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بخش ۴۰ - تمثیل در بیان ماهیت صورت و معنی / Section 40 - A Parable Explaining the Nature of Form and Meaning

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

شنیدم من که اندر ماه نیسانصدف بالا رود از قعر عمان
I heard that in the month of Nisan,
The oyster comes up from the bottom of Oman.
ز شیب قعر بحر آید برافرازبه روی بحر بنشیند دهن باز
From the depth of the sea's floor it rises to the surface,
It sits upon the face of the sea with its mouth open.
بخاری مرتفع گردد ز دریافرو بارد به امر حق تعالیٰ
A mist rises from the sea,
It rains down by the command of God the Almighty.
چکد اندر دهانش قطره ای چندشود بسته دهان او به صد بند
A few drops drip into its mouth,
Its mouth becomes closed with a hundred bonds.
رود با قعر دریا با دلی پرشود آن قطرهٔ باران یکی در
It goes back to the bottom of the sea with a full heart,
That raindrop becomes a royal pearl.
به قعر اندر رود غواص دریااز آن آرد برون لؤلؤی لالا
The sea diver goes down to the bottom,
From there he brings out the brilliant pearl.
تن تو ساحل و هستی چو دریاستبخارش فیض و باران علم اسماست
Your body is the shore and being is like the sea;
Its mist is Grace and the rain is the knowledge of the names.
خرد غواص آن بحر عظیم استکه او را صد جواهر در گلیم است
Intellect is the diver of that great ocean,
Who has a hundred jewels in his garment.
دل آمد علم را مانند یک ظرفصدف با علم دل صوت است با حرف
The heart became like a vessel for knowledge,
The oyster with the heart's knowledge is voice and letter.
نفس گردد روان چون برق لامعرسد زو حرفها بر گوش سامع
Breath flows like a flashing lightning,
From it, words reach the ear of the listener.
صدف بشکن برون کن در شهواربیفکن پوست، مغز نغز بردار
Break the oyster and bring out the kingly pearl;
Throw away the skin, take the exquisite kernel.
لغت با اشتقاق و نحو با صرفهمی گردد همه پیرامن حرف
Language with its etymology, and grammar with its syntax,
All revolve around the word.
هر آن کو جمله عمر خود در این کردبه هرزه صرف عمر نازنین کرد
Whoever spent his whole life on this,
Spent his precious life in vain.
ز جوزش قشر سبز افتاد در دستنیابد مغز هر کو پوست نشکست
From the walnut, the green husk fell into his hand;
He who does not break the shell will not find the kernel.
بلی بی پوست ناپخته است هر مغزز علم ظاهر آمد علم دین نغز
Indeed, without the shell, every kernel is unripe;
From outward knowledge comes the exquisite knowledge of religion.
ز من جان برادر پند بنیوشبه جان و دل برو در علم دین کوش
Listen to my advice, O brother of the soul,
Strive with soul and heart in the knowledge of religion.
که عالم در دو عالم سروری یافتاگر کهتر بد از وی مهتری یافت
For the scholar found mastery in both worlds,
Even if he was lesser, through it he found greatness.
عمل کان از سر احوال باشدبسی بهتر ز علم قال باشد
Action that comes from the state of inner experience,
Is much better than the knowledge of mere speech.
ولی کاری که از آب و گل آیدنه چون علم است، کان کار از دل آید
But the work that comes from water and clay,
Is not like knowledge, for that work comes from the heart.
میان جسم و جان بنگر چه فرق استکه این را غرب گیری، آن چو شرق است
Look at the difference between body and soul,
That you take this as the West and that as the East.
از اینجا باز دان احوال و اعمالبه نسبت با علوم قال با حال
From here, distinguish between states and actions,
In relation to the knowledge of speech and the knowledge of state.
نه علم است آنکه دارد میل دنییکه صورت دارد اما نیست معنی
It is not knowledge that has a desire for the world,
Which has form but lacks meaning.
نگردد علم هرگز جمع با آزملک خواهی سگ از خود دور انداز
Knowledge never gathers with greed;
If you want an angel, drive the dog away from yourself.
علوم دین ز اخلاق فرشته استنباشد در دلی کو سگ سرشت است
Religious sciences are from the character of the angel;
They are not in a heart that has the nature of a dog.
حدیث مصطفی آخر همین استنکو بشنو که البته چنین است
The Hadith of Mustafa is ultimately this;
Listen well, for it is certainly so.
درون خانه ای چون هست صورتفرشته ناید اندر وی ضرورت
When there is an image inside a house,
An angel will not enter it of necessity.
برو بزدای روی تختهٔ دلکه تا سازد ملک پیش تو منزل
Go and polish the surface of the tablet of the heart,
So that the angel may make his dwelling before you.
از او تحصیل کن علم وراثتز بهر آخرت می کن حراثت
From him, acquire the knowledge of inheritance,
Practice cultivation for the sake of the hereafter.
کتاب حق بخوان از نفس و آفاقمزین شو به اصل جمله اخلاق
Read the Book of Truth from the self and the horizons,
Be adorned with the origin of all virtues.

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