1Cademy - دفتر اول - بخش ۱۶۹ - بازگشتن به حکایت علی کرم الله وجهه و مسامحت کردن او با خونی خویش / Book One - Section 169 - Returning to the Tale of Ali, May God Honor His Face, and His Generosity Toward His Murderer

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مثنوی معنوی: دفتر اول / Masnavi: Book One
دفتر اول - بخش ۱۶۷ - گفتن پیغامبر صلی الله علیه و سلم به گوش رکابدار امیرالمؤمنین علی کرم الله وجهه کی کشتن علی بر دست تو خواهد بودن خبرت کردم / Book One - Section 167 - The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, speaking into the ear of the stirrup-holder of the Commander of the Faithful Ali, may God honor his face, that 'The killing of Ali will be by your hand, I have informed you'

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دفتر اول - بخش ۱۶۹ - بازگشتن به حکایت علی کرم الله وجهه و مسامحت کردن او با خونی خویش / Book One - Section 169 - Returning to the Tale of Ali, May God Honor His Face, and His Generosity Toward His Murderer

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باز رو سوی علی و خونیش
وان کرم با خونی و افزونیش

گفت دشمن را همی بینم به چشم
روز و شب بر وی ندارم هیچ خشم

زانک مرگم همچو من خوش آمدست
مرگ من در بعث چنگ اندر زدست

مرگ بی مرگی بود ما را حلال
برگ بی برگی بود ما را نوال

ظاهرش مرگ و به باطن زندگی
ظاهرش ابتر نهان پایندگی

در رحم زادن جنین را رفتنست
در جهان او را ز نو بشکفتنست

چون مرا سوی اجل عشق و هواست
نهی لا تلقوا بایدیکم مراست

زانک نهی از دانهٔ شیرین بود
تلخ را خود نهی حاجت کی شود

دانه ای کش تلخ باشد مغز و پوست
تلخی و مکروهیش خود نهی اوست

دانهٔ مردن مرا شیرین شدست
بل هم احیاء پی من آمدست

اقتلونی یا ثقاتی لائما
ان فی قتلی حیاتی دائما

ان فی موتی حیاتی یا فتی
کم افارق موطنی حتی متی

فرقتی لو لم تکن فی ذا السکون
لم یقل انا الیه راجعون

راجع آن باشد که باز آید به شهر
سوی وحدت آید از تفریق دهر

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Turn back toward Ali and his murderer,\nAnd to that generosity toward the murderer and its increase.\nHe said: "I see the enemy with my own eyes;\nDay and night I bear no anger against him.\nFor my death has become as pleasant to me as I am [to myself];\nMy death has clutched at the resurrection.\nDeath without death is lawful for us;\nThe provision of 'no-provision' is our bounty.\nIts outward form is death, its inward form life;\nIts outward form is cut off, its secret form is endurance.\nFor the embryo, being born from the womb is a departure;\nIn the world, it is a fresh blossoming for him.\nSince I have love and passion for the appointed time,\nThe prohibition 'do not cast [yourselves] into destruction' applies to me.\nFor prohibition is for the sweet seed;\nWhen does the bitter one need prohibition?\nA seed whose kernel and husk are bitter—\nIts bitterness and repulsiveness are its own prohibition.\nThe seed of dying has become sweet to me;\nRather, 'they are alive' has come regarding me.\nKill me, O my trusted ones, blaming [me];\nFor in my being killed is my life forever.\nIn my death is my life, O youth;\nHow long shall I be separated from my homeland, until when?\nIf my separation were not in this stillness,\nHe would not have said, 'To Him we are returning.'\nThe one who returns is the one who comes back to the city,\nWho comes toward Unity from the dispersion of time."

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