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دفتر سوم - بخش ۸۶ - بازگشتن به قصهٔ دقوقی / Book Three - Section 86 - Returning to the Story of Daquqi

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مر علی را در مثالی شیر خواندشیر مثل او نباشد گرچه راند
He called Ali a lion by way of an example;
a lion is not truly his likeness, even if it attacks.
از مثال و مثل و فرق آن برانجانب قصهٔ دقوقی ای جوان
Pass on from example and likeness and the difference between them
toward the story of Daqūqī, O youth.
آنک در فتوی امام خلق بودگوی تقوی از فرشته می ربود
He who was the imam of the people in legal judgment
would snatch the ball of piety from the angels.
آنک اندر سیر مه را مات کردهم ز دین داری او دین رشک خورد
He who in wayfaring checkmated the moon,
and religion itself grew jealous of his religiosity.
با چنین تقوی و اوراد و قیامطالب خاصان حق بودی مدام
With such piety, litanies, and standing in vigil,
he was always seeking the special ones of God.
در سفر معظم مرادش آن بدیکه دمی بر بندهٔ خاصی زدی
In his honored journeying, his chief desire was
that for a moment he might come upon a special servant.
این همی گفتی چو می رفتی به راهکن قرین خاصگانم ای اله
He would say this as he went on the road:
"Make me the companion of the special ones, O God.
یا رب آنها را که بشناسد دلمبنده و بسته میان و مجملم
O Lord, as for those whom my heart recognizes,
I am their servant, girded and ready, though unable to state them fully.
و آنک نشناسم تو ای یزدان جانبر من محجوبشان کن مهربان
And as for those I do not recognize, O God of the soul,
make them gracious to me while they remain veiled from me."
حضرتش گفتی که ای صدر مهیناین چه عشقست و چه استسقاست این
His Presence would say, "O eminent chief,
what love is this, and what dropsical thirst is this?
مهر من داری چه می جویی دگرچون خدا با تست چون جویی بشر
You have love for Me; what else do you seek?
When God is with you, why do you seek a human being?"
او بگفتی یا رب ای دانای رازتو گشودی در دلم راه نیاز
He would say, "O Lord, O Knower of secrets,
You opened in my heart the road of need.
درمیان بحر اگر بنشسته امطمع در آب سبو هم بسته ام
Even if I am seated in the middle of the sea,
I still set my desire on the water of a jug.
همچو داودم نود نعجه مراستطمع در نعجهٔ حریفم هم بخاست
I am like David: I have ninety ewes,
yet desire also arose in me for my companion's ewe.
حرص اندر عشق تو فخرست و جاهحرص اندر غیر تو ننگ و تباه
Greed in love for You is glory and rank;
greed for other than You is disgrace and ruin.
شهوت و حرص نران بیشی بودو آن حیزان ننگ و بدکیشی بود
Lust and greed in men are for increase;
in the passive/effeminate they are shame and corrupt faith.
حرص مردان از ره پیشی بوددر مخنث حرص سوی پس رود
The greed of men is toward going forward;
in the effeminate, greed goes backward.
آن یکی حرص از کمال مردی استو آن دگر حرص افتضاح و سردی است
That one greed comes from the perfection of manliness;
the other greed is exposure to disgrace and coldness.
آه سری هست اینجا بس نهانکه سوی خضری شود موسی روان
Ah, there is a very hidden secret here:
that Moses goes traveling toward a Khiḍr.
همچو مستسقی کز آبش سیر نیستبر هر آنچ یافتی بالله مه ایست
Like a dropsical patient who is never sated with water,
by God, do not stop at whatever you have found.
بی نهایت حضرتست این بارگاهصدر را بگذار صدر تست راه
This court is the Infinite Presence;
leave the seat of honor: your seat of honor is the road."

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