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بخش ۵۸ - فی صفة‌الزهد و الزّاهد / Section 58 - On the Description of Asceticism and the Ascetic

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

زاهدی از میان قوم بتاختبه سر کوه رفت و صومعه ساخت
An ascetic ran away from the people,
Went to the top of a mountain and built a monastery.
روزی از اتفاق داناییعالمی پر خرد توانایی
One day, by chance, a wise man,
A knowledgeable, wise, and capable scholar,
برگذشت و بدید زاهد راآن چنان پارسای عابد را
Passed by and saw the ascetic,
Such a pious worshiper.
گفت ویحک چرا براین بالایساختستی مقام و مسکن و جای
He said: 'Alas! Why on this height
Have you established your station, dwelling, and place?'
گفت زاهد که اهل دنیا پاکدر طلب کردنش شدند هلاک
The ascetic replied: 'The people of the world completely
Perished in seeking it.
باز دنیا شده است در پروازدر فکنده به هر دیار آواز
Furthermore, the world has taken flight,
Casting its voice in every land.
به زبانی فصیح می گویددر جهان صید خویش می جوید
In eloquent language it speaks,
Seeking its prey in the world.
هر زمان گوید اهل دنیی راجفت بلوی و فرد مولی را
At all times it says to the people of the world—
Those wedded to affliction and separated from the Lord—
وای آن کو ز من حذر نکنددر طلب کردنم نظر نکند
Woe to the one who does not beware of me,
And does not look [cautiously] when seeking me,
تا نگردد چنانکه در فسطاطاندکی مرغ و باز بر افراط
Lest they become like in Fustat,
With few birds and an abundance of hawks.'

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