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دفتر سوم - بخش ۵۸ - مثال رنجور شدن آدمی به‌وَهم تعظیم خلق و رغبت مشتریان به‌وی و حکایت معلم / Book Three - Section 58 - An Example of a Person Becoming Ill Through the Delusion of People's Veneration and Customers' Desire for Him, and the Tale of the Teacher

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کودکان مکتبی از اوستادرنج دیدند از ملال و اجتهاد
The schoolboys suffered distress from the master,
Due to weariness and exertion.
مشورت کردند در تعویق کارتا معلم در فتد در اضطرار
They consulted on how to delay the work,
So that the teacher would fall into desperation.
چون نمی آید ورا رنجورییکه بگیرد چند روز او دوریی
"Since no illness comes to him,
That he might take a leave for a few days,
تا رهیم از حبس و تنگی و ز کارهست او چون سنگ خارا بر قرار
So that we may escape from prison, constraint, and work,
He is firmly established like a solid rock."
آن یکی زیرکتر این تدبیر کردکه بگوید اوستا چونی تو زرد
One who was more clever devised this plan,
To say, "Master, why are you pale?
خیر باشد رنگ تو بر جای نیستاین اثر یا از هوا یا از تبیست
May it be well! Your color is not normal,
This effect is either from the weather or from a fever."
اندکی اندر خیال افتد ازینتو برادر هم مدد کن این چنین
"He will fall slightly into delusion from this.
You, brother, also help in this way:
چون درآیی از در مکتب بگوخیر باشد اوستا احوال تو
When you come in through the school door, say,
'May it be well, Master, how is your condition?'
آن خیالش اندکی افزون شودکز خیالی عاقلی مجنون شود
That delusion of his will increase a little,
For from a delusion, an intelligent man can go mad.
آن سوم و آن چارم و پنجم چنیندر پی ما غم نمایند و حنین
That third, and that fourth, and fifth, likewise,
Following us, let them show sorrow and lamentation;
تا چو سی کودک تواتر این خبرمتفق گویند یابد مستقر
Until, when thirty children consecutively
Speak this news in agreement, it will become established."
هر یکی گفتش که شاباش ای ذکیباد بختت بر عنایت متکی
Each one said to him, "Bravo, O clever one!
May your fortune rely on Divine grace!"
متفق گشتند در عهد وثیقکه نگرداند سخن را یک رفیق
They became united in a firm pact,
That not one friend would alter his word.
بعد از آن سوگند داد او جمله راتا که غمازی نگوید ماجرا
After that, he made them all swear,
So that no talebearer would tell the story.
رای آن کودک به چربید از همهعقل او در پیش می رفت از رمه
The opinion of that child outweighed them all;
His intellect walked ahead of the flock.
آن تفاوت هست در عقل بشرکه میان شاهدان اندر صور
There is such difference in the intellect of human beings,
As there is among beauties in their physical forms.
زین قبل فرمود احمد در مقالدر زبان پنهان بود حسن رجال
For this reason, Ahmad (Muhammad) said in a discourse:
"The beauty of men is hidden in their tongues."

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