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دفتر ششم - بخش ۱۱ - مدافعهٔ امرا آن حجت را به شبههٔ جبریانه و جواب دادن شاه ایشان را / Book Six - Section 11 - The Emirs' Defense of That Argument with Deterministic Sophistry, and the King's Reply to Them

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پس بگفتند آن امیران کین فنیستاز عنایتهاش کار جهد نیست
Then those emirs said, 'This is not a trick;
from His grace, it is not a matter of effort.
قسمت حقست مه را روی نغزدادهٔ بختست گل را بوی نغز
It is God's apportionment that gives the moon its beautiful face;
it is the gift of fortune that gives the rose its sweet scent.'
گفت سلطان بلک آنچ از نفس زادریع تقصیرست و دخل اجتهاد
The King said, 'Nay, that which is born of the self
is the yield of negligence and the harvest of exertion.
ورنه آدم کی بگفتی با خداربنا انا ظلمنا نفسنا
Otherwise, when would Adam have said to God,
'Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves'?
خود بگفتی کین گناه از نفس بودچون قضا این بود حزم ما چه سود
He would have said, 'This sin was from the soul;
since this was destiny, what use is our caution?'
هم چو ابلیسی که گفت اغویتنیتو شکستی جام و ما را می زنی
Like Iblis, who said, 'You have led me astray;
You broke the cup and yet You beat us!'
بل قضا حقست و جهد بنده حقهین مباش اعور چو ابلیس خلق
Rather, destiny is true, and the servant's effort is true;
beware, do not be one-eyed like Iblis among the creatures.
در تردد مانده ایم اندر دو کاراین تردد کی بود بی اختیار
We are left hesitating between two actions;
how could this hesitation exist without free will?
این کنم یا آن کنم او کی گودکه دو دست و پای او بسته بود
'Shall I do this or that?' How could one say that,
if his two hands and feet were tied?
هیچ باشد این تردد بر سرمکه روم در بحر یا بالا پرم
Is there ever this hesitation in my head,
whether I should dive into the sea or fly up to the sky?
این تردد هست که موصل رومیا برای سحر تا بابل روم
This hesitation exists: whether I should go to Mosul,
or go to Babylon for magic.
پس تردد را بباید قدرتیورنه آن خنده بود بر سبلتی
Thus, hesitation requires power;
otherwise, it would be laughing at a mustache.
بر قضا کم نه بهانه ای جوانجرم خود را چون نهی بر دیگران
Do not make excuses based on destiny, O youth;
how can you lay your own crime upon others?
خون کند زید و قصاص او به عمرمی خورد عمرو و بر احمد حد خمر
Zayd sheds blood, and retaliation falls on 'Amr?
'Amr drinks wine, and Ahmad receives the punishment for wine?
گرد خود برگرد و جرم خود ببینجنبش از خود بین و از سایه مبین
Circle around yourself and see your own crime;
see the movement from yourself, not from the shadow.
که نخواهد شد غلط پاداش میرخصم را می داند آن میر بصیر
For the Emir's reward will not be mistaken;
that seeing Emir knows the adversary.
چون عسل خوردی نیامد تب به غیرمزد روز تو نیامد شب به غیر
When you ate honey, fever did not come to another;
the wages of your day did not come to another at night.
در چه کردی جهد کان وا تو نگشتتو چه کاریدی که نامد ریع کشت
In what did you strive that did not return to you?
What did you sow that the crop's yield did not come?
فعل تو که زاید از جان و تنتهم چو فرزندت بگیرد دامنت
Your action, which is born from your soul and body,
will grab your hem just like your child.
فعل را در غیب صورت می کنندفعل دزدی را نه داری می زنند
Actions are given form in the unseen;
for the act of stealing, do they not set up a gallows?
دار کی ماند به دزدی لیک آنهست تصویر خدای غیب دان
How does a gallows resemble stealing? But that
is the portrayal by the God Who knows the unseen.
در دل شحنه چو حق الهام دادکه چنین صورت بساز از بهر داد
When God inspired the heart of the police chief,
saying, 'Make such a form for the sake of justice,'
تا تو عالم باشی و عادل قضانامناسب چون دهد داد و سزا
Since you are a scholar and destiny is just,
how could it give inappropriate justice and retribution?
چونک حاکم این کند اندر گزینچون کند حکم احکم این حاکمین
Since the ruler does this in choosing,
how will the decree of the Most Just of rulers be?
چون بکاری جو نروید غیر جوقرض تو کردی ز که خواهد گرو
When you sow barley, nothing but barley grows;
you took a loan, from whom will he demand the pledge?
جرم خود را بر کسی دیگر منههوش و گوش خود بدین پاداش ده
Do not lay your crime upon anyone else;
give your mind and ear to this recompense.
جرم بر خود نه که تو خود کاشتیبا جزا و عدل حق کن آشتی
Lay the crime upon yourself, for you yourself sowed it;
make peace with God's retribution and justice.
رنج را باشد سبب بد کردنیبد ز فعل خود شناس از بخت نی
The cause of suffering is doing evil;
recognize the evil from your own action, not from fortune.
آن نظر در بخت چشم احول کندکلب را کهدانی و کاهل کند
That looking at fortune makes the eye cross-eyed;
it makes the dog a glutton and lazy.
متهم کن نفس خود را ای فتیمتهم کم کن جزای عدل را
Accuse your own self, O youth;
do not accuse the retribution of justice.
توبه کن مردانه سر آور به رهکه فمن یعمل بمثقال یره
Repent manfully and bring your head to the path;
for 'whosoever does an atom's weight shall see it.'
در فسون نفس کم شو غره ایکه آفتاب حق نپوشد ذره ای
Do not be deceived by the spell of the self;
for the sun of truth does not hide a single atom.
هست این ذرات جسمی ای مفیدپیش این خورشید جسمانی پدید
These physical atoms, O beneficial one,
are visible before this physical sun.
هست ذرات خواطر و افتکارپیش خورشید حقایق آشکار
The atoms of thoughts and reflections
are manifest before the Sun of truths.

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