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Haft Awrang

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بخش ۵۲ - مقاله شانزدهم در شرح حال نو رسیدگان غره به عهد جوانی که غره ماه عیش و کامرانی است / Section 52 - The Sixteenth Discourse on Describing the State of the Newly Arrived Who Are Deceived by the Era of Youth, Which Is the New Moon of Pleasure and Prosperity

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ای شده با موی سیاه از غرور
از نفر موی سفیدان نفور

رخ ز سفید به سیاهی منه
نور الهی به ملاهی مدره

طفلی و چون شیر شده موی پیر
هست عجب نفرت طفلان ز شیر

زاغ سیاهی تو درین بوم بیم
کی هلد این باز سفیدت سلیم

تکیه بر اسباب جوانی مکن
هر چه توان تا بتوانی مکن

بازوی تو گر به مثل آهن است
پوست اگر بر تن تو جوشن است

دست اجل موم کند آهنت
تیغ قضا چاک زند جوشنت

خم نکنی بهر خدا پشت خویش
سخت کمانی مکن ای سست کیش

قوت بسیار تو چون کم شود
گر همه تیر است قدت خم شود

پیش که سازد فلک عشوه ده
پشت تو را همچو کمان تن چو زه

باش کمان در پی طاعت وران
گوشه گزین از ره تحسین گران

بر تن خود راه ریاضت گشای
از تن خود کم کن و در جان فزای

سالک ره خشک بدن به بود
تک نزند اسب که فربه بود

ناشده پشت تو ز پیران راه
راست همی رو پی پیران راه

بر صف دینند چو پیران امیر
باش به فتراک امیران اسیر

تا نه از ایشان به اسیری رسی
کی بود امکان که به پیری رسی

بر در هر پیر کمربندیت
به که به سر تاج خداوندیت

پایه آن تاج بود بس بلند
کنگر آن را کمر آمد کمند

کوه که صد کان گهر یافته ست
تاج بلندی ز کمر یافته ست

سرکشی کاف برون کن ز سر
میم صفت بند گره بر کمر

در قدم پیر سبک سایه شو
وز گهرش گنج گرانمایه شو

چون تو به خدمت مددش می کنی
آن مدد از بهر خودش می کنی

آب چو ریزی به کفش در وضو
چهره اقبال دهی شست و شو

سنگ ز راهش چو نهی بر کران
پله طاعات کنی زان گران

کفش تهی چون نهیش پیش پای
بر سر افلاک شوی کفش سای

رکوه که در همرهی او بری
آب ز سرچشمه حیوان خوری

خاک رهش را به مژه روب پاک
تا شودت دیده جان سرمه ناک

غاشیه دولت او کش به دوش
تا شودت ستر کرم عیب پوش

تا نشوی پیر چو پیران کار
دست خود از دامن خدمت مدار

پایه پیری به جوانی مجوی
راه ارادت به امانی مپوی

ترسمت آن پایه نگردد به ساز
مانی از آداب جوانیت باز

English translation

O you who, with black hair, out of pride, Are repulsed by the company of white-haired elders, Do not turn your face from white to blackness, Do not tear away the divine light in vain amusements. You are a child, and the hair of the elder is white like milk; How strange is the aversion of children to milk! You are a black crow in this wilderness of fear; How will this white falcon leave you safe? Do not rely on the provisions of youth; Do not do whatever you are capable of doing, as much as you can. Even if your arm is like iron, And even if the skin on your body is chainmail, The hand of destiny will turn your iron into wax, And the sword of fate will rip your chainmail apart. You do not bend your back for God; Do not boast of your hard bow, O weak of faith! When your great strength diminishes, Even if your stature is straight like an arrow, it will bend. Before whom the deceitful heaven will shape Your back like a bow and your body like a bowstring. Be bent like a bow in pursuit of obedience; Choose a corner away from the path of those who praise. Open the path of self-discipline upon your body; Decrease from your body and increase in your soul. The wayfarer of the path is better off with a lean body; For a horse that is fat cannot run fast. Before your back is bent like the elders of the path, Walk straight behind the spiritual guides of the path. Since the elders are the commanders on the front line of religion, Be a captive bound to the saddle-straps of these commanders. Until you become captive to them, How is it possible for you to reach mature old age? Girding your loin in service at the door of any spiritual master Is better than having the crown of lordship on your head. The base of that crown is exceedingly high; The belt of service is the lasso to reach its battlements. The mountain, which has found a hundred mines of gems, Has obtained its lofty crown from its belt. Cast out the rebelliousness of the letter 'Kaf' from your head, And like the letter 'Mim', tie a knot on your waist. Fall at the feet of the light-shadowed elder, And from his pearl, become a priceless treasure. When you assist him with your service, You are actually doing that assistance for yourself. When you pour water on his hands for ablution, You are washing the face of your own good fortune. When you remove a stone from his path, By that, you make the scale of your good deeds heavier. When you place his empty shoes before his feet, You will rub your own shoes upon the vault of heaven. The water skin that you carry in his company Will let you drink water from the Fountain of Life. Sweep the dust of his path clean with your eyelashes, So that the eye of your soul may be adorned with collyrium. Carry the saddle-cover of his kingdom on your shoulder, So that the veil of Divine generosity may cover your faults. Until you become an elder like the masters of the path, Do not let go of the skirt of service. Do not seek the station of elders in your youth, And do not tread the path of devotion with mere wishes. I fear that station will not suit you, And you will also be left deprived of the proper conduct of your youth.

Updated 2026-07-19

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