1Cademy - دفتر چهارم - بخش ۷۹ - قصهٔ «سُبْحانی، ما اَعْظَمَ شَأْنی» گفتن ابویزید قدّس الله سرّه و اعتراض مریدان و جواب این مر ایشان را نه به طریق گفت زبان بلک از راه عیان / Book Four - Section 79 - The Story of Abu Yazid - may God sanctify his secret - Saying Glory be to me, how great is my station, and the Disciples Objection, and His Answer to Them - Not by Way of Spoken Word but by Way of Manifest Vision

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مثنوی معنوی: دفتر چهارم / Masnavi: Book Four

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دفتر چهارم - بخش ۷۹ - قصهٔ «سُبْحانی، ما اَعْظَمَ شَأْنی» گفتن ابویزید قدّس الله سرّه و اعتراض مریدان و جواب این مر ایشان را نه به طریق گفت زبان بلک از راه عیان / Book Four - Section 79 - The Story of Abu Yazid - may God sanctify his secret - Saying 'Glory be to me, how great is my station', and the Disciples' Objection, and His Answer to Them - Not by Way of Spoken Word but by Way of Manifest Vision

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

با مریدان آن فقیر محتشم	بایزید آمد که نک یزدان منم
With his disciples, that majestic poor man Bayazid, came saying, 'Behold, I am God.'
گفت مستانه عیان آن ذوفنون	لا اله الا انا ها فاعبدون
That master of many arts openly said in a state of intoxication, 'There is no god but Me, so worship Me.'
چون گذشت آن حال گفتندش صباح	تو چنین گفتی و این نبود صلاح
When that state passed, they said to him in the morning, 'You said such a thing, and this was not right.'
گفت این بار ار کنم من مشغله	کاردها بر من زنید آن دم هله
He said, 'If I make a commotion this time, Plunge your knives into me at that very moment, come now!
حق منزه از تن و من با تنم	چون چنین گویم، بباید کشتنم
God is transcendent beyond the body, and I am with a body; When I speak like this, I must be killed.'
چون وصیت کرد آن آزادمرد	هر مریدی کاردی آماده کرد
When that free man made this will, Every disciple prepared a knife.
مست گشت او باز از آن سغراق زفت	آن وصیت هاش از خاطر برفت
He became drunk again from that heavy goblet; Those behests went out of his mind.
نقل آمد عقل او آواره شد	صبح آمد شمع او بیچاره شد
The 'dessert' came, and his intellect became a wanderer; Morning came, and his candle became helpless.
عقل چون شحنه ست چون سلطان رسید	شحنهٔ بیچاره در کنجی خزید
Intellect is like a police chief; when the Sultan arrives, The helpless police chief creeps into a corner.
عقل سایهٔ حق بود حق آفتاب	سایه را با آفتاب او چه تاب
Intellect is God's shadow, God is the sun; What endurance does the shadow have with His sun?
چون پری غالب شود بر آدمی	گم شود از مرد وصف مردمی
When a fairy (jinn) overcomes a human, The attribute of humanity disappears from the man.
هر چه گوید، آن پری گفته بود	زین سری زان آن سری گفته بود
Whatever he says, that fairy has spoken it; From this side, it has spoken from that side.
چون پری را این دم و قانون بود	کردگار آن پری خود چون بود؟
Since the fairy has this breath and rule, How must the Creator of that fairy be Himself?
اوی او رفته، پری خود او شده	ترک بی الهام، تازی گو شده
His 'he-ness' has gone, the fairy has become him; The Turk without inspiration has become an Arabic speaker.
چون به خود آید، نداند یک لغت	چون پری را هست این ذات و صفت
When he comes to himself, he does not know a single word; Since the fairy has this essence and attribute,
پس خداوند پری و آدمی	از پری کی باشدش آخر کمی؟
Then the Lord of fairy and man, How can He ultimately be less than a fairy?
شیرگیر ار خون نره شیر خورد	تو بگویی او نکرد، آن باده کرد
If a lion-catcher drinks the blood of a male lion, You say he didn't do it, that wine did it.
ور سخن پردازد از زر کهن	تو بگویی باده گفته ست آن سخن
And if he fashions words of old gold, You say wine has spoken those words.
باده ای را می بود این شر و شور	نور حق را نیست آن فرهنگ و زور
To a wine belongs this evil and tumult; Does the light of God lack that culture and power,
که ترا از تو به کل خالی کند	تو شوی پست او سخن عالی کند
That it should completely empty you of yourself? You become low, and He makes the speech exalted.
گرچه قرآن از لب پیغمبرست	هر که گوید حق نگفت، او کافرست
Although the Quran is from the lips of the Prophet, Whoever says God did not speak it is an infidel.
چون همای بی خودی پرواز کرد	آن سخن را بایزید آغاز کرد
When the huma (auspicious bird) of selflessness took flight, Bayazid began that speech.
عقل را سیل تحیر در ربود	زان قوی تر گفت که اول گفته بود
The torrent of bewilderment swept away his intellect; He spoke more strongly than he had spoken at first:
