1Cademy - بخش ۲۷ - در مذمت زنان که محل شهوت موقوف علیه فرزندان است / Section 27 - In Condemnation of Women, Who are the Object of Lust on Whom the Having of Children Depends

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بخش ۲۷ - در مذمت زنان که محل شهوت موقوف علیه فرزندان است / Section 27 - In Condemnation of Women, Who are the Object of Lust on Whom the Having of Children Depends

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چاره نبود اهل شهوت را ز زن
صحبت زن هست بیخ عمر کن

زن چه باشد ؟ ناقصی در عقل و دین
هیچ ناقص نیست در عالم چنین

دور دان از سیرت اهل کمال
ناقصان را سخره بودن ماه و سال

پیش کامل کاو به دانش سرور است
سخره ناقص ز ناقص کمتر است

بر سر خوان عطای ذوالمنن
نیست کافر نعمتی بدتر ز زن

گر دهی صد سال زن را سیم و زر
پای تا سر گیری او را در گهر

جامه از دیبای ششتر دوزیش
خانه از زرین لگن افروزیش

لعل و در آویزه گوشش کنی
شرب زرکش ستر شب پوشش کنی

هم به وقت چاشت هم هنگام شام
خوانش آرایی به گوناگون طعام

چون شود تشنه ، ز جام گوهری
آبش از سر چشمه خضر آوری

میوه چون خواهد ز تو همچون شهان
نار یزد آری و سیب اصفهان

چون فتد از داوری در تاب و پیچ
جمله اینها پیش او هیچ است هیچ

گویدت ای جانگداز عمر کاه
هیچ چیز از تو ندیدم هیچ گاه

گرچه باشد چهره اش لوح صفا
خالی است آن لوح از حرف وفا

در جهان از زن وفاداری که دید ؟
غیر مکاری و غداری که دید ؟

سال ها دست اندر آغوشت کند
چون بتابی رو ، فراموشت کند

گر تو پیری ، یار دیگر بایدش
همدمی از تو قوی تر بایدش

چون جوانی آید او را در نظر
جای تو خواهد که او بندد کمر

English translation

There is no remedy for the lustful except a woman, But the companionship of a woman is the root-destroyer of life. What is a woman? A deficient one in intellect and religion; There is no such incomplete being in the world. Deem it far from the conduct of the people of perfection To be the plaything of the deficient, month and year. Before the perfect one who is a master in knowledge, To be the plaything of the deficient is lesser than the deficient. At the table of the bounty of the Giver of Favors, There is no denier of blessings worse than a woman. Even if you give a woman silver and gold for a hundred years, And cover her from head to foot in jewels, Sew her garments from the brocade of Shushtar, Illuminate her house with golden basins, Hang rubies and pearls from her ears, Make her nightgown of gold-woven fine silk, Both at lunch and at dinner time, Adorn her table with various dishes, When she becomes thirsty, from a jeweled chalice, Bring her water from the spring of Khidr, When she desires fruit like kings, Bring her pomegranates of Yazd and apples of Isfahan, Yet when she gets into a dispute and twists in anger, All of these are nothing, nothing in her eyes. She will say to you, 'O soul-melter, O life-reducer, I have never seen anything [good] from you at any time.' Even though her face is a tablet of purity, That tablet is empty of the word of loyalty. In the world, who has seen loyalty from a woman? Who has seen anything but cunning and treachery? For years she may embrace you in her arms, But as soon as you turn your face away, she will forget you. If you are old, she requires another lover, She needs a companion stronger than you. When a youth comes into her sight, She will want him to gird his loins in your place.

Updated 2026-07-18

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