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حدیقة الحقیقه و شریعة الطریقه / Hadiqat al-Haqiqah (The Walled Garden of Truth)

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بخش ۲۱ - فی‌الامثال والمواعظ، الفقر سواد الوجه والدُّنیا دارالزوال و تغیّرالاحوال و الانتقال / Section 21 - On Proverbs and Admonitions: Poverty is the Blackness of the Face, and the World is the House of Decline, the Change of Conditions, and Passing Away

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با سیه باش چونت نگزیرد
که سیه هیچ رنگ نپذیرد

با سیه روی خوشدلی بهم است
طرب انگیز سرخ روی کم است

تبش آتشی که دل جویست
طالب سوخته سیه رویست

زنگی زشت در بلا جویی
خوش دلی یافت در سیه رویی

طرب او نه از نکویی اوست
خوش دلی او ز مشک بویی اوست

هست روشن تر از ضیاء هلال
کشف حال هلال و کفش بلال

راز دل گر همی نخواهی فاش
با سیه رویی دو عالم باش

زآنکه آنرا که آرزو طلب است
پرده در روز و پرده دار شب است

زین هوسهای هرزه دست بدار
آرزو زهردان و معده چو مار

افعی آرزوت اگر بگزد
با تو این کارها بسی بپزد

که بدین راه در بدی نیکیست
آب حیوان درون تاریکیست

دل ز رنگ سیه چه غم دارد
زانکه شب روز در شکم دارد

هرچه جز حق هرآنچ باطین است
جز طریق حقیقت دین است

زانکه مردان درین کهن خانه
نو گرفتند بی دم و دانه

چون به باغ خدای بگرازند
هرچه تلقین بود بیندازند

بی خودی منتهای راز همه ست
مرجع روح پاک با کلمه ست

بگذر از جان و عقل یکباری
تا به فرمان حق رسی باری

ای که فرش زمانه ننوشتی
وی که از چار و نه بنگذشتی

می نبینی از آنکه شب کوری
روز چون عقل ابلهان عوری

می بگویم سخن ترا نه به غمز
لیکن از راه حق به نکته و رمز

تا ز باطل بنگذری حق نیست
که از این نیمه حق مطلق نیست

جز پی زاد راه عالم حی
زور لاخیر دان و زر لاشیئ

هست لاخیر زور زرداران
همچو لا شیئ عقل می خواران

English translation

Be with the black when you have no choice, For black accepts no other color. With the black-faced, joy is joined; Few are the red-faced who bring gladness. The warmth of the fire that the heart seeks Desires the burnt, black-faced one. The ugly Zanj, in seeking affliction, Found joy in having a black face. His joy is not from his physical beauty; His happiness is from his musk-scent. Brighter than the light of the crescent moon Is the discovery of the state of Hilal and the shoe of Bilal. If you do not wish the secret of the heart to be exposed, Be black-faced in both worlds. For he who is a seeker of desires Is a curtain-ripper by day and a curtain-keeper by night. Cease these futile passions; Regard desire as a vessel of poison and the stomach as a snake. If the viper of your desire bites you, It will mature many deeds in you. For on this path, there is good within evil; The Water of Life is in the darkness. Why should the heart grieve over the black color, Since the night holds the day in its belly? Whatever is other than God, whatever is vain, Is outside the path of the truth of religion. For the true men in this ancient house Acquired new life without bait or seed. When they stride into the garden of God, They cast away whatever was mere instruction. Selflessness is the ultimate secret of all; The return of the pure spirit is to the Word. Pass beyond life and intellect at once So that you may reach the command of God. O you who have not rolled up the carpet of time, And you who have not passed beyond the four and nine. You do not see because you are night-blind; By day you are naked like the intellect of fools. I speak words to you not in mockery, But from the path of Truth in points and symbols. Until you pass beyond falsehood, there is no Truth, For from this side, there is no absolute Truth. Except as provision for the path to the Living World, Deem power as 'no good' and gold as 'nothing'. The power of the wealthy is 'no good', Just like the intellect of wine-drinkers is 'nothing'.

Updated 2026-07-03

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