نیست اندر جبه ام الا خدا	چند جویی بر زمین و بر سما
'There is nothing in my cloak except God; How long will you search on earth and in heaven?'
آن مریدان جمله دیوانه شدند	کاردها در جسم پاکش می زدند
Those disciples all became mad; They plunged their knives into his pure body.
هر یکی چون ملحدان گرده کوه	کارد می زد پیر خود را بی ستوه
Each one, like the heretics of Girdakuh, Stabbed his spiritual guide without hesitation.
هر که اندر شیخ تیغی می خلید	بازگونه از تن خود می درید
Whoever thrust a sword into the Sheikh, Tore his own body in reverse.
یک اثر نه بر تن آن ذوفنون	وان مریدان خسته و غرقاب خون
There was not one mark on the body of that master of arts, While those disciples were wounded and drowned in blood.
هر که او سویی گلویش زخم برد	حلق خود ببریده دید و زار مرد
Whoever struck a blow at his throat from any direction, Saw his own throat cut and died miserably.
وآنک او را زخم اندر سینه زد	سینه اش بشکافت و شد مردهٔ ابد
And he who struck a blow at his chest, His own chest was split, and he became dead for eternity.
وآنک آگه بود از آن صاحب قران	دل ندادش که زند زخم گران
And he who was aware of that lord of conjunction, His heart did not allow him to strike a heavy blow.
نیم دانش دست او را بسته کرد	جان ببرد الا که خود را خسته کرد
Half-knowledge bound his hand; He saved his life, except that he wounded himself.
روز گشت و آن مریدان کاسته	نوحه ها از خانه شان برخاسته
Day broke, and those disciples were diminished; Lamentations arose from their houses.
پیش او آمد هزاران مرد و زن	کای دو عالم درج در یک پیرهن
Thousands of men and women came to him, Saying, 'O you in whose one shirt two worlds are contained!
این تن تو گر تن مردم بدی	چون تن مردم ز خنجر گم شدی
If this body of yours were the body of a man, It would have perished like a man's body from the dagger.'
با خودی با بی خودی دوچار زد	با خود اندر دیدهٔ خود خار زد
He who struck the selfless one while possessed of self, Struck a thorn into his own eye.
ای زده بر بی خودان تو ذوالفقار	بر تن خود می زنی آن هوش دار
O you who have struck the Zulfiqar (sword) at the selfless, You are striking your own body; beware!
زانک بی خود فانی است و آمنست	تا ابد در آمنی او ساکنست
Because the selfless one is annihilated and safe; He dwells in safety for eternity.
نقش او فانی و او شد آینه	غیر نقش روی غیر آن جای نه
His form has been annihilated, and he has become a mirror; There is no room in it for anything other than the image of another's face.
گر کنی تف سوی روی خود کنی	ور زنی بر آینه، بر خود زنی
If you spit, you spit at your own face; And if you strike the mirror, you strike yourself.
ور ببینی روی زشت آن هم توی	ور ببینی عیسی و مریم توی
And if you see an ugly face, that too is you; And if you see Jesus and Mary, it is you.
او نه اینست و نه آن او ساده است	نقش تو در پیش تو بنهاده است
He is neither this nor that; he is simple (unalloyed); He has placed your image before you.
چون رسید اینجا سخن لب در ببست	چون رسید اینجا قلم درهم شکست
When the words reached here, the lips closed; When the pen reached here, it broke in pieces.
لب ببند ار چه فصاحت دست داد	دم مزن والله اعلم بالرشاد
Close your lips, even if eloquence is at hand; Do not breathe a word; and God knows best the right path.
برکنار بامی ای مست مدام	پست بنشین یا فرود آ والسلام
You are on the edge of a roof, O constantly drunk! Sit low or come down, and peace be upon you!
هر زمانی که شدی تو کامران	آن دم خوش را کنار بام دان
Whenever you become successful and happy, Consider that happy moment as the edge of the roof.
بر زمان خوش هراسان باش تو	هم چو گنجش خفیه کن نه فاش تو
Be fearful at the happy time; Hide it like a treasure, do not make it public!
تا نیاید بر ولا ناگه بلا	ترس ترسان رو در آن مکمن هلا
So that a sudden affliction does not come upon the joy; Go into that ambush with fear and trembling, beware!
ترس جان در وقت شادی از زوال	زان کنار بام غیبست ارتحال
The fear for one's life in the time of joy is from decline; For departure is from the edge of the unseen roof.
گر نمی بینی کنار بام راز	روح می بیند که هستش اهتزاز
If you do not see the edge of the secret roof, The spirit sees it, for it has a trembling (vibration).
هر نکالی ناگهان کان آمدست	بر کنار کنگرهٔ شادی بدست
Every exemplary punishment that has come suddenly, Has been on the edge of the battlement of joy.
جز کنار بام خود نبود سقوط	اعتبار از قوم نوح و قوم لوط
There is no fall except from the edge of one's own roof; Take warning from the people of Noah and the people of Lot.

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