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Mosibat Nameh

Poem

بخش ۳ - الحكایة و التمثیل / Section 3 - The Tale and the Parable

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گشت محمود و ایاز دلنواز
هردو در میدان غزنین گوی باز

هر دو با هم گوی تنها باختند
گوی همچون عشق زیبا باختند

گاه این یک اسب تاخت و گاه آن
گاه این یک گوی باخت و گاه آن

ز آرزوی آن غلام و پادشاه
گشت چوگان آسمان و گوی ماه

گرد میدان عالمی نظارگی
فتنهٔ هر دو شده یکبارگی

چون بماندند آن دو مرغ دلنواز
در بر یکدیگر استادند باز

شاه گفتش ای جهان روشن ز تو
به تو میبازی ز من یا من ز تو

گفت شه فتوی کند از رای خویش
شه یکی نظارگی را خواند پیش

گفت گوی از ما که به بازد بگوی
اسب در میدان که به تازد بگوی

بود آن نظارگی صاحب نظر
گفت چشمم کور باد ای دادگر

گر شما را من دو تن میدیده ام
جز یکی نیست اینچه من میدیده ام

چون نگه کردم بشاه حق شناس
بود از سر تا قدم جمله ایاس

چون ایاست را نگه کردم نهان
بود هفت اعضای او شاه جهان

گر دو تن را در نظر آوردمی
در میان هر دو حکمی کردمی

لیک چون هر دو یکی دیدم عیان
حکم نتوان کرد هرگز درمیان

چون سخن شایسته گفت آن مرد راه
گوهر بازو درو انداخت شاه

تا بود معشوق را در خود نظر
عاشق از وی کی تواند خورد بر

تا نظر معشوق را بر عاشق است
جان عاشق عشق او را لایق است

هر دو را بر یکدگر باید نظر
تاخورد آن بر ازین این زان دگر

هر دو میباینده یک ذات آمده
بی دو بودن در ملاقات آمده

English translation

Mahmud and the charming Ayaz went Both to the field of Ghazna to play polo. Both played polo together in solitude, They played with the ball as beautifully as love. Sometimes this one galloped his horse, and sometimes that one; Sometimes this one struck the ball, and sometimes that one. Out of the desire of that slave and the king, The sky became a polo-mallet and the moon became the ball. Around the field, a world of spectators gathered, All at once infatuated with both of them. When those two charming birds became weary, They stood beside each other once more. The king said to him: 'O you by whom the world is illuminated, Do you play better than me, or I than you?' He replied: 'Let the king decide according to his own judgment.' The king called one of the spectators forward. He said: 'Tell us, who plays with the ball better? Tell us, who gallops the horse better in the field?' That spectator was a person of insight. He said: 'May my eyes be blind, O just ruler, If I have seen the two of you as two persons; What I have been seeing is nothing but one. When I looked at the truth-recognizing king, He was entirely Ayaz from head to toe. And when I looked at your Ayaz secretly, His seven limbs were the King of the World. Had I perceived two persons, I would have made a judgment between the two. But since I clearly saw both as one, No judgment can ever be made between them.' Since that traveler of the path spoke fitting words, The king threw the jewel of his armlet to him. As long as the beloved gazes at themselves, How can the lover benefit from them? As long as the beloved's gaze is upon the lover, The lover's soul is worthy of their love. Both must gaze upon each other, So that this one may benefit from that one, and that one from this. Both must become a single essence, Coming to meet without being two.

Updated 2026-07-03

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