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Haft Awrang

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بخش ۳۰ - گفتار در مذمت بخل / Section 30 - Discourse in Condemnation of Miserliness

Original content

بخل قفلیست بر خزینه شاه
تا کند دست شاه ازان کوتاه

قفل بگشا که دست کوتاهی
نیست لایق به منصب شاهی

دل شه کز خزینه اش هوس است
دولت شاهیش خزینه بس است

تا بود شاه شاه بی خم و پیچ
زانکه باید نیایدش کم هیچ

ور بماند ازان معاذالله
که تواند خزینه داشت نگه

بخل نخلیست دخل آن همه خار
خار آن جان خستگان آزار

گر به خرمای او بری دندان
هست دندان شکن تر از سندان

فی المثل گر فشاندش مریم
زان نریزد به غیر سنگ ستم

بخل نخلیست نوش او همه نیش
جگر خستگان ز نیشش ریش

گر بیالایدت به شهد انگشت
سازدت خم ز بار منت پشت

به حیل بر در بخیل مرو
به عزیزی او ذلیل مشو

که به سوی کریم فخر شعار
آن ذلیلی کند دلیلی عار

عار اگر می کشی از آنان کش
که بود فخر و عار از آنان خوش

نه بر ابروی آن گروه گره
نه پر آژنگ رویشان چو زره

بدهند و ز شرم داده خویش
از فقیران سرافکنند به پیش

نه که هر جا ز خاصه و عامه
از لئیمی کنند هنگامه

لطف و احسان خود شمار کنند
گردنت را به زیر بار کنند

English translation

Miserliness is a lock on the king's treasury, To make the hand of the king short from it. Open the lock, for having a short hand Is not worthy of the station of kingship. If the king's heart desires his treasury, His royal state is treasury enough for him. As long as the king is a king without deviousness, He shall never fall short of anything he needs. But if he falls short of that, God forbid, Who then can guard the treasury? Miserliness is a palm tree whose yield is all thorns, Its thorns torment the souls of the weary. If you bring your teeth to its date, It is more tooth-shattering than an anvil. For example, even if Mary shook it, Nothing would drop from it except the stones of tyranny. Miserliness is a palm tree whose nectar is all stings, The livers of the weary are wounded by its sting. Even if it smears your finger with honey, It will bend your back under the burden of obligation. Do not go to the door of the miser with tricks, Do not make yourself abased for his respect. For to the generous one who makes a pride of giving, Such abasement is a guide to shame. If you must bear shame, bear it from those Whose pride and shame are pleasant. Neither is there a knot upon the brow of that group, Nor are their faces wrinkled like chainmail. They give, and out of shame for what they gave, They bow their heads before the poor. Not like those who, wherever they are among the elite or the common, Raise a clamor out of meanness, Recounting their own kindness and favor, To bend your neck under their burden of obligation.

Updated 2026-07-07

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