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بخش ۴۳ - فی توکل العجوز / Section 43 - On the Trust of the Old Woman

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حاتم آنگه که کرد عزم حرم
آنکه خوانی ورا همی به اصم

کرد عزم حجاز و بیت حرام
سوی قبر نبی علیه سلام

مانده بر جای یک گره ز عیال
بی قلیل و کثیر و بی اموال

زن به تنها به خانه در بگذاشت
نفقت هیچ نی و ره برداشت

مر ورا فرد و ممتحن بگذاشت
بود و نابود او یکی پنداشت

بر توکل ز نیش رهبر بود
که ز رزاق خویش آگه بود

در پس پرده داشت انبازی
که ورا بود با خدا رازی

جمع گشتند مردمان بر زن
شاد رفتند جمله تا در زن

حال وی سر به سر بپرسیدند
چون ورا فرد و ممتحن دیدند

در ره پند و نصحت آموزی
جمله گفتند بهر دل سوزی

شوهرت چون برفت زی عرفات
هیچ بگذاشت مر ترا نفقات

گفت بگذاشت راضیم ز خدای
آنچ رزق منست ماند به جای

باز گفتند رزق تو چندست
که دلت قانع است و خرسندست

گفت چندانک عمر ماندستم
رزق من کرد جمله در دستم

این یکی گفت می ندانی تو
او چه داند ز زندگانی تو

گفت روزی دهم همی داند
تا بود روح رزق نستاند

باز گفتند بی سبب ندهد
هرگز از بیدبن رطب ندهد

نیست دنیا ترا به هیچ سبیل
نفرستدت ز آسمان زنبیل

گفت کای رایتان شده تیره
چند گویید هرزه بر خیره

حاجت آنرا بود سوی زنبیل
کش نباشد زمین کثیر و قلیل

آسمان و زمین به جمله وراست
هرچه خود خواستست حکم او راست

برساند چنانکه خود خواهد
گه بیفزاید و گهی کاهد

از توکل نفس تو چند زنی
مرد نامی و لیک کم ز زنی

چون نه ای راهرو تو چون مردان
رو بیاموز رهروی ز زنان

کاهلی پیشه کردی ای تن زن
وای آن مرد کو کمست از زن

دل نگهدار و نفس دست بدار
کین چو باز است و آن چو بوتیمار

تا بدانجا که ما و تو داند
چون همه سوخت او و او ماند

عقل کاندر جهان چنو نرسد
برسد در خود و دور نرسد

گوش سر دو است و گوش عشق یکیست
بهرهٔ این و آن ز بهر شکیست

بی شمار ار چه گوش سر شنود
گوش درد از یکی خبر شنود

بر دو سوی سر آن دو گوش چو نیو
چه کنی از پی خروش و غریو

کودکی رو ز دیو چشم بپوش
تا بننهد سرت میان دو گوش

English translation

When Hatim set out for the Sacred Sanctuary, He whom you call 'the Deaf' He made his intent for Hijaz and the Sacred House, Heading towards the Prophet's tomb, peace be upon him. Leaving behind a group of dependents, Without little or much, and without wealth. He left his wife alone in the house, With no maintenance at all, and took to the road. He left her solitary and tested, Regarding her existence or non-existence as one. He was guided on the path of trust, For he was aware of his Provider. Behind the veil, he had a companion Who shared a secret with God. People gathered around the woman; They all went gladly to the woman's door. They inquired about her condition completely, When they saw her solitary and tested. In the way of giving advice and counsel, They all spoke out of sympathy: 'Since your husband has departed for Arafat, Did he leave you any maintenance?' She said, 'He did leave; I am well-pleased with God. That which is my daily bread remains in place.' They said again, 'How much is your daily bread, That your heart is so content and satisfied?' She said, 'As long as any life remains to me, He has placed my entire sustenance in my hand.' One of them said, 'You do not know; What does he know of your livelihood?' She said, 'My Provider knows it; As long as the spirit remains, He does not withhold daily bread.' They replied, 'He does not give without a cause; A willow tree never yields fresh dates. The world is not yours by any means; He will not send you down a basket from heaven.' She said, 'O you whose judgment has grown dark, How long will you speak vain and foolish words? Only one who has no share of the earth, whether large or small, Has need of a basket. The heaven and earth belong entirely to Him; Whatever He Himself willed, His is the decree. He delivers it just as He wills, Sometimes increasing it and sometimes decreasing it.' How long will you speak of trust? You are a famous man, yet you are less than a woman. Since you are not a wayfarer like men, Go and learn wayfaring from women. You have made laziness your trade, O body-bound one; Woe to the man who is less than a woman! Guard the heart and let go of the self, For this is like a falcon and that is like a bittern. Up to the point that you and I know, When everything burned, He and He remained. Intellect, though nothing in the world matches it, Reaches itself but does not reach far. The ears of the head are two, and the ear of love is one; The share of this and that is for the sake of doubt. Though the ear of the head hears countless things, The ear of pain hears news from only One. Those two ears on either side of the head like a pipe— Why do you use them for clamor and outcry? You are a child; go and close your eyes to the demon, Lest he place your head between your two ears.

Updated 2026-07-02

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