1Cademy - دفتر چهارم - بخش ۳۶ - آزاد شدن بلقیس از ملک و مست شدن او از شوق ایمان و التفات همت او از همهٔ ملک منقطع شدن وقت هجرت الا از تخت / Book Four - Section 36 - Bilqis Becoming Free from the Kingdom and Intoxicated with the Yearning for Faith, and Her Ambition Turning Away from All the Kingdom at the Time of Migration, Except for the Throne

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مثنوی معنوی: دفتر چهارم / Masnavi: Book Four
دفتر چهارم - بخش ۳۵ - بقیهٔ قصهٔ اهل سبا و نصیحت و ارشاد سلیمان علیه‌السلام آل بلقیس را هر یکی را اندر خور خود و مشکلات دین و دل او و صید کردن هر جنس مرغ ضمیری به صفیر آن جنس مرغ و طعمهٔ او / Book Four - Section 35 - The Rest of the Tale of the People of Saba and the Advice and Guidance of Solomon, Peace Be Upon Him, to the Family of Bilqis, Each According to Their Capacity and the Difficulties of Their Religion and Heart, and Catching Every Kind of Bird of Consciousness with the Whistle of That

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دفتر چهارم - بخش ۳۶ - آزاد شدن بلقیس از ملک و مست شدن او از شوق ایمان و التفات همت او از همهٔ ملک منقطع شدن وقت هجرت الا از تخت / Book Four - Section 36 - Bilqis Becoming Free from the Kingdom and Intoxicated with the Yearning for Faith, and Her Ambition Turning Away from All the Kingdom at the Time of Migration, Except for the Throne

