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بخش ۳ - تمثیل در نفس جهان فانی و قصّهٔ لقمان حکیم / Section 3 - The Allegory Regarding the Nature of the Mortal World and the Tale of Luqman the Wise

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

داشت لقمان یکی کریجی تنگچو گلوگاه نای و سینهٔ چنگ
Luqman had a narrow little hut,
Like the throat of a reed flute and the chest of a harp.
شب در او در به رنج و تاب بدیروز در پیش آفتاب بدی
At night, inside it, he was in pain and torment,
By day, he was out in the sun.
روز نیمی به آفتاب اندرهمه شب زو به رنج و تاب اندر
Half the day in the sun,
All night in pain and torment from it.
بلفضولی سؤال کرد از ویچیست این خانه شش بدست و سه پی
A busybody asked him:
'What is this house, six spans and three paces?
همه عالم سرای و بستانستاین کریجت بتر ز زندانست
The whole world is a palace and a garden;
This hut of yours is worse than a prison.
در جهان فراخ با نزهتچکنی این کریج پر وحشت
In the wide and pleasant world,
What are you doing in this terrifying hut?
عالمی پر ز نزهت و خوشیرنج این تنگنای از چه کشی
A world full of pleasantness and joy,
Why do you endure the pain of this narrow place?'
با دم سرد و چشم گریان پیرگفت هذا لمن یموت کثیر
With a cold sigh and weeping eyes, the old man
Said, 'This is even too much for one who will die.
در رباطی مقام و من گذریبر سر پل سرای و من سفری
Dwelling in a caravanserai while I am just passing through,
A house on a bridge, and I am on a journey.
چه کنم خانهٔ گل آباداندل من اینما تکونوا خوان
Why should I build up a house of mud?
My heart recites 'Wherever you may be...'.
چو درآید اجل چه بنده چه شاهوقت چون در رسد چه بام چه چاه
When death comes, what does it matter if one is slave or king?
When the time arrives, what is a roof or a well?
گربهٔ روده چون زنم شانهبر ره سیل چون کنم خانه
Why should I comb the intestines of a cat?
Why should I build a house on the path of a flood?
آهن سرد چند کوبم منخانه ویران و چند روبم من
How long should I beat cold iron?
The house is ruined, how long should I sweep it?
پیش صرصر چراغ چه افروزمپوستین پیش شیر چون دوزم
Why should I light a lamp in the face of a fierce wind?
Why should I sew a fur coat in front of a lion?
خلق را زین جهان پر شر و شورچار دیوار گور بهتر گور
For people in this world full of evil and tumult,
The four walls of the grave are better, the grave.
هلک المثقلون بخوانده و پسخانه و جای سازم اینت هوس
Having read 'Perished are the heavily burdened', then
Shall I build a house and a place? What an illusion!
چکنم جفت و زاده و بنیادمونس من نجاالمخفون باد
What should I do with a mate, offspring, and foundation?
May my companion be 'Saved are the light-burdened'.
خانه کز راه رنج و حیله بودهمچو زندان کرم پیله بود
A house built through suffering and deceit
Is like the prison of a silkworm.
که چو قز بود در دلش پنهانگشت هم قز تن ورا زندان
Since the silk is hidden in its heart,
That very silk becomes a prison for its body.
خانه اینجا که بهر قوت کنندمور و زنبور و عنکبوت کنند
Building a house here for sustenance
Is what the ant, the bee, and the spider do.
قوت عیسی چو ز آسمان سازندهم بدانجاش خانه پردازند
Since Jesus's sustenance is prepared from heaven,
They also build his house there.
بر فلک زان مسیح سربفراشتکه بر این خاک توده خانه نداشت
The Messiah raised his head to the sky for this reason:
That he had no house on this mound of dirt.
چکند روح پاک خانهٔ ریحفلک پنجم است بام مسیح
What does the pure spirit do with a house of wind?
The fifth heaven is the roof of the Messiah.
خر دجال چون ز جو خالیستعلم جور او از آن عالیست
Since the Antichrist's donkey is devoid of barley,
His banner of tyranny is thereby raised high.
خاک و آب و هوا و آتش عهدکی نگهدارد ار تو سازی جهد
Earth, water, air, and fire—their covenant,
When do they keep it, even if you make an effort?
مرگ را چون شگرف و چالاکستسوی ناپاک و پاک ره پاکست
Because death is magnificent and swift,
Its path to the impure and the pure is clear.
نه تو مردی و مرگ بی زورستشیر او شیر و گور او گورست
Neither are you capable of fighting it, nor is death powerless;
Its lion is a lion, and its grave is a grave.
زانکه اینجات یک دو مه محلستنه بتست آن به مدت اجلست
For your place here is but a month or two;
It depends on the appointed time.
به اجل باز بسته اند این کاربی اجل نیست کار را مقدار
They have tied this matter to the appointed time of death;
Without death, actions have no measure.'

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