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بخش ۵ - الحكایة و التمثیل / Section 5 - The Tale and the Parable

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چون ز لیلی گشت مجنون بی قرار
روز و شب در شهر میگردید خوار

گفت لیلی را کسی کان خیره مرد
جمله گرد شهر میگردد بدرد

گفت اگر در عشق باشد استوار
یک دمش با شهر گردیدن چکار

بعدازان شد سر بصحرا در نهاد
پای ناکامی بسودا در نهاد

گشت میکردی بصحرا ژاله بار
از سرشکش گشته صحرا لاله زار

گفت لیلی هست او در عشق سست
نیست صحرا گشتن از عاشق درست

بعدازان در ناتوانی اوفتاد
مردن او را زندگانی اوفتاد

بودش از بی طاقتی بیم هلاک
زار میخفتی میان خار و خاک

گفت لیلی نیست او در عشق زار
یک نفس با خواب عاشق را چه کار

بعدازان شد عشق لیلی غالبش
گم شد از مطلوب جان طالبش

یکدمش فریاد واویلی نماند
از قدم تا فرق جز لیلی نماند

تن فرو داد و چنان در کار شد
کز وجود خویشتن بیزار شد

دل ز دستش رفت و در خون محو گشت
جمله لیلی ماند مجنون محو گشت

گر همی بودیش میل صد طعام
خواندی آن جمله لیلی را بنام

از زفانش البته هرگز یکدمی
نامدی بیرون به جز لیلی همی

در نمازش ای عجب بی عمد او
ذکر لیلی آمدی الحمد او

در تشهد در رکوع و در سجود
نام لیلی بودی او را در وجود

گر نشستی هیچ و گر برخاستی
زو همه لیلی و لیلی خواستی

این خبر گفتند با لیلی مگر
گفت اکنون عشقش آمد کارگر

تا که در گنجید چیزی دیگرش
می نیامد عشق لیلی در خورش

چون کنون برخاست اوکلی ز دست
عشق من کلی بجای او نشست

گنجدی در عشق اگر درگنجدی
عاشق این جاسنجدی کم سنجدی

تا بود یک ذره از هستی بجای
کفر باشد گر نهی در عشق پای

عشق در خود محو خواهد هر که هست
ورنه نتوان برد سوی عشق دست

هرکه انگشتی برد آنجایگاه
همچو انگشتی بسوزد پیش راه

عشق از فانی توان آموختن
فانی آنجا کی تواند سوختن

گر تو پیش عشق فانی میروی
غرق آب زندگانی میروی

ور ز هستی میبری یک ذره تو
تا ابد زان ذره مانی غره تو

تا بود یک ذره هستی در میان
برکناری از صفای صوفیان

صوفئی نتوان بکسب اندوختن
در ازل آن خرقه باید دوختن

English translation

When Majnun became restless from Layla, He wandered the city day and night in wretchedness. Someone said to Layla, 'That bewildered man, Wanders all around the city in pain.' She said, 'If he is steadfast in love, What business does he have wandering the city for even a moment?' After that, he set his head toward the desert, He set the foot of frustration into melancholy. He wandered the desert raining hail, From his tears, the desert became a tulip field. Layla said, 'He is weak in love, Wandering the desert is not proper for a lover.' After that, he fell into weakness, Dying became his living. He had the fear of perishing from lack of endurance, He slept miserably amidst thorns and dust. Layla said, 'He is not miserable in love, What business does a lover have with sleep for a single breath?' After that, Layla's love overcame him, His seeker soul became lost from the sought. Not a single moment of crying 'woe is me' remained for him, From head to toe, nothing but Layla remained. He surrendered his body and became so engrossed in the task, That he became disgusted with his own existence. His heart slipped from his hands and vanished in blood, Only Layla remained completely, Majnun vanished. If he had a desire for a hundred foods, He would call all of them by Layla's name. From his tongue, of course, not for a single moment, Would anything come out except 'Layla'. In his prayer, oh wonder, without his intention, The mention of Layla would become his 'Al-Hamd' (praise). In testifying, in bowing, and in prostration, The name of Layla was in his existence. If he sat down or if he stood up, He wanted nothing but Layla and Layla. This news, perhaps, they told Layla, She said, 'Now his love has become effective.' As long as something else fit inside him, The love of Layla was not worthy of him. Since now he has completely lost himself, My love has completely sat in his place. If one could fit in love, if one could fit, The lover here would be a deficient weigher. As long as one atom of existence remains in place, It would be infidelity if you step into love. Love desires everyone who exists to be effaced in it, Otherwise, one cannot reach a hand toward love. Whoever extends a finger there, Like a finger, burns before the path. Love can be learned from the annihilated one, How can the annihilated one burn there? If you go annihilated before love, You will go drowned in the water of life. And if you bring one atom of existence, For eternity, you will remain deceived by that atom. As long as one atom of existence is in between, You are aside from the purity of the Sufis. Sufism cannot be amassed by earning, That cloak must have been sewn in eternity.

Updated 2026-07-03

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