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بخش ۸۲ - فی العبودیّة / Section 82 - On Servitude

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

چند پرسی که بندگی چه بودبندگی جز فکندگی چه بود
How long will you ask what servitude is?
What is servitude other than humble submission?
بند او دار تا بوی بندهورنه هستی تو از در خنده
Wear His bond so that you may be a servant,
Otherwise you are only fit for laughter.
نیستانی که بر درش هستندنه کمر بر درش کنون بستند
Those who are non-existent at His door
Have not just now girded their loins at His threshold;
بلکه از مادر سنین و شهورخود کمر بسته زاده اند چو مور
Rather, from the mother of years and months,
They were born already girded like ants.
جمله اعضات را به بند درآرمال و اسباب جملگی بسپار
Bring all your limbs into His bond,
Surrender all your wealth and belongings.
بند او دار بر همه اعضاتا نگردی ز بند خیره جدا
Keep His bond upon all your limbs,
So that you do not foolishly break away from this bond.
بندگی نیست جز ره تسلیمور ندانی بخوان تو قلب سلیم
Servitude is nothing but the path of submission;
If you do not know, read of the 'sound heart'.
مده از دستش از برای نهادهمه را هیچ کس به هیچ نداد
Do not lose hold of it for the sake of your ego,
No one ever gave everything to anyone for nothing.
هرکرا نیست چشم عبرت کورنبود همچو مرغ و وحش و ستور
Whoever has not the eye of admonition blinded
Will not be like birds, wild beasts, or pack animals.
سوی آن کز رضا حکیم بودجنبش اختران عقیم بود
For the one who is wise through contentment,
The movement of the stars is impotent.
بندگی در سرای مبدع کلعجز و ضعف است و استهانت و ذل
Servitude in the court of the Creator of All
Is helplessness, weakness, self-abasement, and humility.
دور دور است در بلا خوردنبنده بودن ز بنده پروردن
It is a long cycle of enduring trials;
Being a servant is far from being a nurturer of servants.
چون شود حکمت قدم ساقیتو کنی اختیار در باقی
When eternal wisdom becomes the cupbearer,
You will choose that which is everlasting.
هست در دین هزار و یک درگاهکمترش آنکه بی تو دارد راه
There are a thousand and one thresholds in religion,
The least of which is the one that has a path without you.
گر چو زنبور خانه خواهی تنپیش تیر قضا سپر بفکن
If you want a body like a beehive,
Cast down your shield before the arrow of destiny.
هرکرا خسته کرد تیر قضانپذیرد ورا جریحه دوا
Whoever is wounded by the arrow of destiny,
Their wound will accept no medicine.
زخم تیر قضا سپر شکنستهیچکس خود ز خم او نبرست
The wound from the arrow of destiny shatters shields;
No one ever escaped its strike.
نرهی ای فضولی رعناجز به بی دست و پایی از دریا
You will not escape, O vain meddler,
From the sea, except by helplessness.
آنکه دلهای آشنا دارنددل ز چون و چرا جدا دارند
Those who possess hearts familiar with the Divine
Keep their hearts free from 'hows' and 'whys'.
پیش آسیب تیر احکامشهمچو صیداند مانده در دامش
Before the blow of the arrow of His decrees,
They are like prey caught in His snare.
که نبشتست بر تو سود و زیانامر قل لن یصیبنا برخوان
Who has written profit and loss for you?
Read the command: 'Say: Nothing will befall us.'
کز پی جانت حکم یزدانیشب نبشت آنچه روز می خوانی
For the sake of your soul, the Divine decree
Wrote at night what you read by day.
از پی جیم جهل و عقل سقیمدل تو تنگ شد چو حلقهٔ میم
Because of the 'Jeem' of ignorance and defective intellect,
Your heart became narrow like the loop of the letter 'Meem'.
مخبر باطنست ظاهر حکمحاکی اولست آخر حکم
The outward aspect of the decree reveals the inner state;
The end of the decree tells of the beginning.
خویشتن را به آب ده که ز مانشود علم آشنا دریا
Throw yourself into the water, for our limited
Knowledge of swimming will not make the ocean familiar.
چون ز بالا بلا نهد به تو رویرو تو الله گوی و آه مگوی
When calamity descends upon you from above,
Go and say 'Allah' and do not utter sighs.
حکم حق چون سوی تو کرد نگاههان و هان زود بسته کن ره آه
When the Divine decree looks toward you,
Beware, quickly close the path of sighing.
تا نداردت آه سرگردانآه را هم ز راه واگردان
Lest sighing leave you bewildered,
Turn sighing away from the path as well.
با قضا سود کی کند حذرتخون مگردان به بیهده جگرت
How can your caution benefit you against destiny?
Do not consume your liver in vain.
دست و لب زیر حکم مبدع کلپنجهٔ سرو ساز و غنچهٔ گل
Make your hand and lip under the decree of the Creator of All
Like the branch of a cypress and the rosebud.
سوزیان باش کدخدایش رااستخوان باش مر همایش را
Be a moth consuming itself for its master,
Be a bone for its Huma bird.
هرچه جز حق بود تو آن مپذیردل ز اغیار جملگی برگیر
Accept nothing other than the Truth,
Detach your heart entirely from all others.
روی چون شمع پیش او خوش دارکمر از آب و تاج از آتش دار
Keep your face bright like a candle before Him;
Have your belt made of water and your crown of fire.
تو چراغی به پیش مهر بلندجان همی ده چنو و خوش می خند
You are a lamp before the exalted Sun;
Give your life like it and smile happily.
جان به رغبت سپار کز انکارنیست جان را در آن سرای شمار
Surrender your life willingly, for in that court,
A life held back in denial has no value.
کانکه دم با سر بریده کشدبار حکمش به نور دیده کشد
For he who draws breath with a severed head
Carries the burden of His command with the light of his eyes.
سرنپیچیده ز حکم و امر خدایبنشیند خموش بر یک جای
Without turning his head from God's command and order,
He sits silently in one place.
آتشی را همی کند تسلیمداغ نمرود و باغ ابراهیم
He submits to the fire:
The burning brand of Nimrod and the garden of Abraham.
تا نگشتی به سوی خویش گداینبود سوی تو خدای خدای
Until you become a beggar towards your own self,
God will not show His Lordship to you.
هدف تیر حکم او جان کنصدف در عشقش ایمان کن
Make your soul the target for the arrow of His decree;
Make your faith a pearl oyster in the ocean of His love.
شرع مقلوب را مکان گوییعرش مقلوب را کجا جویی
You speak of the place of the inverted Law;
Where do you seek the inverted Throne?
زانکه داند خدای رمز سخنغمز او غمزه ها تقاضا کن
For God knows the mystery of speech;
Seek His winks and subtle hints.

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