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دفتر دوم - بخش ۱۵ - فروختن صوفیان بهیمهٔ مسافر را جهت سماع / Book Two - Section 15 - The Sufis Selling the Traveler's Beast for the Sama

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

صوفیی در خانقاه از ره رسیدمرکب خود برد و در آخر کشید
A Sufi arrived at a khanqah (Sufi lodge) from the road,
He took his mount and pulled it into the stable.
آبکش داد و علف از دست خویشنه چنان صوفی که ما گفتیم پیش
He gave it water and fodder with his own hands,
Not like that Sufi whom we mentioned earlier.
احتیاطش کرد از سهو و خباطچون قضا آید چه سودست احتیاط
He took precautions for it against negligence and madness;
But when destiny comes, what use is precaution?
صوفیان تقصیر بودند و فقیرکاد فقرا ان یکن کفرا یبیر
The Sufis were destitute and poor;
Poverty almost becomes a disbelief that destroys.
ای توانگر که تو سیری هین مخندبر کژی آن فقیر دردمند
O wealthy one who is full, do not laugh
At the crookedness of that suffering poor man.
از سر تقصیر آن صوفی رمهخرفروشی در گرفتند آن همه
Out of extreme poverty, that flock of Sufis
All of them conspired to sell the donkey,
کز ضرورت هست مرداری مباحبس فسادی کز ضرورت شد صلاح
For out of necessity, carrion becomes permissible;
Many a corruption has become righteous due to necessity.
هم در آن دم آن خرک بفروختندلوت آوردند و شمع افروختند
In that very moment they sold that little donkey,
They brought rich food and lit candles.
ولوله افتاد اندر خانقهکامشبان لوت و سماعست و وله
A clamor fell into the khanqah,
That tonight there is food, music (Sama), and ecstasy!
چند ازین صبر و ازین سه روزه چندچند ازین زنبیل و این دریوزه چند
How much of this patience and three-day fasting?
How much of this begging bowl and this begging?
ما هم از خلقیم و جان داریم مادولت امشب میهمان داریم ما
We too are among the creatures and have souls,
Tonight we have fortune as our guest.
تخم باطل را از آن می کاشتندکانک آن جان نیست جان پنداشتند
They were sowing the seed of falsehood,
For they thought that which is not a soul was a soul.
وان مسافر نیز از راه درازخسته بود و دید آن اقبال و ناز
And that traveler too, from the long road,
Was exhausted, and he saw that fortune and pampering.
صوفیانش یک به یک بنواختندنرد خدمتهای خوش می باختند
The Sufis, one by one, favored him,
They played the backgammon of sweet services.
گفت چون می دید میلانش به ویگر طرب امشب نخواهم کرد کی
He said, when he saw their inclination towards him,
'If I do not make merry tonight, when will I?'
لوت خوردند و سماع آغاز کردخانقه تا سقف شد پر دود و گرد
They ate the food and the Sama began;
The khanqah became full of smoke and dust up to the ceiling.
دود مطبخ گرد آن پا کوفتنز اشتیاق و وجد جان آشوفتن
The smoke of the kitchen and the dust of that foot-stomping,
From the yearning and ecstasy of the soul being stirred.
گاه دست افشان قدم می کوفتندگه به سجده صفه را می روفتند
Sometimes waving their hands they stomped their feet,
Sometimes in prostration they swept the hall.
دیر یابد صوفی آز از روزگارزان سبب صوفی بود بسیارخوار
The Sufi rarely finds greed satisfied by the times,
For that reason the Sufi is a great eater;
جز مگر آن صوفیی کز نور حقسیر خورد او فارغست از ننگ دق
Except for that Sufi who, from the light of Truth
Has eaten his fill; he is free from the shame of begging.
از هزاران اندکی زین صوفیندباقیان در دولت او می زیند
Out of thousands, only a few are Sufis of this kind;
The rest are living in his fortune.
چون سماع آمد ز اول تا کرانمطرب آغازید یک ضرب گران
When the Sama reached from the beginning to the end,
The musician began a heavy beat.
خر برفت و خر برفت آغاز کردزین حرارت جمله را انباز کرد
He started to sing, 'The donkey is gone, the donkey is gone!'
With this heat he made everyone join in.
زین حرارت پای کوبان تا سحرکف زنان خر رفت و خر رفت ای پسر
With this heat, stomping their feet until dawn,
Clapping their hands, 'The donkey is gone, and the donkey is gone, O boy!'
از ره تقلید آن صوفی همینخر برفت آغاز کرد اندر حنین
Out of imitation, that Sufi also
Began singing 'The donkey is gone' in joy.
چون گذشت آن نوش و جوش و آن سماعروز گشت و جمله گفتند الوداع
When that sweetness, excitement, and Sama passed,
Day broke and they all said farewell.
خانقه خالی شد و صوفی بماندگرد از رخت آن مسافر می فشاند
The khanqah emptied and the Sufi remained;
He was shaking the dust off his baggage.
رخت از حجره برون آورد اوتا به خر بر بندد آن همراه جو
He brought the baggage out of the cell,
So that he might tie it on the donkey, seeking companions.
تا رسد در همرهان او می شتافترفت در آخر خر خود را نیافت
He was hurrying to catch up with his companions;
He went to the stable and did not find his donkey.
گفت آن خادم به آبش برده استزانک خر دوش آب کمتر خورده است
He said, 'That servant has taken it to the water,
Because the donkey drank less water last night.'
خادم آمد گفت صوفی خر کجاستگفت خادم ریش بین، جنگی بخاست
The servant came; the Sufi said, 'Where is the donkey?'
The servant said, 'Look at my beard!' and a fight arose.
گفت من خر را به تو بسپرده اممن تو را بر خر موکل کرده ام
