Who pluck out the mustache of the world's deception, And pitch their tent upon the rampart of victory.
این شهیدان باز نو غازی شدند	وین اسیران باز بر نصرت زدند
These martyrs have once again become new warriors, And these captives have again struck upon victory.
سر برآوردند باز از نیستی	که ببین ما را گر اکمه نیستی
They raised their heads again from non-existence: 'Look at us, if you are not blind!'
تا بدانی در عدم خورشیدهاست	وآنچ اینجا آفتاب آنجا سهاست
So that you may know that in non-existence there are suns, And that which is a sun here is but a dim star there.
در عدم هستی برادر چون بود	ضد اندر ضد چون مکنون بود
O brother, how can existence be in non-existence? How can opposite be hidden within opposite?
یخرج الحی من المیت بدان	که عدم آمد امید عابدان
Understand 'He brings forth the living from the dead', For non-existence has become the hope of the worshippers.
مرد کارنده که انبارش تهیست	شاد و خوش نه بر امید نیستیست
Is not the sower whose barn is empty Happy and glad in hope of non-existence?
که بروید آن ز سوی نیستی	فهم کن گر واقف معنیستی
For that harvest grows from the side of non-existence; Understand, if you are aware of the spiritual meaning.
دم به دم از نیستی تو منتظر	که بیابی فهم و ذوق آرام و بر
Moment by moment, you are waiting upon non-existence, That you may find understanding, ecstasy, peace, and fruit.
نیست دستوری گشاد این راز را	ورنه بغدادی کنم ابخاز را
There is no permission to disclose this secret, Otherwise I would turn Abkhazia into Baghdad.
پس خزانه صنع حق باشد عدم	که بر آرد زو عطاها دم به دم
Therefore, non-existence is the treasury of God's handiwork, From which He brings forth gifts moment by moment.
مبدع آمد حق و مبدع آن بود	که برآرد فرع بی اصل و سند
God is the Creator, and the Creator is He Who brings forth the branch without any root or precedent.

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