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چون سلیمان سوی مرغان سبا	یک صفیری کرد بست آن جمله را
When Solomon gave a single whistle toward the birds of Sheba, He bound them all.
جز مگر مرغی که بد بی جان و پر	یا چو ماهی گنگ بود از اصل کر
Except perhaps a bird that was soulless and featherless, Or was like a mute fish, deaf by nature.
نی غلط گفتم که کر گر سر نهد	پیش وحی کبریا سمعش دهد
No, I misspoke — for if the deaf one lays down his head Before the revelation of the Almighty, He grants him hearing.
چونک بلقیس از دل و جان عزم کرد	بر زمان رفته هم افسوس خورد
When Bilqis resolved from heart and soul, She grieved also for the time that had passed.
ترک مال و ملک کرد او آن چنان	که بترک نام و ننگ آن عاشقان
She abandoned wealth and kingdom just as Those lovers abandon name and shame.
آن غلامان و کنیزان بناز	پیش چشمش هم چو پوسیده پیاز
Those pampered slaves and handmaidens Before her eyes were like rotted onions.
باغها و قصرها و آب رود	پیش چشم از عشق گلحن می نمود
Gardens and palaces and flowing rivers Before her eyes appeared through love like a refuse heap.
عشق در هنگام استیلا و خشم	زشت گرداند لطیفان را به چشم
Love, in the hour of its dominion and wrath, Makes the beautiful appear ugly to the eye.
هر زمرد را نماید گندنا	غیرت عشق این بود معنی لا
Every emerald it shows as a leek — This is the jealousy of love; this is the meaning of "No."
لااله الا هو اینست ای پناه	که نماید مه ترا دیگ سیاه
"There is no god but He" — this is it, O refuge — That shows the moon to you as a blackened cooking-pot.
هیچ مال و هیچ مخزن هیچ رخت	می دریغش نامد الا جز که تخت
No wealth, no treasury, no goods Did she regret — except for the throne.
پس سلیمان از دلش آگاه شد	کز دل او تا دل او راه شد
Then Solomon became aware of her heart, For from his heart to her heart a path was opened.
آن کسی که بانگ موران بشنود	هم فغان سر دوران بشنود
He who hears the cries of the ants Also hears the cry of the secret of the turning spheres.
آنک گوید راز قالت نملة	هم بداند راز این طاق کهن
He who tells the secret of "Qālat al-namlah" Also knows the secret of this ancient vault.
دید از دورش که آن تسلیم کیش	تلخش آمد فرقت آن تخت خویش
He saw from afar that she, that surrendered one, Found the parting from her throne bitter.
گر بگویم آن سبب گردد دراز	که چرا بودش به تخت آن عشق و ساز
If I tell the reason, it will grow long — Why she had such love and attachment to the throne.
گرچه این کلک قلم خود بی حسیست	نیست جنس کاتب او را مونسیست
Although the reed-pen itself is without feeling, It is not of the writer's kind — yet it is his companion.
هم چنین هر آلت پیشه وری	هست بی جان مونس جانوری
Likewise, every craftsman's tool Is soulless, yet a companion to a living creature.
این سبب را من معین گفتمی	گر نبودی چشم فهمت را نمی
This reason I would have stated clearly Had your eye of understanding not been moist.
از بزرگی تخت کز حد می فزود	نقل کردن تخت را امکان نبود
From the greatness of the throne, which exceeded all bounds, Moving the throne was not possible.
خرده کاری بود و تفریقش خطر	هم چو اوصال بدن با همدگر
It was intricate work, and to dismantle it was dangerous, Like the joints of the body with one another.
پس سلیمان گفت گرچه فی الاخیر	سرد خواهد شد برو تاج و سریر
Then Solomon said: "Though in the end Crown and throne will grow cold for her —
چون ز وحدت جان برون آرد سری	جسم را با فر او نبود فری
When the soul raises its head out of the Unity, The body has no splendor beside its splendor —
چون برآید گوهر از قعر بحار	بنگری اندر کف و خاشاک خوار
As when a jewel rises from the ocean's depth, You look with contempt upon foam and floating refuse —
سر بر آرد آفتاب با شرر	دم عقرب را کی سازد مستقر
When the sun rises with its sparks, Who would make the scorpion's breath a dwelling place? —
لیک خود با این همه بر نقد حال	جست باید تخت او را انتقال
Yet, even so, at present Her throne must be sought out and transported,
تا نگردد خسته هنگام لقا	کودکانه حاجتش گردد روا
So that she be not distressed at the moment of meeting; Her childlike need should be fulfilled.
هست بر ما سهل و او را بس عزیز	تا بود بر خوان حوران دیو نیز
It is easy for us, though very dear to her — So that the demon too may be at the table of the houris.
عبرت جانش شود آن تخت ناز	هم چو دلق و چارقی پیش ایاز
That proud throne shall become a lesson for her soul, Like a coarse cloak and rough shoes before Ayāz,
تا بداند در چه بود آن مبتلا	از کجاها در رسید او تا کجا
So that she may know what state she was afflicted in, From what places she has arrived — and to where.
خاک را و نطفه را و مضغه را	پیش چشم ما همی دارد خدا
God ever holds before our eyes Dust and sperm and the blood-clot —
کز کجا آوردمت ای بدنیت	که از آن آید همی خفریقیت
'From where did I bring you, O base-natured one, From which ever comes your ingratitude?'
تو بر آن عاشق بدی در دور آن	منکر این فضل بودی آن زمان
You were in love with that in that time, A denier of this grace in that moment.
این کرم چون دفع آن انکار تست	که میان خاک می کردی نخست
This grace is like a refutation of that denial of yours Which you practiced amid the earth at first.
حجت انکار شد انشار تو	از دوا بدتر شد این بیمار تو
Your resurrection has become the proof of your denial; This patient has grown worse than the cure.
خاک را تصویر این کار از کجا	نطفه را خصمی و انکار از کجا
Whence did earth have the image of this work? Whence did the sperm have enmity and denial?
چون در آن دم بی دل و بی سر بدی	فکرت و انکار را منکر بدی
Since in that moment you were without heart and without head, You were a denier of thought and denial itself.
از جمادی چونک انکارت برست	هم ازین انکار حشرت شد درست
Since your denial sprouted from inert matter, Through this very denial your resurrection was verified.
پس مثال تو چو آن حلقه زنیست	کز درونش خواجه گوید خواجه نیست
Your likeness then is like that door-knocker From within which the master says, "The master is not here."
حلقه زن زین نیست دریابد که هست	پس ز حلقه بر ندارد هیچ دست
The knocker, from this "not here," understands that he is present — And so does not lift his hand from the knocker.
پس هم انکارت مبین می کند	کز جماد او حشر صد فن می کند
So your very denial makes manifest That from inert matter He brings forth resurrection by a hundred arts.
چند صنعت رفت ای انکار تا	آب و گل انکار زاد از هل اتی
How many crafts passed, O denial, until Water and clay bore denial forth from "Hal atā."
آب وگل می گفت خود انکار نیست	بانگ می زد بی خبر که اخبار نیست
The water and clay were saying, "There is no denial itself," Crying out unknowingly, "There is no news."
من بگویم شرح این از صد طریق	لیک خاطر لغزد از گفت دقیق
I could expound this by a hundred ways, But the mind slips from subtle speech.

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