He said, 'I entrusted the donkey to you;
I appointed you in charge of the donkey.
از تو خواهم آنچ من دادم به توباز ده آنچ فرستادم به تو
I demand from you what I gave to you;
Give back what I delivered to you.
بحث با توجیه کن حجت میارآنچ من بسپردمت وا پس سپار
Discuss reasonably, do not bring excuses;
Give back what I entrusted to you!'
گفت پیغمبر که دستت هر چه بردبایدش در عاقبت وا پس سپرد
The Prophet said that whatever your hand took,
It must ultimately be given back.
ور نه ای از سرکشی راضی بدیننک من و تو خانهٔ قاضی دین
And if, out of rebelliousness, you are not satisfied with this,
Here am I and you, the house of the religious judge.
گفت من مغلوب بودم صوفیانحمله آوردند و بودم بیم جان
He said, 'I was overpowered; the Sufis
Attacked, and I was in fear for my life.
تو جگربندی میان گربگاناندر اندازی و جویی زان نشان
You throw a piece of liver among cats,
And then seek a trace of it?
در میان صد گرسنه گرده ایپیش صد سگ گربهٔ پژمرده ای
Among a hundred starving people, a loaf of bread?
Before a hundred dogs, a withered cat?'
گفت گیرم کز تو ظلما بستدندقاصد خون من مسکین شدند
He said, 'Suppose they unjustly took it from you,
And aimed for the blood of poor me;
تو نیایی و نگویی مر مراکه خرت را می برند ای بی نوا
Would you not come and tell me,
That 'they are taking away your donkey, O destitute one!'
تا خر از هر که بود من وا خرمورنه توزیعی کنند ایشان زرم
So that I could buy the donkey back from whoever had it,
Or else they would distribute my gold?
صد تدارک بود چون حاضر بدنداین زمان هر یک به اقلیمی شدند
There were a hundred remedies while they were present,
Now each of them has gone to a different clime.
من که را گیرم که را قاضی برماین قضا خود از تو آمد بر سرم
Whom can I catch, whom can I take to the judge?
This fate itself came upon me from you.
چون نیایی و نگویی ای غریبپیش آمد این چنین ظلمی مهیب
Why did you not come and say, 'O stranger,
Such a terrible oppression has occurred!''
گفت والله آمدم من بارهاتا ترا واقف کنم زین کارها
He said, 'By God, I came many times,
To make you aware of these deeds.
تو همی گفتی که خر رفت ای پسراز همه گویندگان با ذوق تر
You were constantly saying, 'The donkey is gone, O boy!'
With more gusto than all the speakers!
باز می گشتم که او خود واقفستزین قضا راضیست مردی عارفست
So I turned back, thinking, 'He himself is aware;
He is satisfied with this fate, he is a gnostic man!''
گفت آن را جمله می گفتند خوشمر مرا هم ذوق آمد گفتنش
He said, 'They were all saying it so sweetly;
I too found joy in saying it.
مر مرا تقلیدشان بر باد دادکه دو صد لعنت بر آن تقلید باد
Their imitation ruined me!
Two hundred curses be upon that imitation!
خاصه تقلید چنین بی حاصلانخشم ابراهیم با بر آفلان
Especially the imitation of such fruitless ones,
The anger of Abraham upon the fading ones.'
عکس ذوق آن جماعت می زدیوین دلم زان عکس ذوقی می شدی
The reflection of the joy of that group struck me,
And this heart of mine became joyful from that reflection.
عکس چندان باید از یاران خوشکه شوی از بحر بی عکس آب کش
One needs reflection from sweet friends,
So that you become a drawer of water from the sea without reflection.
عکس کاول زد تو آن تقلید دانچون پیاپی شد شود تحقیق آن
Know the first reflection that strikes as imitation;
When it becomes continuous, it becomes realization.
تا نشد تحقیق از یاران مبراز صدف مگسل نگشت آن قطره در
Until realization is achieved, do not sever from friends;
Do not break from the oyster until the drop has become a pearl.
صاف خواهی چشم و عقل و سمع رابر دران تو پرده های طمع را
If you want purity of eye and intellect and ear,
Tear away the veils of greed.
زانک آن تقلید صوفی از طمععقل او بر بست از نور و لمع
For that imitation of the Sufi was out of greed;
It bound his intellect from light and radiance.
طمع لوت و طمع آن ذوق و سماعمانع آمد عقل او را ز اطلاع
Greed for the food, and greed for that joy and Sama,
Became a barrier to his intellect from being informed.
گر طمع در آینه بر خاستیدر نفاق آن آینه چون ماستی
If greed were to arise in the mirror,
In hypocrisy, that mirror would be like us!
گر ترازو را طمع بودی به مالراست کی گفتی ترازو وصف حال
If the scale had greed for wealth,
When would the scale tell the true state of affairs?
هر نبیی گفت با قوم از صفامن نخواهم مزد پیغام از شما
Every Prophet said to his people with purity,
'I do not want a reward for the message from you;
من دلیلم حق شما را مشتریداد حق دلالیم هر دو سری
I am a guide, God is your buyer;
God gave me my brokerage fee from both sides.
چیست مزد کار من دیدار یارگرچه خود بوبکر بخشد چل هزار
What is the wage of my work? The vision of the Friend!
Even if Abu Bakr himself were to give forty thousand.
چل هزار او نباشد مزد منکی بود شبه شبه در عدن
His forty thousand is not my wage;
How can glass beads resemble the pearls of Aden?'
یک حکایت گویمت بشنو بهوشتا بدانی که طمع شد بند گوش
I will tell you a story, listen with intelligence,
So that you may know that greed becomes a lock on the ear.
هر که را باشد طمع الکن شودبا طمع کی چشم و

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