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بخش ۵۶ - در حق مردم و آدمی گوید / Section 56 - He Speaks Concerning the Nature of People and Humans

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

پس از آدم هر آنچ ز آدم زادآدمی خوانمش به اصل و نژاد
After Adam, whatever was born of Adam,
I call it human by origin and lineage.
نتوانم که گویمش مردمزانکه در سر این سخن مردم
I cannot call him a true human being,
for I am lost in the depth of this discourse.
مردمی عالمی دگر باشدکم کسی را ازو خبر باشد
True humanity is another realm,
of which few people have knowledge.
گرچه از روی اصل در دو سرایکمتر از سگ نیافرید خدای
Although by origin in both worlds,
God created nothing lower than a dog,
از پی خواب و خور مدانش وجودکاندرو بیش ازین بود مقصود
Do not assume its existence is merely for sleep and food,
for there is a greater purpose in it than this.
چون بود خلد و در هنر کوشدجامه مشطی ششتری پوشد
When it is loyal and strives in skill,
it is clothed in fine Shushtari garments.
خدمتش را کسی کنند پدیدکه برو بایدش مقیم دوید
They assign someone to serve it,
who must constantly run after it.
ور شود کشته گاه جولانشصید در زیر زخم دندانش
And if the prey is killed during its chase,
under the wound of its teeth,
چون بگویی برو به هم تکبیرشرع می گویدت حلالش گیر
When you pronounce the Takbir over it,
the religious law tells you to consider it lawful.
باز اگر کاهلی کند پیشهناورد زی طریق اندیشه
But if it makes laziness its trade,
and does not walk the path of thought,
گرد بازارها دوان باشدنزد دکان این و آن باشد
It goes running around the marketplaces,
loitering around the shops of this and that,
تا یکی استخوان خشک بردده تبر در میان سر بخورد
So that it might carry off a dry bone,
receiving ten blows of an axe on its head.
هست فرقی ز کار این تا آنهمچنین کار آدمی می دان
There is a difference between the work of this one and that one;
know that the state of humans is also like this.
سگ به کوشش چنان شود که کندخدمتش آدمی و لاف زند
A dog through effort becomes such that
a human serves it and boasts of it.
ور خسی آدمی شود چونانکی کند خدمت سگ از پی نان
But if a base person becomes like that,
how would even a dog serve him for the sake of bread?
کار دربند همت من و تستنشوی خوار تا نباشی سست
Success depends on your effort and mine;
you will not be abased as long as you are not lazy.
این بگفتم بر پناه جهانبازگشتم به مدح شاه جهان
I said this to the refuge of the world,
and returned to the praise of the king of the world.

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