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Mosibat Nameh

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بخش ۴ - الحكایة و التمثیل / Section 4 - The Tale and the Parable

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آن یکی قلاب را بگرفت شاه
خواست تادستش ببرد پیش راه

قلب زن مرد مرقع پوش بود
از حقیقت ذرهٔ باهوش بود

گفت با خانه بریدم این زمان
تا نهم مالی که دارم در میان

چون بسوی خانه بردندش فراز
او مرقع برکشید و گشت باز

برهنه استاد پیش شهریار
گفت اکنون کار باید کرد کار

زانکه این قلاب را از هرچه هست
ماحضر قلبیست این ساعت بدست

شاه گفتش از چه میگفتی دروغ
گفت تا در دین نباشم بی فروغ

عیب خود پوشیدم از بیم هلاک
در لباس خاص بی عیبان پاک

از چنین عیبی چو در روی آمدم
زان لباس پاک یکسوی آمدم

تا نه بیند کس مرقع در برم
اهل دل را بدنگوید بر سرم

گر شدم بد نام در پیش سپاه
جانب آن قوم میدارم نگاه

زانکه بد نامی ایشان خواستن
کفرم آید کفر نتوان خواستن

شاه را از راستی آن جوان
وقت خوش شد عفو کردش آن زمان

چند خواهی بود مرد ناتمام
نه بدو نه نیک و نه خاص ونه عام

چون قلم شو عشق را بسته میان
پس به سر عشق بگشاده زفان

زانکه گر نبود ترا با عشق کار
تو خری باشی بمعنی بی فسار

English translation

The king captured a certain counterfeiter, And intended to cut off his hand right there on the path. The counterfeiter was a man wearing a patched cloak, Who had a particle of intelligence regarding the truth. He said, 'Take me to my house at this time, So that I may lay out the wealth I have in my possession.' When they took him up to his house, He took off his patched cloak and returned. He stood naked before the king, And said, 'Now the deed must be done. For out of all that this counterfeiter possesses, The only thing ready at hand right now is counterfeit.' The king asked him, 'Why did you lie?' He said, 'So that I would not be without light in religion. I covered my fault out of fear of ruin, In the special garb of the pure and faultless. Since I have been confronted with such a fault, I set aside that pure garment, So that no one would see the patched cloak upon me, And speak ill of the people of the heart on my account. Though I became infamous before the army, I am maintaining the honor of that group. Because desiring their infamy Would be heresy to me, and one cannot desire heresy.' Due to the truthfulness of that young man, the king's Mood became pleasant, and he pardoned him right then. How long will you remain an incomplete man? Neither bad nor good, neither elite nor common? Like a pen, gird your loins for love, Then upon the head of love, open your tongue. For if you have no business with love, In essence, you are just a donkey without a halter.

Updated 2026-07-03

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