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بخش ۴۱ - التمثیل فی حبّ الدّنیا و غرورها / Section 41 - Allegory on the Love of the World and Its Deception

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

خواجه ای را به مردمی دربستمتکا ساختم بر او ننشست
I bound a master by human kindness;
I made a bolster for him, but he did not sit upon it.
گفتمش تکیه جای باشد خوشگفت آن را که رشته شد ز آتش
I said to him, 'This is a pleasant resting place.'
He said, 'How can one who has been unraveled by fire
کی سپارد به تکیه گه تن خویشهرکه را گور و مرگ و محشر پیش
Entrust his body to a resting place,
When the grave, death, and resurrection lie ahead?'
این همه تکیه ها غم و هوسستتکیه گه رحمت خدای بسست
All these resting places are but grief and desire;
The resting place of God's mercy is sufficient.
اینت آزادمرد دین پروراینت محکم حدیث حکمت خر
Behold this free-spirited man who nurtures faith!
Behold this firm discourse of one who purchases wisdom!
ای سنایی سخن دراز مکشکوتهی به نمک ز دیگ بچش
O Sanai, do not drag out your speech;
Brevity is better, taste the salt from the pot.
خواجه تن را طلاق نادادهدین همی جوید اینت آزاده
Without having divorced the body,
He seeks religion—behold such a free man!
این جهان راست بهر مغروریخانه ویران و پرده زنبوری
This world is straightway for the sake of the deceived;
A ruined house and a spider's web.
این جهان در حلی و حله نهانگنده پیریست زشت و گنده دهان
This world, concealed in ornaments and robes,
Is an ugly old hag with a foul mouth.
تو به نیرنگ و رنگ او مگروسخنان مزخرفش مشنو
Do not believe in her tricks and colors;
Do not listen to her embellished, absurd words.
چه طمع داری از درش آبیچه نهی زیر پشته گردابی
What water do you expect from her door?
Why do you place a whirlpool beneath your mound?
صدهزاران چو تو به آب بردتشنه باز آورد که غم نخورد
She has swept a hundred thousand like you into the water,
And brought them back thirsty, without showing any concern.
چون از این گنده پیر گشتی دوردست پیمان بدادی از پی حور
When you distanced yourself from this old hag,
You gave a pledge of hand for the sake of the houri.
حور با تو چگونه پردازدحور با گنده پیر کی سازد
How can a houri associate with you?
When can a houri ever get along with an old hag?
سه طلاقش ده ارت هیچ هش استزانکه این گنده پیر شوی کش است
Give her three divorces if you have any intelligence,
For this old hag is a husband-killer.
حیدری نیست اندرین آفاقدهد این گنده پیر را سه طلاق
There is no Haidar in these horizons
Who would give three divorces to this old hag.
در جهان حیدران اگرچه بسنددر ره دین به گرد او نرسند
Although there are many heroes in the world,
In the path of religion, they do not reach his dust.
چون شود دهر با تو یک دم خوشچون جهد ناگه از خیار آتش
How can time be pleasant to you even for a moment,
Just as fire might suddenly leap from a cucumber?
نوش اینجات زهر آنجایستتری مغز آفت پایست
The sweetness of here is the poison of there;
The wetness of the brain is the plague of the feet.
تا بود دنیی ات نباشد حوراز معانی بدانکه دوری دور
As long as the world is yours, there shall be no houri;
Know that you are extremely far from spiritual meanings.
از امانی بجمله دست بدارهمچو غوغا به شهر دست برآر
Let go of all false hopes entirely;
Raise a clamor in the city like a mob.
چکنی خداکدان پر مارشکه مه او مه سگش مه مردارش
What will you do with this snake-filled rubbish heap,
Where neither she, nor her dog, nor her corpse has any value?
دور شو زو که از تنک مایهچوژه لنگ آید ار خری خایه
Stay far from her, for from a meager asset,
A lame chick comes forth if you buy an egg.
گربه وار او غذای خود زایدزادهٔ او برو کجا پاید
Like a cat, she gives birth to her own food;
How can her offspring endure before her?
بارگیر تو تازی اسب دوانتو خریدار لنگ و لاشه خران
Your pack-beast is a swift Arab stallion,
Yet you are the buyer of lame and carcass donkeys!
خوی شیران پذیر با صولتهمچو گربه مباش دون همت
Adopt the majestic character of lions;
Do not be low-spirited like a cat.

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