1Cademy - دفتر سوم - بخش ۲۱ - آمن بودن بلعم باعور کی امتحانها کرد حضرت او را و از آنها روی سپید آمده بود / Book Three – Section 21 – On the Safety of Balaam Son of Beor, Who Had Been Tested by the Divine Presence and Had Come Out of Those Tests White-Faced

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مثنوی معنوی: دفتر سوم / Masnavi: Book Three
دفتر سوم - بخش ۲۰ - چرب کردن مرد لافی لب و سبلت خود را هر بامداد به پوست دنبه و بیرون آمدن میان حریفان کی من چنین خورده‌ام و چنان / Book Three - Section 20 - The Boastful Man Greasing His Lips and Mustache Every Morning with a Sheep-Tail Skin and Coming Out Among His Companions Saying 'I Have Eaten Such and Such'
دفتر اول - بخش ۱۵۱ - ماجرای بلعم باعور و دعا کردن او از بهر دفع موسی علیه‌السلام تا اثر دعای او ظاهر گشت و عاقبت کار او / Book One - Section 151 - The Story of Balaam Son of Beor and His Supplication Against Moses

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دفتر سوم - بخش ۲۱ - آمن بودن بلعم باعور کی امتحانها کرد حضرت او را و از آنها روی سپید آمده بود / Book Three – Section 21 – On the Safety of Balaam Son of Beor, Who Had Been Tested by the Divine Presence and Had Come Out of Those Tests White-Faced

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بلعم باعور و ابلیس لعین
ز امتحان آخرین گشته مهین

او بدعوی میل دولت می‌کند
معده‌اش نفرین سبلت می‌کند

کانچ پنهان می‌کند پیدایش کن
سوخت ما را ای خدا رسواش کن

جمله اجزای تنش خصم ویند
کز بهاری لافد ایشان در دیند

لاف وا داد کرمها می‌کند
شاخ رحمت را ز بن بر می‌کند

راستی پیش آر یا خاموش کن
وانگهان رحمت ببین و نوش کن

آن شکم خصم سبال او شده
دست پنهان در دعا اندر زده

کای خدا رسوا کن این لاف لئام
تا بجنبد سوی ما رحم کرام

مستجاب آمد دعای آن شکم
شورش حاجت بزد بیرون علم

گفت حق گر فاسقی و اهل صنم
چون مرا خوانی اجابتها کنم

تو دعا را سخت گیر و می‌شخول
عاقبت برهاندت از دست غول

چون شکم خود را به حضرت در سپرد
گربه آمد پوست آن دنبه ببرد

از پس گربه دویدند او گریخت
کودک از ترس عتابش رنگ ریخت

آمد اندر انجمن آن طفل خرد
آب روی مرد لافی را ببرد

گفت آن دنبه که هر صبحی بدان
چرب می‌کردی لبان و سبلتان

گربه آمد ناگهانش در ربود
بس دویدیم و نکرد آن جهد سود

خنده آمد حاضران را از شگفت
رحمهاشان باز جنبیدن گرفت

دعوتش کردند و سیرش داشتند
تخم رحمت در زمینش کاشتند

او چو ذوق راستی دید از کرام
بی تکبر راستی را شد غلام

English translation

Balaam son of Beor and the accursed Iblis were brought low by the final trial. He, with his claims, inclines toward fortune, while his stomach curses his mustache.

"Make manifest what he conceals; he has burned us — O God, expose him!"

All the members of his body are his enemies, for he boasts of spring while they are in want. He makes empty claims of generosity and uproots the branch of mercy from its root.

Bring forth truthfulness, or be silent, and then behold mercy and drink it in.

That belly had become the enemy of his mustache and secretly raised its hand in prayer: "O God, expose this vile boasting, that the mercy of the noble may stir toward us."

The prayer of that belly was answered; the clamor of need raised its banner outward.

The Truth said: "Though you be a libertine and an idolater, when you call upon Me, I grant you answers. Hold fast to prayer and keep crying out — in the end it will deliver you from the demon's grip."

When he had surrendered his belly to the Divine Presence, a cat came and carried off the fat-tail. They chased after the cat; it fled, and the child, fearing reproof, went pale.

That little child came into the gathering and stripped the honor from the boastful man. He said: "That fat tail with which every morning you greased your lips and mustache — a cat came and snatched it suddenly; we ran and ran, but the effort was of no use."

Laughter overtook those present out of amazement, and their mercies began to stir once more. They invited him and fed him to satiety and sowed the seed of mercy in his soil.

When he tasted truthfulness from the noble ones, without pride he became the slave of truthfulness.

Updated 2026-06-13

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