1Cademy - بخش ۴۸ - رسیدن شب و عرضه کردن کنیزکان جمال خویش را بر یوسف علیه السلام تا به کدامیک از ایشان رغبت نماید / Section 48 - Night Arrives, and the Maidens Display Their Beauty before Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him, to See toward Which of Them He Might Feel Desire

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بخش ۴۸ - رسیدن شب و عرضه کردن کنیزکان جمال خویش را بر یوسف علیه السلام تا به کدامیک از ایشان رغبت نماید / Section 48 - Night Arrives, and the Maidens Display Their Beauty before Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him, to See toward Which of Them He Might Feel Desire

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شبانگه کز سواد شعر گلریز
فلک شد نوعروس عشوه انگیز

ز پروین گوش را عقد گهر بست
گرفت از مه صقیل آیینه در دست

کنیزان جلوه گر در حله ناز
همه دستانسرای و عشوه پرداز

به گرد تخت یوسف صف کشیدند
فسون دلبری بر وی دمیدند

یکی شد از لب شیرین شکرریز
که کام خود کن از من شکر آمیز

ز تنگ شکر من بند بگشای
به سان طوطی از من شو شکرخای

یکی از غمزه سویش کرد اشارت
که ای زاوصاف تو قاصر عبارت

مقامت می کنم چشم جهان بین
بیا بنشین به چشمم مردم آیین

یکی بنمود سرو پرنیان پوش
که این سرو امشبت بادا هم آغوش

کجا در مهد عشرت شاد خسبی
اگر زین سرو ناز آزاد خسبی

یکی در زلف مشکین حلقه افکند
که هستم بی سر و پا حلقه مانند

به روی من دری از وصل بگشای
مکن چون حلقه ام بیرون در جای

یکی برداشت دست نازنین را
به بالا زد ز ساعد آستین را

که دفع چشم بد را زان شمایل
به گردن دست من بادت حمایل

یکی گرد میان مو را کمر کرد
ز مو آرایش موی دگر کرد

کمر کن دست یعنی در میانم
که بر لب آمد از دست تو جانم

بدینسان هر یکی زان لاله رویان
ز یوسف وصل را می بود جویان

ولی بود او به خوبی تازه باغی
وز آن مشت گیاه او را فراغی

بلی بودند یکسر مکر و دستان
به صورت بت به سیرت بت پرستان

دل یوسف جز این معنی نمی خواست
که گردد راهشان در بندگی راست

بدیشان هر چه گفت از راه دین گفت
پی نفی شک اسرار یقین گفت

نخستین گفت کای زیبا کنیزان
به چشم مردم عالم عزیزان

درین عزت ره خواری مپویید
به جز آیین دینداری مجویید

ازین عالم برون ما را خداییست
که ره گم کردگان را رهنماییست

گل ما از نم رحمت سرشته ست
ز دانایی در آن گل دانه کشته ست

که تا زان دانه برخیزد نهالی
درین بستانسرا یابد کمالی

کشد سوی بلندی سر ز پستی
دهد بر میوه یزدان پرستی

پرستش جز خدایی را روا نیست
که غیر او پرستش را سزا نیست

بیا تا بعد ازین او را پرستیم
که بی او هر کجا هستیم پستیم

به سجده باید آن را سر نهادن
که داند سر برای سجده دادن

چرا دانا نهد پیش کسی سر
که پا و سر بود پیشش برابر

به دست خود بت سنگین تراشد
ز مهر او دل غمگین خراشد

بود معلوم کز سنگی چه خیزد
ز معبودیش جز ننگی چه خیزد

چو یوسف ز اول شب تا سحرگاه
به وعظ آن غافلان را ساخت آگاه

همه لب در ثنای او گشادند
سر طاعت به پای او نهادند

یکایک را شهادت کرد تلقین
دهان جمله شد زان شهد شیرین

خوشا شهدی که هرک از وی یک انگشت
به دست آرد به هر تلخی کند پشت

نگردد کور دیو بی سعادت
به جز از خم انگشت شهادت

رهید از چشم زخمش آن خردمند
که انگشت سعادت چشم او کند

زلیخا جست وقت بامدادان
به یوسف راه خرم طبع و شادان

گروهی دید گرداگرد یوسف
پی تعلیم دین شاگرد یوسف

بتان بشکسته و بگسسته زنار
ز سبحه یافته سر رشته کار

زبان گویا به توحید خداوند
میان با عقد خدمت تازه پیوند

به یوسف گفت کای از فرق تا پای
دل آشوب و دلارام و دلارای

به رخ سیمای دیگر داری امروز
جمال از جای دیگر داری امروز

چه کردی شب که از وی حسنت افزود
دری دیگر ز خوبی بر تو بگشود

چه خوردی دوش کین زیباییت داد
ز خوبان جهان بالاییت داد

همانا صحبت این نازنینان
سمن رخسارگان سیمین سرینان

تو را حسن و جمال دیگر آورد
جمالت را کمال دیگر آورد

بلی میوه ز میوه رنگ گیرد
ز خوبان خوبرو خوبی پذیرد

بسی زین نکته با آن غنچه لب گفت
ولی او هیچ ازین گفتار نشگفت

دهان را از تکلم تنگ می داشت
دو رخ را از حیا گلرنگ می داشت

سر از شرمندگی بالا نمی کرد
نگاه الا به پشت پا نمی کرد

زلیخا چون بدید آن سر کشیدن
به چشم مرحمت سویش ندیدن

ز حسرت آتشی در جانش افروخت
به داغ ناامیدی سینه اش سوخت

به ناکامی وداع جان خود کرد
رخ اندر کلبه احزان خود کرد

English translation

At nightfall, when from the dark expanse strewn with poetic blossoms, The heavens became a coquettish young bride,

