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(۱) سؤال ابراهیم ادهم از مرد درویش / (1) Ibrahim Adham's Question to the Dervish

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مگر یک روز ابراهیم ادهم	بپرسید از یکی درویش پر غم
One day, Ibrahim Adham Asked a sorrowful dervish:
که بودی با زن و فرزند هرگز	چنین گفت او که نه، گفتا زهی عز
"Have you ever had a wife and child?" He said, "No." Ibrahim said, "What glory!"
بدو درویش گفت ای مرد مردان	چراگوئی، مرا آگاه گردان
The dervish said to him, "O man of men, Why do you say this? Make me aware."
چنین گفت آنگه ابراهیم کای مرد	هر آن درویش درمانده که زن کرد
Ibrahim then said, "O man, Whosoever of the helpless dervishes marries,
به کشتی در نشست او بی خور و خواب	وگر فرزندش آمد گشت غرقاب
Has embarked on a ship without food or sleep, And if a child comes to him, he is drowned.
دل از فرزند چون در بندت افتاد	که شیرین دشمنی فرزندت افتاد
Since your heart fell into bondage because of the child, For your child has become a sweet enemy.
اگرچه در ادب صاحب قرانی	چو فرزندت پدید آمد نه آنی
Even if you are a master of spiritual discipline, Once your child appears, you are no longer that person.
اگرچه زاهدی باشی گرامی	چو فرزند آمدت رندی تمامی
Even if you are a respected ascetic, When a child comes to you, you become a complete rogue."

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