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بخش ۷۴ - حکایت سؤال و جواب ذوالنون با آن عاشق مفتون / Section 74 - The Story of Dhul-Nun's Question and Answer with That Enamored Lover

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والی مصر ولایت ذوالنون
آن به اسرار حقیقت مشحون

گفت در مکه مجاور بودم
در حرم حاضر و ناظر بودم

ناگه آشفته جوانی دیدم
نه جوان سوخته جانی دیدم

لاغر و زرد شده همچو هلال
کردم از وی ز سر مهر سؤال

که مگر عاشقی ای شیفته مرد
که بدین گونه شدی لاغر و زرد

گفت آری به سرم شور کسیست
کش چو من عاشق رنجور بسیست

گفتمش یار به تو نزدیک است
یا چو شب روزت ازو تاریک است

گفت در خانه اویم همه عمر
خاک کاشانه اویم همه عمر

گفتمش یکدل و یکروست به تو
یا ستمکار و جفاجوست به تو

گفت هستیم به هر شام و سحر
به هم آمیخته چون شیر و شکر

گفتمش یار تو ای فرزانه
با تو همواره بود همخانه

سازگار تو بود در همه کار
بر مراد تو بود کارگزار

لاغر و زرد شده بهر چه ای
سر به سر درد شده بهر چه ای

گفت رو رو که عجب بی خبری
به کزین گونه سخن درگذری

محنت قرب ز بعد افزون است
جگر از هیبت قربم خون است

هست در قرب همه بیم زوال
نیست در بعد جز امید وصال

آتش بیم دل و جان سوزد
شمع امید روان افروزد

English translation

The ruler of the land of Egypt, Dhul-Nun, He who was filled with the secrets of reality, Said: 'I was a resident in Mecca, Present and observing in the Sanctuary. Suddenly, I saw a distraught youth, Not a youth, but one whose soul was burnt, Thin and pale like a crescent moon. I asked him out of affection: 'Are you perhaps in love, O infatuated man, That you have become so thin and pale?' He said: 'Yes, in my head is the passion for someone, Who has many a miserable lover like me.' I said to him: 'Is the beloved close to you, Or is your day dark because of them like night?' He said: 'I am in their house my entire life, The dust of their dwelling my entire life.' I said to him: 'Are they single-hearted and of one face with you, Or are they tyrannical and seeking to torment you?' He said: 'We are, every evening and dawn, Mixed together like milk and sugar.' I said to him: 'Your beloved, O wise one, Is always your housemate, Compatible with you in every matter, Acting according to your desire— Why then are you thin and pale? Why have you become pain from head to toe?' He said: 'Go, go, for how surprisingly ignorant you are! It is better that you pass over such talk. The affliction of proximity is greater than distance; My liver is bleeding from the awe of proximity. In proximity, there is nothing but the fear of decline; In distance, there is nothing but the hope of union. The fire of fear burns the heart and soul, While the candle of hope kindles the spirit.'

Updated 2026-07-19

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