1Cademy - بخش ۳۳ - گفتار در بیان آنکه پادشاهان را از دو کس گریز نیست عالمی که کار دین وی سازد و وزیری که کار دنیای وی پردازد / Section 33 - Discourse explaining that kings cannot do without two individuals: a scholar who manages their religious affairs, and a minister who manages their worldly affairs

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Haft Awrang

Poem

بخش ۳۳ - گفتار در بیان آنکه پادشاهان را از دو کس گریز نیست عالمی که کار دین وی سازد و وزیری که کار دنیای وی پردازد / Section 33 - Discourse explaining that kings cannot do without two individuals: a scholar who manages their religious affairs, and a minister who manages their worldly affairs

Original content

شاه را چاره نیست از دو نفر
تا زید در جهان به دولت و فر

آن یکی کار دین او سازد
وین دگر کار ملک پردازد

اول از ذکر آن کنم آغاز
که دهد کار شرع و دین را ساز

کیست آن عالمی به علم علم
زده اندر عمل به علم قدم

دشت کشت ازل به علم و ادب
شجر طیبش رسیده لقب

اصلها ثابت به قوت دین
فرعها فی السماء ز نور یقین

بیخ او در زمین دین محکم
شاخ او میوه ریز در عالم

گر بلغزد شکسته ای را پای
در ره دین ز نفس بدفرمای

تیره ناگشته دست او گیرد
عذر او را به لطف بپذیرد

شاه اگر از فریب نفس حرون
پا ز میدان دین نهد بیرون

خر او در خلاب نگذارد
زان عنانش گرفته باز آرد

در همه رازها بود محرم
بر همه ریش ها بود مرهم

قدم اندر ره هوس نزند
جز برای خدا نفس نزند

هر چه گوید برای حق گوید
راه حق را برای حق پوید

نه که پهلوی ظلم پردازان
بنشیند به قربشان نازان

به خوشامد زبان گشاده کند
مدد هر ز ره فتاده کند

دور دارد فعالشان ز وبال
پاک سازد حرامشان ز حلال

شکم حرص و معده آزش
ناورد از حرام ها بازش

هرچه پیش آیدش چه تلخ و چه شور
نکند هیچ فرق چون بط کور

چون بط کور لقمه اندازد
گردن خود به آسمان یازد

مگس است او و این عوانان سگ
خون سگ چون غذایش اندر رگ

گه گه از ترک هر هوا و هوس
سگ ز تقلیب دهر گردد کس

سگمگس هیچگاه کس نشود
قلب او غیر سگمگس نشود

English translation

The king has no choice but to rely on two people In order to live in this world with statehood and glory: One of them manages his religious affairs, And the other directs the affairs of his kingdom. First, I shall begin with the mention of the one Who organizes the affairs of the Sharia and religion. Who is he? A scholar distinguished in knowledge, Who has stepped into action with his knowledge. Cultivating the fields of pre-eternity with knowledge and manners, He has earned the title of a 'good tree.' 'Its root is firmly established' by the strength of religion, 'Its branches are in the heaven' by the light of certainty. Its root is firm in the ground of religion, Its branches shed fruit upon the world. If a broken person's foot should slip On the path of religion due to the commanding self, Before things turn dark, he takes his hand, And graciously accepts his excuse. If the king, deceived by his stubborn soul, Steps outside the arena of religion, He does not leave his donkey stuck in the mud, But takes hold of his reins and brings him back. He is a confidant in all secrets, A healing ointment for all wounds. He does not step on the path of passion, And does not draw a breath except for God. Whatever he speaks, he speaks for the sake of Truth, He treads the path of Truth for the sake of Truth. He is not one who sits beside the practitioners of tyranny, Boasting of his proximity to them, Opening his tongue in flattery, Or assisting those who have gone astray, Keeping their deeds far from retribution, Or trying to purify their forbidden gains with lawful ones. Whose belly of greed and stomach of avarice Fail to keep him away from forbidden things; Whatever comes before him, whether bitter or salty, He makes no distinction, like a blind duck. As a blind duck swallows a morsel, It stretches its neck toward the sky. He is a fly, and these oppressors are dogs, And the blood of dogs flows as nourishment in his veins. At times, by abandoning all desires and passions, A dog may become a person through the turning of fortune. But a dog-fly will never become a person, Its nature will never change from being a dog-fly.

Updated 2026-07-07

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