1Cademy - دفتر ششم - بخش ۵ - حکایت غلام هندو کی به خداوند‌زادهٔ خود پنهان هوای آورده بود چون دختر را با مهتر‌زاده‌ای عقد کردند غلام خبر یافت رنجور شد و می‌گداخت و هیچ طبیب علت او را در نمی‌یافت و او را زهرهٔ گفتن نه / Book Six - Section 5 - The Story of the Hindu Slave Who Had Secretly Fallen in Love with His Masters Daughter; When the Daughter Was Wed to a Noblemans Son, the Slave Found Out, Became Ill, and Wasted Away, and No Physician Could Discover His Ailment, and He Lacked the Courage to Speak of

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مثنوی معنوی: دفتر ششم / Masnavi: Book Six

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دفتر ششم - بخش ۵ - حکایت غلام هندو کی به خداوند‌زادهٔ خود پنهان هوای آورده بود چون دختر را با مهتر‌زاده‌ای عقد کردند غلام خبر یافت رنجور شد و می‌گداخت و هیچ طبیب علت او را در نمی‌یافت و او را زهرهٔ گفتن نه / Book Six - Section 5 - The Story of the Hindu Slave Who Had Secretly Fallen in Love with His Master's Daughter; When the Daughter Was Wed to a Nobleman's Son, the Slave Found Out, Became Ill, and Wasted Away, and No Physician Could Discover His Ailment, and He Lacked the Courage to Speak of

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خواجه ای را بود هندو بنده ای
پروریده کرده او را زنده ای

علم و آدابش تمام آموخته
در دلش شمع هنر افروخته

پروریدش از طفولیت به ناز
در کنار لطف آن اکرام ساز

بود هم این خواجه را خوش دختری
سیم اندامی گشی خوش گوهر ی

چون مراهق گشت دختر طالبان
بذل می کردند کابین گران

می رسیدش از سوی هر مهتر ی
بهر دختر دم به دم خوزه گر ی

گفت خواجه مال را نبود ثبات
روز آید شب رود اندر جهات

حسن صورت هم ندارد اعتبار
که شود رخ زرد از یک زخم خار

سهل باشد نیز مهترزادگی
که بود غره به مال و بارگی

ای بسا مهتر بچه کز شور و شر
شد ز فعل زشت خود ننگ پدر

پر هنر را نیز اگر باشد نفیس
کم پرست و عبرتی گیر از بلیس

علم بودش چون نبودش عشق دین
او ندید از آدم الا نقش طین

گرچه دانی دقت علم ای امین
زانت نگشاید دو دیدهٔ غیب بین

او نبیند غیر دستار ی و ریش
از معرف پرسد از بیش و کمی ش

عارفا تو از معرف فارغی
خود همی بینی که نور بازغی

کار تقوی دارد و دین و صلاح
که ازو باشد بدو عالم فلاح

کرد یک داماد صالح اختیار
که بد او فخر همه خیل و تبار

پس زنان گفتند او را مال نیست
مهتری و حسن و استقلال نیست

گفت آنها تابع زهدند و دین
بی زر او گنجی ست بر روی زمین

چون به جد تزویج دختر گشت فاش
دست پیمان و نشانی و قماش

پس غلام خرد که اندر خانه بود
گشت بیمار و ضعیف و زار زود

هم چو بیمار دقی او می گداخت
علت او را طبیبی کم شناخت

عقل می گفتی که رنجش از دل است
داروی تن در غم دل باطل است

آن غلامک دم نزد از حال خویش
کز چه می آید برو در سینه نیش

گفت خاتون را شبی شوهر که تو
باز پرسش در خلا از حال او

تو به جای مادری او را بود
که غم خود پیش تو پیدا کند

چونک خاتون کرد در گوش این کلام
روز دیگر رفت نزدیک غلام

پس سرش را شانه می کرد آن ستی
با دو صد مهر و دلال و آشتی

آنچنان که مادران مهربان
نرم کردش تا در آمد در بیان

که مرا اومید از تو این نبود
که دهی دختر به بیگانهٔ عنود

خواجه زادهٔ ما و ما خسته جگر
حیف نبود که رود جای دگر

خواست آن خاتون ز خشمی که آمدش
که زند وز بام زیر اندازدش

کو که باشد هندو ی مادر غر ی
که طمع دارد به خواجه دختر ی

گفت صبر اولی بود خود را گرفت
گفت با خواجه که بشنو این شگفت

این چنین گراء کی خاین بود
ما گمان برده که هست او معتمد

English translation

A master had a Hindu slave, Whom he had nurtured and given life. He had taught him all knowledge and manners, And lit the candle of skill in his heart. He raised him from childhood with indulgence, In the embrace of the kindness of that generous one. This master also had a beautiful daughter, With a silver-like body, elegant, of good essence. When the daughter reached puberty, suitors Offered generous dowries. From every nobleman, there arrived Suitors, moment by moment, seeking the daughter. The master said, 'Wealth has no permanence; It comes by day and departs by night in all directions. Beauty of face, too, has no reliability, For the cheek turns yellow from the prick of a single thorn. Noble birth is also a trivial matter, Which prides itself on wealth and steeds. O, how many a nobleman's son, from malice and wickedness, Became the disgrace of his father through his ugly deeds! The highly skilled one, even if he is precious, Do not worship him much, and take warning from Iblis. He had knowledge, but since he lacked love for religion, He saw nothing of Adam but a form of clay. Although you know the subtleties of knowledge, O trustworthy one, It will not open your two unseen-seeing eyes. He sees nothing but the turban and the beard; He asks the introducer about his more or less. O gnostic, you are free of the introducer, You yourself see, for you are a radiant light. The important thing is piety, religion, and righteousness, For from these comes salvation in both worlds.' He chose a righteous son-in-law, Who was the pride of all his tribe and lineage. Then the women said, 'He has no wealth; There is no nobility, beauty, or independence.' He said, 'Those are subordinate to asceticism and religion; Without gold, he is a treasure upon the earth.' When the daughter's marriage seriously became known, With the hand of covenant, the token, and the fabrics, Then the young slave who was in the house Quickly became sick, weak, and miserable. He melted away like a consumptive patient; A physician could hardly diagnose his illness. Intellect would say that his affliction is from the heart; Medicine for the body is useless for the sorrow of the heart. That little slave did not breathe a word of his condition, As to why a sting was piercing his chest. One night the husband said to his lady, 'You, Question him in private about his condition. You are in the place of a mother to him; Perhaps he will reveal his sorrow to you.' When the lady took this word into her ear, The next day she went near the slave. Then that lady began to comb his head, With two hundred forms of affection, coaxing, and peace. Just like loving mothers, She softened him until he began to speak, Saying, 'I did not have this expectation of you, That you would give the daughter to an obstinate stranger. She is our master's daughter, and we are heart-broken; Is it not a pity that she goes somewhere else?' That lady, out of the anger that came over her, wanted To beat him and throw him down from the roof: 'Who is this base-born Hindu, To have greed for the master's daughter?' She said to herself, 'Patience is better,' and restrained herself; She told the master, 'Listen to this wonder! How could such a beggar be so treacherous? While we had supposed that he was trustworthy!'

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