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بخش ۱۷ - در شهوت و آز گوید / Section 17 - He Speaks on Lust and Greed

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

چیست دنیا و خلق و استظهارخاکدانی پر از سگ و مردار
What are the world, its people, and their seeking of support?
A dustbin full of dogs and carcasses.
بهر یک خامش این همه فریادبهر یک خاک توده این همه باد
For the sake of a single silent one, all this clamor;
For the sake of a single heap of dust, all this wind.
هست مهر زمانه با کینهسیر دارد میان لوزینه
The affection of time is mingled with malice;
It has garlic hidden inside the almond sweetmeat.
از پی گندمی درین عالمچند باشی برهنه چون آدم
In pursuit of a grain of wheat in this world,
How long will you remain naked like Adam?
بهر گندم تو روح رنجه مدارکادم از بهر گندمی شد خوار
Do not torment your soul for the sake of wheat,
For Adam was disgraced for a single grain of wheat.
در جهان بنگر از پی رازشچه کنی رنگ و بوی غمازش
Look into the world in pursuit of its secret;
What will you do with its deceitful color and scent?
این جهان زان جهان نمودارستلیکن آن زنده اینت مردارست
This world is an outward display of that world,
But that one is alive, while this one is a carcass.
چون یکی بحر دانش آن به شرفآخرش درج در و اول کف
Consider it a sea: that one is superior in honor;
Its end is a casket of pearls, and its beginning is foam.
خانه ای دان شکسته زیر و زبرنقش دیوار پر درخت و سپر
Consider it a ruined house, turned upside down;
The murals on the wall full of trees and shields.
نه درختیش میوه آرندهنه سپر مرگ باز دارنده
Neither does its tree bear fruit,
Nor does its shield ward off death.
راز دل هر دو بر تو بنمودهتو به غفلت زهر دو نشنوده
The secret of the heart has revealed both to you;
You, in negligence, have not heard either.
مانده اندر غرور او شب و روزهمچو آدینه کودکان از گوز
Remaining in its deception night and day,
Like children with walnuts on a Friday.
صفت عمر و مرگ و دولت و زیستزیر دور زمانه دانی چیست
The nature of life and death, wealth and existence,
Under the revolving of time, do you know what it is?
شاهد ابله و رقیب بهشمی شیرین و میزبان ترش
A foolish beloved and an intelligent rival,
Sweet wine and a sour host.
میزبان بی حفاظ و بی آزرمخوردنی جمله سرد و آبش گرم
A host without safeguard and without shame,
All the food is cold and its water is warm.
پس مریز ارت چرب باید دیگآب در دیگ و روغن اندر ریگ
So do not pour, if you want your pot to be greasy,
Water into the pot and oil into the sand.
راز این کلبه نفس غمازستعقل کل باز خانهٔ رازست
The secret of this hut is the deceitful nafs (lower self);
The Universal Intellect is the falcon of the house of secrets.
نچنی برگش ار چه با برگستپس دویدنش حسرت و مرگست
Do not gather its provision, even if it has provision,
For running after it brings regret and death.
به در عقل گرد تا برهیاز بلاها و زشتی و تبهی
Hover around the door of the intellect so that you may be saved,
From afflictions, ugliness, and corruption.
مرد را عقل به بود دستورورنه ماند چو ابلهان مغرور
Intellect is the best minister for a man;
Otherwise, he will remain deluded like the foolish.

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