1Cademy - بخش ۱۴۳ - تتمه سخن / Section 143

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Haft Awrang

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بخش ۱۴۳ - تتمه سخن / Section 143 - Continuation of the Discourse

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به سخن شیخ روز را گذراند
به حیل شام را به چاشت رساند

وان حوایج که نقد گنجینه
بود ز آیندگان پیشینه

حاضر آورد یک دو کاسه طعام
داشت محسوب در وظیفه شام

چون شد آن آش و ماش و خورده روان
برگرفتند کاسه ها ز میان

نقل های ذخیره پیش کشید
نقل می گفت و نقلکی می چید

چون ز شب درگذشت یک دو سه پاس
گفت بر نقل و نقل شکر و سپاس

جانب خوابگه قدم برداشت
بره و گرگ را به هم گذاشت

گرگ بی حد گرسنه بره زبون
چون بماند سلامت از وی چون

شیخ در خواب و مفسدک بیدار
شیخ بیکار و مفسدک در کار

ساخت اندر پناه لنگر شیخ
کار خود را که خاک بر سر شیخ

گر زنی طعن این بر آن غرزن
بر تو خواند که ان بعض الظن

بعض ظن گفت حق نه کل آخر
صدق بعضی ظنون بود ظاهر

این نه صوفیگری و آزادیست
بلکه کیدیگری و قوادیست

شیخ و صوفی که گفتمش صد بار
می کنم زان گناه استغفار

آن فرومایه را چه استحقاق
کین اسامی بر او کنند اطلاق

لقب و اسم پادشایی چند
حیف باشد بر این دغایی چند

بلکه زان کس کش اینچنین کار است
حرف را ننگ و لفظ را عار است

کاش او را نمونه ای بودی
که من آن را به خلق بنمودی

تا به تمثیل شرح سیرت وی
کردمی همچو آن عرب در ری

English translation

He spent the day with the discourse of the Sheikh, With tricks, he brought the evening to the morning. And those provisions which were the ready treasury, Bequeathed from those of the past to those of the future, He brought forth one or two bowls of food, Which were counted as the evening's ration. When that soup and mung bean porridge and morsels were consumed, They removed the bowls from their midst. He brought forward the stored sweets, Telling stories and arranging little confections. When two or three watches of the night had passed, He offered thanks and praise for the stories and the sweets. Then he walked toward the sleeping quarters, Leaving the lamb and the wolf together. The wolf was boundlessly hungry and the lamb was helpless; How could it remain safe from him, indeed how? The Sheikh was asleep and the little mischief-maker was awake; The Sheikh was idle and the little mischief-maker was at work. Under the shelter of the Sheikh's sanctuary, He accomplished his deed—may dust be upon the head of the Sheikh! If you reprove this, that fault-finder Will recite to you: 'Indeed, some suspicion [is a sin].' God said 'some suspicion,' not 'all,' after all; The truth of some suspicions is obvious. This is not Sufism and spiritual freedom, Rather, it is deceitfulness and pimping. For calling him Sheikh and Sufi a hundred times, I seek forgiveness for that sin. What worthiness does that base wretch possess, That these names should be applied to him? Several royal titles and names— It is a pity to waste them on such tricksters. Indeed, for someone whose conduct is such, It is a shame for the letter and a disgrace for the word. Would that there were an exemplar of him Whom I could show to the creation, So that by way of a parable, I might explain his character, Just as that Arab did in Rayy.

Updated 2026-07-07

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