She fastened a jeweled necklace of the Pleiades upon her ear And took the polished mirror of the moon in her hand.

The maidens, displaying themselves in robes of allure, Were all singers of enchanting tales and practitioners of coquetry.

They formed ranks around Joseph's throne And breathed spells of seduction upon him.

One poured sugar from her sweet lips, Saying: Sweeten your desire with me.

Open the seal of my sugar jar; Like a parrot, feed upon my sugar.

Another signaled to him with a sidelong glance: O you whose qualities surpass all expression,

I shall make my all-seeing eye your dwelling; Come, sit within my eye as its cherished pupil.

Another displayed a cypress clothed in silk: May this cypress embrace you tonight.

How could you sleep happily in the cradle of pleasure If you slept apart from this cypress of grace?

Another made a ring of her musk-scented tresses: Like a ring, I am left without head or feet.

Open a door of union before my face; Do not leave me outside the door like a door ring.

Another raised her delicate hand And drew the sleeve above her forearm,

Saying: To ward off the evil eye from such beauty, May my arm become an amulet around your neck.

Another made her hair a belt around her waist And adorned one lock of hair with another,

Saying: Put your arm around my waist, For because of you my soul has reached my lips.

Thus every one of those tulip-faced beauties Sought union with Joseph.

But he was a fresh garden in beauty, And had no need of that handful of weeds.

Indeed, they were wholly deception and guile, Idols in appearance and idolaters in character.

Joseph's heart desired nothing from them Except to set their path of worship aright.

Whatever he told them, he spoke by way of religion; To dispel doubt, he disclosed the mysteries of certainty.

First he said: O beautiful maidens, You who are precious in the eyes of the people of the world,

Do not follow the path of abasement amid this honor; Seek nothing but the way of devotion.

Beyond this world we have a God Who guides those who have lost the way.

Our clay was kneaded with the moisture of mercy, And within that clay He planted the seed of knowledge,

So that a sapling might rise from that seed And attain perfection in this garden abode,

Lifting its head from lowliness toward the heights And bearing the fruit of worshiping God.

Worship is fitting for none except God, For none besides Him is worthy of worship.

Come, let us henceforth worship Him, For without Him, wherever we are, we are abased.

One must bow one's head in prostration before Him Who knows how to give a head fit for prostration.

Why should a wise person bow before something For which feet and head are all the same?

With one's own hands one carves a stone idol, Then wounds a sorrowful heart through love of it.

It is plain what can arise from a stone; What comes from worshiping it except disgrace?

Thus Joseph, from the beginning of night until dawn, Awakened those heedless ones through admonition.

They all opened their lips in praise of Him And laid their obedient heads at Joseph's feet.

One by one, he taught them the testimony of faith, And every mouth became sweetened by that honey.

Blessed is the honey of which whoever gains Even one fingerful turns away from every bitterness.

The blind and ill-fated demon is not repelled Except by the bending of the finger of testimony.

That wise person escapes its evil eye Whose eye the finger of blessedness anoints.

At daybreak Zulaykha eagerly sought The road to Joseph, cheerful in spirit and glad.

She saw a company gathered around Joseph, Students of Joseph engaged in learning the faith.

Their idols were broken and their sacred girdles severed; Through prayer beads they had found the guiding thread of their task.

Their tongues spoke eloquently of God's unity, And their waists were newly bound by the covenant of service.

She said to Joseph: O you who, from head to foot, Trouble the heart, soothe the heart, and adorn the heart,

Today your countenance bears another radiance; Today your beauty comes from another place.

What did you do last night that increased your loveliness And opened another door of beauty to you?

What did you eat last night that bestowed this beauty And raised you above all the beauties of the world?

Surely the company of these lovely ones, These jasmine-faced and silver-bodied maidens,

Has brought you another beauty and splendor And granted your beauty a further perfection.

Indeed, fruit takes its color from fruit, And the fair-faced gain beauty from the beautiful.

She spoke at length of such matters to those bud-like lips, But none of her words made him blossom.

He kept his mouth tightly closed against speech, While modesty made his two cheeks the color of roses.

He did not raise his head because of shame, Nor did he look anywhere except at the tops of his feet.

When Zulaykha saw him turn his head away And refuse to look upon her with compassion,

A fire of longing blazed within her soul, And the brand of despair burned her breast.

In frustration she bade farewell to her own life And turned her face toward her cottage of sorrows.

Updated 2026-07-18

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