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بخش ۶۵ - در بیان چهار خصلت که از شرایط سلطنت است / Section 65 - In Explaining the Four Qualities That Are the Conditions of Sovereignty

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هست شرط پادشاهی چار چیز
حکمت و عفت شجاعت جود نیز

نیست حکمت کز پی نفس لئیم
سخره حکم زنی گردد کریم

نیست از عفت که مرد هوشمند
دامن آلاید به یاری ناپسند

از شجاعت نیست کش سازد زبون
قحبه ای از ربقه مردی برون

نیست از جود آنکه نتواند گذشت
زانچه گرد آن جز از خست نگشت

هر که با این چار خصلت یار نیست
از عروس ملک برخوردار نیست

آنچه در هر چار ازو افتد خلل
در دل خود کی دهد شاهش محل

حرف حکمت را بر این کردم تمام
وانچه می بایست گفتم والسلام

English translation

There are four conditions for kingship: Wisdom, chastity, courage, and also generosity. It is not wisdom that a noble person, for the sake of the base soul, Should become subjugated to the command of a woman. It is not of chastity that an intelligent man Should stain his hem with an unworthy companion. It is not of courage that a harlot should make him submissive, Taking him out of the circle of manhood. It is not of generosity that he cannot let go of That which has never been surrounded by anything but meanness. Whoever is not a friend to these four qualities Will not enjoy the bride of the kingdom. Whosever of these four qualities falls into defect, How can a king give him a place in his heart? I have completed the discourse of wisdom on this, And what was necessary to say, I have said, and that is all.

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