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بخش ۶۰ - فی ذمّ‌الطمع والحرص / Section 60 - In Condemnation of Covetousness and Greed

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

دل خود را ز تاب و تابش طمعتافته و تفته دار چون دل شمع
Keep your heart from the heat and glow of covetousness,
Twisted and burning like the heart of a candle;
کان فتیله که بر فروزندشتا نشد تافته نسوزندش
For that wick which they ignite,
Until it is twisted, they do not burn it.
آن نباشد ولی که چون سرخابرود از بهر آبروی بر آب
He is not a saint who, like rouge,
Runs on water for the sake of reputation.
ولی آنست کو ز خود بجهدپای بر آب روی خویش نهد
A saint is he who leaps out of himself,
And places his foot upon his own reputation.
ورنه او آب را هوا دارددل او بی کله قبا دارد
Otherwise, he harbors a desire for water,
His heart has a cloak but no cap.
گرچه خود را به آب بسپاردمر هبا را هوا نگهدارد
Even if he entrusts himself to the water,
Desire preserves the vain dust.
گر بدو نیک و مهر و کین باشدهرچه جز دین حجاب دین باشد
Whether it be good or bad, love or hate,
Whatever is other than religion is a veil to religion.
در ره دین تنت حجاب تو استهستی تو برت نقاب تو است
On the path of religion, your body is your veil,
Your existence is a mask upon you.
هستی خویش را ز ره برگیرتا شوی بر نهاد هستی میر
Remove your own existence from the path,
So that you may become a master over the nature of existence.
بیخودان را ز خود چه فایده استعشق و مقصود خویش بیهده است
What benefit is there to the selfless from self?
One's own love and purpose are in vain.
بی خودی ملک لایزالی دانملکتی نسیه نیست حالی دان
Consider selflessness the eternal kingdom,
A kingdom that is not deferred, but present.
هرکه مقصود را طلب کار استدر ره صدق سخن بیکار است
Whoever is a seeker of the purpose,
On the path of truth, his speech is useless.
دل ز مقصود خویشتن برگیرحکم را باش و کارت از سر گیر
Detach your heart from your own purpose,
Abide by the decree and start your work anew.
نشوی بر نهاد خود سالاربه نماز و به روزهٔ بسیار
You will not become a master of your own nature,
Through much prayer and fasting.
زانکه هرچند گرد برگردیزین دو هر لحظه خواجه تر گردی
For however much you wander around,
From these two, you become haughtier every moment.
گر همی لکهنت کند فربهسیر خوردن ترا ز لکهن به
If a stutter makes you fat,
Eating garlic is better for you than a stutter.
صفت دوستان هر جاییچیست جز تیرگی و رعنایی
What is the attribute of friends everywhere,
Other than obscurity and conceit?
دوستان را رسد که در ره رازتیره رایی کند بر غماز
It befits friends that on the path of the secret,
They act with obscurity towards the talebearer.

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