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پاسخ بایزید به نکیر و منکر / Bayazid's Answer to Nakir and Munkar

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

چون برفت از دار دنیا بایزیددید در خوابش مگر آن شب مرید
When Bayazid departed from the abode of the world,
A disciple happened to see him in a dream that night.
پس سؤالش کرد کای شایسته پیرچون ز منکر درگذشتی وز نکیر
Then he asked him: 'O worthy master,
How did you pass Munkar and Nakir?'
گفت چون کردند آن دو نامداراز من مسکین سؤال از کردگار
He replied: 'When those two renowned ones
Asked poor me about the Creator,
گفتم ایشان را که نبود زین سؤالنه شما را نه مرا هرگز کمال
I told them: "There is no perfection in this question,
Neither for you nor for me, ever.
زانک اگر گویم خدایم اوست بساین سخن گفتن بود از من هوس
Because if I say He is my only God,
Speaking these words from me would be mere caprice.
لیک اگر زینجا به نزد ذوالجلالباز گردید و ازو پرسید حال
But if from here, to the Lord of Majesty,
You return and ask Him of the situation,
گر مرا او بنده خواند اینت کاربنده ای باشم خدا را نامدار
If He calls me His servant, that is the true achievement;
I shall be a renowned servant of God.
ور مرا از بندگان نشمارد اوبسته ای بند خودم بگذارد او
And if He does not count me among His servants,
He will leave me bound in my own fetters.
با کسی آسان چو پیوندش نبودمن اگر خوانم خداوندش چه سود
Since connection with Him is not easily granted to anyone,
What is the use if I call Him Lord?
چون نباشم بنده و بندی اوچون زنم لاف خداوندی او
When I am not His servant and His captive,
How can I boast that He is my Lord?
در خداوندیش سرافکنده املیک او باید که خواند بنده ام
Before His Lordship, my head is bowed,
But He must be the one to call me His servant."
گر ز سوی او درآید عاشقیتو به عشق او به غایت لایقی
If love arrives from His side,
You are utterly worthy of His love.
لیک عشقی کان ز سوی تو بوددان که آن درخورد روی تو بود
But a love that originates from your side,
Know that it is only fit for your own self.
او اگر با تو دراندازد خوشیتو توانی شد ز شادی آتشی
If He imparts joy to you,
You can become a fire out of gladness.
کار آن دارد نه این ای بی خبرکی خبر یابد ازو هر بی هنر
The matter rests in That, not this, O unaware one!
How can any unskilled person find news of Him?'

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