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بخش ۸ - التمثیل فی اصحاب تمنّی السوء / Section 8 - The Allegory regarding those who wish for evil

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

راد مردی ز غافلی پرسیدچون ورا سخت جلف و جاهل دید
A noble man asked an oblivious person,
When he saw him to be very crude and ignorant:
گفت هرگز تو زغفران دیدییا جز از نام هیچ نشنیدی
'Have you ever seen saffron,
Or have you heard nothing of it but the name?'
گفت با ماست خورده ام بسیارصد ره و بیشتر نه خود یکبار
He said, 'I have eaten it with yogurt many times,
A hundred times and more, not just once.'
تا ورا گفت راد مرد حکیماینت بیچاره اینت قلب سلیم
Whereupon the noble wise man said to him,
'What a helpless one, what a simple heart!
تو بصل نیز هم نمی دانیبیهده ریش چند جنبانی
You do not even know onion;
How long will you wag your beard in vain?
آنکه او نفس خویش نشناسدنفس دیگر کسی چه پرماسد
He who does not know his own self,
How can he perceive the self of another?
وآنکه او دست و پای را دانداو چگونه خدای را داند
And he who knows [only] hand and foot,
How can he know God?
انبیا عاجزند از این معنیتو چرا هرزه می کنی دعوی
The prophets are powerless in this meaning;
Why do you make such idle claims?
چون نمودی بدین سخن برهانپس بدانی مجرد ایمان
Since you have shown no proof for these words,
Then you know only abstract faith.
ورنه او از کجا و تو ز کجاخامشی به ترا تو ژاژ مخا
Otherwise, where is He and where are you?
Silence is better for you; do not talk nonsense.
علما جمله هرزه می لافنددین نه بر پای هرکسی بافند
The scholars all boast in vain;
Religion is not woven to fit everyone's feet.'

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