1Cademy - بخش ۸۲ - فی العبودیّة / Section 82

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بخش ۸۲ - فی العبودیّة / Section 82 - On Servitude

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چند پرسی که بندگی چه بود
بندگی جز فکندگی چه بود

بند او دار تا بوی بنده
ورنه هستی تو از در خنده

نیستانی که بر درش هستند
نه کمر بر درش کنون بستند

بلکه از مادر سنین و شهور
خود کمر بسته زاده اند چو مور

جمله اعضات را به بند درآر
مال و اسباب جملگی بسپار

بند او دار بر همه اعضا
تا نگردی ز بند خیره جدا

بندگی نیست جز ره تسلیم
ور ندانی بخوان تو قلب سلیم

مده از دستش از برای نهاد
همه را هیچ کس به هیچ نداد

هرکرا نیست چشم عبرت کور
نبود همچو مرغ و وحش و ستور

سوی آن کز رضا حکیم بود
جنبش اختران عقیم بود

بندگی در سرای مبدع کل
عجز و ضعف است و استهانت و ذل

دور دور است در بلا خوردن
بنده بودن ز بنده پروردن

چون شود حکمت قدم ساقی
تو کنی اختیار در باقی

هست در دین هزار و یک درگاه
کمترش آنکه بی تو دارد راه

گر چو زنبور خانه خواهی تن
پیش تیر قضا سپر بفکن

هرکرا خسته کرد تیر قضا
نپذیرد ورا جریحه دوا

زخم تیر قضا سپر شکنست
هیچکس خود ز خم او نبرست

نرهی ای فضولی رعنا
جز به بی دست و پایی از دریا

آنکه دلهای آشنا دارند
دل ز چون و چرا جدا دارند

پیش آسیب تیر احکامش
همچو صیداند مانده در دامش

که نبشتست بر تو سود و زیان
امر قل لن یصیبنا برخوان

کز پی جانت حکم یزدانی
شب نبشت آنچه روز می خوانی

از پی جیم جهل و عقل سقیم
دل تو تنگ شد چو حلقهٔ میم

مخبر باطنست ظاهر حکم
حاکی اولست آخر حکم

خویشتن را به آب ده که ز ما
نشود علم آشنا دریا

چون ز بالا بلا نهد به تو روی
رو تو الله گوی و آه مگوی

حکم حق چون سوی تو کرد نگاه
هان و هان زود بسته کن ره آه

تا نداردت آه سرگردان
آه را هم ز راه واگردان

با قضا سود کی کند حذرت
خون مگردان به بیهده جگرت

دست و لب زیر حکم مبدع کل
پنجهٔ سرو ساز و غنچهٔ گل

سوزیان باش کدخدایش را
استخوان باش مر همایش را

هرچه جز حق بود تو آن مپذیر
دل ز اغیار جملگی برگیر

روی چون شمع پیش او خوش دار
کمر از آب و تاج از آتش دار

تو چراغی به پیش مهر بلند
جان همی ده چنو و خوش می خند

جان به رغبت سپار کز انکار
نیست جان را در آن سرای شمار

کانکه دم با سر بریده کشد
بار حکمش به نور دیده کشد

سرنپیچیده ز حکم و امر خدای
بنشیند خموش بر یک جای

آتشی را همی کند تسلیم
داغ نمرود و باغ ابراهیم

تا نگشتی به سوی خویش گدای
نبود سوی تو خدای خدای

هدف تیر حکم او جان کن
صدف در عشقش ایمان کن

شرع مقلوب را مکان گویی
عرش مقلوب را کجا جویی

زانکه داند خدای رمز سخن
غمز او غمزه ها تقاضا کن

English translation

How long will you ask what servitude is? What is servitude other than humble submission? Wear His bond so that you may be a servant, Otherwise you are only fit for laughter. Those who are non-existent at His door Have not just now girded their loins at His threshold; Rather, from the mother of years and months, They were born already girded like ants. Bring all your limbs into His bond, Surrender all your wealth and belongings. Keep His bond upon all your limbs, So that you do not foolishly break away from this bond. Servitude is nothing but the path of submission; If you do not know, read of the 'sound heart'. Do not lose hold of it for the sake of your ego, No one ever gave everything to anyone for nothing. Whoever has not the eye of admonition blinded Will not be like birds, wild beasts, or pack animals. For the one who is wise through contentment, The movement of the stars is impotent. Servitude in the court of the Creator of All Is helplessness, weakness, self-abasement, and humility. It is a long cycle of enduring trials; Being a servant is far from being a nurturer of servants. When eternal wisdom becomes the cupbearer, You will choose that which is everlasting. There are a thousand and one thresholds in religion, The least of which is the one that has a path without you. If you want a body like a beehive, Cast down your shield before the arrow of destiny. Whoever is wounded by the arrow of destiny, Their wound will accept no medicine. The wound from the arrow of destiny shatters shields; No one ever escaped its strike. You will not escape, O vain meddler, From the sea, except by helplessness. Those who possess hearts familiar with the Divine Keep their hearts free from 'hows' and 'whys'. Before the blow of the arrow of His decrees, They are like prey caught in His snare. Who has written profit and loss for you? Read the command: 'Say: Nothing will befall us.' For the sake of your soul, the Divine decree Wrote at night what you read by day. Because of the 'Jeem' of ignorance and defective intellect, Your heart became narrow like the loop of the letter 'Meem'. The outward aspect of the decree reveals the inner state; The end of the decree tells of the beginning. Throw yourself into the water, for our limited Knowledge of swimming will not make the ocean familiar. When calamity descends upon you from above, Go and say 'Allah' and do not utter sighs. When the Divine decree looks toward you, Beware, quickly close the path of sighing. Lest sighing leave you bewildered, Turn sighing away from the path as well. How can your caution benefit you against destiny? Do not consume your liver in vain. Make your hand and lip under the decree of the Creator of All Like the branch of a cypress and the rosebud. Be a moth consuming itself for its master, Be a bone for its Huma bird. Accept nothing other than the Truth, Detach your heart entirely from all others. Keep your face bright like a candle before Him; Have your belt made of water and your crown of fire. You are a lamp before the exalted Sun; Give your life like it and smile happily. Surrender your life willingly, for in that court, A life held back in denial has no value. For he who draws breath with a severed head Carries the burden of His command with the light of his eyes. Without turning his head from God's command and order, He sits silently in one place. He submits to the fire: The burning brand of Nimrod and the garden of Abraham. Until you become a beggar towards your own self, God will not show His Lordship to you. Make your soul the target for the arrow of His decree; Make your faith a pearl oyster in the ocean of His love. You speak of the place of the inverted Law; Where do you seek the inverted Throne? For God knows the mystery of speech; Seek His winks and subtle hints.

Updated 2026-07-02

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