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بخش ۸ - اندر کمال عقل / Section 8 - On the Perfection of Intellect

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

چار طبعش مرید و او پیر استده حواسش سپاه و او میر است
Its four humors are disciples, and it is the master;
Its ten senses are the army, and it is the commander.
رنگ پنداشت را ز تختهٔ آزرو بشویش به آب و ذل و نیاز
Wash the color of conceit from the tablet of greed,
With the water of humility and neediness.
زانکه اندر سواد سایهٔ شرعاصل دین را برای نکتهٔ فرع
For in the shadow of the religious law,
The foundation of religion for the sake of the branch,
مایه داد از پی درنگ تراسه قوی چارگونه رنگ ترا
Gave you substance for your temporary stay,
Three strong faculties and fourfold colors.
جان چو در عالم درنگ آیدخود از این رنگهاش ننگ آید
When the soul arrives in the world of delay,
It feels ashamed of these very colors.
از پی جستن سلامت جاناسب جان را در این محیط مران
In pursuit of the soul's safety,
Do not drive the horse of the soul into this ocean.
داند آنرا که اهل ذهن و ذکا ستکه سلامت به ساحل دریا ست
He who is possessed of mind and intelligence knows,
That safety lies on the shore of the sea.
دست و پای ترا به بند قضاهست بسته درین سپنج فضا
Your hands and feet, by the decree of fate,
Are bound within this transient space.
پس تو با دست و پای بستهٔ اوروی دریا مجو به پشت کدو
So, with hands and feet tied by Him,
Do not seek the sea's surface on the back of a gourd.
آشنا را اگر نمی دانیخر به قلزم درون چرا رانی ؟
If you do not know how to swim,
Why drive your donkey into the ocean?
ور ندانی تو آشنا بشنوخیره بیهوده بر مناره مرو
And if you do not know swimming, listen:
Do not blindly climb the minaret in vain.
در سباحت اگرچه استادیپیش من زین قبل بر استادی
Even if you are a master of swimming,
Before me, you are still standing as an apprentice.
نه چو کشتی شکست ای رعناشد سباحت وبال در دریا
Is it not so that when the ship wrecks, O vain one,
Swimming becomes a burden in the sea?
جز ز روی کمال عقل و خردسه گز اطلس به نه درم که خرد ؟
Except through the perfection of reason and intellect,
Who would buy three yards of satin for nine dirhams?
نزد آن دل که معدن خردستهمه نیک فلک به جمله بدست
To the heart that is a mine of wisdom,
All the good of the heavens is entirely bad.
در دل و جان آنکه هشیارستبر سر و چشم آنکه بیدارست
In the heart and soul of the one who is vigilant,
Upon the head and eyes of the one who is awake,
پل بود بر دو سوی آب سرهچون گذشتی ازو چه پل چه دره
There is a sturdy bridge over the pure water;
Once you have crossed it, what matters the bridge or the valley?

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