1Cademy - بخش ۲۹ - در بیان آنکه از خودی خود رستن و از عجب و ریا خلاص شدن جز در خدمت پیر صاحب تصرف دست ندهد / Section 29 - On the explanation that escaping from ones ego and being freed from conceit and hypocrisy cannot be achieved except in the service of a spiritually commanding elder (Pir)

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Haft Awrang

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بخش ۲۹ - در بیان آنکه از خودی خود رستن و از عجب و ریا خلاص شدن جز در خدمت پیر صاحب تصرف دست ندهد / Section 29 - On the explanation that escaping from one's ego and being freed from conceit and hypocrisy cannot be achieved except in the service of a spiritually commanding elder (Pir)

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آن زمان از ریا و عجب رهی
که شوی پیر را رهین و رهی

هست در نفس دار و گیر بسی
که نداند به غیر پیر کسی

نفس افعی و پیر خضر شعار
کور می سازدش زمردوار

نفس دیو است و پیر نجم هدی
رجم دیو است کار نجم بلی

کیست پیر آن که نیست یک سر مو
سیه از ظلمت وجود بر او

گردد از تاب آفتاب ازل
مو به مو ظلمتش به نور بدل

نور حق تا بدلش ز لوح جبین
سرالشیب نوری اینست این

آن که پیر از بیاض موی بود
سخره کودکان کوی بود

هرگز آن دولت از کجا یابد
که بر او نور کبریا تابد

گوش کن از حکیم نادره گوی
که ز بلغم بود سفیدی موی

کی شود حاصل ای به غفل علم
نور حق از رطوبت و بلغم

تا کی ای ساده دل ز ساده وشی
ریش صابون زنی و شانه کشی

من گرفتم کز آب و صابونت
شد چو کافور موی شبگونت

چه بود در ترازوی امید
وزن این یک دو مشت پشم سفید

نور می بایدت در دل گیر
که دل است از خدای نور پذیر

نور ناتافته ز روزن دل
مشکل افتد به کوی و برزن گل

نور بر آب و گل ز دل تابد
آب و گل روشنی ز دل یابد

شمعکی برزند به خانه علم
رخت بربندد از میانه ظلم

نور حق چون ز دل ظهور کند
ظلمت تن چه شر و شور کند

آنچه تو از حدیث مصطفوی
در نشان ولی همی شنوی

که به رویش کسی نظر چو گشاد
بی توقف خدایش آمد یاد

آن نشان مقتضای این نور است
ور نه آب و گل از خدا دور است

چون درین نور پیر شد فانی
خواندش عقل پیر نورانی

پیر چون یافتی ازو مگسل
ور نه یکدم ز جست و جو مگسل

در به در کو به کو بجوی او را
هر کجا یافتی ببوی او را

چون ازو بوی جذب عشق آید
گر شوی خاک پای او شاید

ور نه آید مایست از تک و پوی
رو ز جای دگر بجوی و ببوی

آن بود بو که چون به او برسی
برهی از هزار بوالهوسی

خاطرت را به جذب پنهانی
جمع سازد ز هر پریشانی

برهاند ز رنج آب و گلت
برساند به سر جان و دلت

English translation

You will be freed from hypocrisy and conceit at that time When you become indebted and a follower of the Elder (Pir). There are many struggles and captivities within the ego Which no one knows except the Elder. The ego is a viper, and the Elder has the characteristics of Khidr, He makes it blind like an emerald [makes a snake blind]. The ego is a demon, and the Elder is the star of guidance, Stoning the demon is the task of the star, indeed. Who is the Elder? He upon whom not a single hair Is black from the darkness of existence. By the heat of the pre-eternal sun, Hair by hair, his darkness turns into light. The light of Truth extends to his heart from his forehead; "Old age is my light" means exactly this. He who is an elder only because of the whiteness of his hair Is the mockingstock of the children of the street. How could he ever attain the fortune That the light of Divine Grandeur shines upon him? Listen to the wise speaker of rarities, That the whiteness of hair comes from phlegm. O you whose banner is negligence, how can The light of Truth be acquired from moisture and phlegm? How long, O simple-hearted one, out of simple-mindedness, Will you soap your beard and comb it? I grant that by your water and soap, Your night-colored hair becomes like camphor. What weight does it have in the scale of hope, The weight of these one or two handfuls of white wool? You need light; capture it in the heart, For it is the heart that receives light from God. If light does not shine through the window of the heart, It is difficult for it to fall upon the street and quarter of clay [the body]. Light shines upon water and clay from the heart, Water and clay receive brightness from the heart. It lights a small candle in the house of knowledge, And oppression and darkness pack their bags from the midst. When the light of Truth manifests from the heart, What mischief and tumult can the darkness of the body cause? What you hear from the Prophetic Hadith Regarding the signs of a saint (Wali), That when someone lays eyes upon his face, Without delay, he is reminded of God, That sign is the requirement of this light; Otherwise, water and clay are far from God. When the Elder becomes annihilated in this light, The Intellect calls him the luminous Elder. When you find the Elder, do not break away from him, And if not, do not cease searching for a single moment. Seek him from door to door and street to street, Wherever you find him, catch his scent. When the scent of the attraction of love comes from him, It is fitting if you become the dust of his feet. And if it does not come, do not stop your efforts and running, Go and seek and smell somewhere else. That is the scent which, when you reach it, You will be freed from a thousand caprices. Through a hidden attraction, he will gather your mind From every distress and distraction. He will deliver you from the suffering of your water and clay, And bring you to the secret of your soul and heart.

Updated 2026-07-06

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