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

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گفت بوسعد آن امام ارنبی
مجلسی میگفت از قول نبی

ره زده از در درآمد قافله
ترک کرده حج دلی پر مشغله

آمدند آن جمع بهر زاد راه
بر در مجلس که ما را زاد خواه

زانکه ما را ره زدند و کاروان
در ره حج بازگشتیم از میان

خواجه گفتا چون توان رفتن بشهر
عزم کرده حج اسلام اینت قهر

بازگشتن از ره حج راه نیست
هرکه زین ره بازگشت آگاه نیست

گفت چندی مال بودست از قیاس
کز شما بردند مشتی ناسپاس

گفت هرچ از ما ببردند از شمار
میبراید چون دو باره ده هزار

خواجه گفتا کیست از اصحاب جمع
کو برافروزد دل خلقی چو شمع

این چه زیشان برده اند آسان دهد
هیچ تاوان نیست اگر تاوان دهد

عورتی از گوشهٔ آواز داد
کاین چنین تاوان توانم باز داد

جمع الحق در تعجب آمدند
در دعا گوئیش از حب آمدند

رفت و درجی پیش او زود آورید
هر زر و زرینه کش بود آورید

خواجه آن بنهاد سه روز و سه شب
گفت اگر گردد پشیمان چه عجب

نیست این زر بیست دینار از شمار
بیست دینارست هر یک زو هزار

عورتی گر زین پشیمانی خورد
کی توان گفتن ز نادانی خورد

پیش آمد بعد سه روز آن زنش
پس نهاد آنجا دو دست ابرنجنش

خواجه را گفت ای بحق پشت و پناه
آن زر آخر ازچه میداری نگاه

خواجه گفت این من ندیدم از کسی
از پشیمانیت ترسیدم بسی

گفت مندیش این معاذالله مگوی
این بدیشان ده دگر زین ره مگوی

بر سر آن نه دو دست ابرنجنم
تا شود آزاد کلی گردنم

گفت دست ابرنجنم ای نامدار
بوده است از مادر خود یادگار

زان همه زرینه آنیک بیش بود
لاجرم روز و شبم با خویش بود

خویشتن رادوش میدیدم بخواب
در بهشت عدن همچون آفتاب

این همه زرینه در گرد تنم
میندیدم این دو دست ابرنجنم

گفتم آخر یادگار مادرم
مینبینم می نباید دیگرم

حور جنت گفت ازان دیگر مگوی
این فرستادی و بس دیگر مجوی

آنچه تو اینجا فرستادی بناز
لاجرم آن پیشت آوردیم باز

فی المثل گر صد جهانست آن تو
آنچه بفرستی تو آنست آن تو

گر درین ره بنده گر آزادهٔ
تو نبینی آنچه نفرستادهٔ

English translation

Abu Sa'ad, that leader of the Prophet's followers, said, He was delivering a sermon from the words of the Prophet. A caravan arrived from the road, having been robbed, They had abandoned the Hajj with hearts full of trouble. That group came seeking provisions for the way, At the door of the assembly, saying 'give us provisions.' Because we were robbed on the road and our caravan was taken, We turned back from the middle of the pilgrimage path. The Master said: 'How can one go to the city?' You intended the Hajj of Islam; this is a trial. Turning back from the Hajj road is not the way; Whoever turns back from this path is not aware. He asked: 'How much wealth was it, by estimation,' 'That a handful of ungrateful people took from you?' He replied: 'Whatever they took from us in number,' 'It amounts to twice ten thousand.' The Master said: 'Who among the assembled companions,' 'Will light up the hearts of the people like a candle?' 'Who will easily give what was taken from them?' 'There is no loss if one pays the compensation.' A woman called out from a corner: 'I can pay back such a compensation.' The assembly were truly struck with wonder; Out of love, they began to pray for her. She went and quickly brought a casket before him; Whatever gold and golden jewelry she had, she brought. The Master kept it for three days and three nights; He said: 'If she becomes regretful, what wonder?' 'This gold is not twenty dinars in count,' 'Each one of these twenty dinars is worth a thousand.' 'If a woman feels regret for this,' 'How can one say she does so out of ignorance?' After three days, that woman came forward; Then she placed her two bracelets there. She said to the Master: 'O support and refuge in Truth,' 'Why do you finally keep that gold away?' The Master said: 'I have not seen this from anyone,' 'I feared much for your regret.' She said: 'Do not think this, God forbid, do not say it,' 'Give this to them and say no more of this path.' 'On top of that, take my two bracelets,' 'So that my neck may be completely freed.' She said: 'My bracelets, O famous one,' 'Were a keepsake from my own mother.' 'Of all that jewelry, that one was the most precious,' 'Inevitably, it was with me day and night.' 'I saw myself in a dream last night,' 'In the Garden of Eden, shining like the sun.' 'All this jewelry was around my body,' 'But I did not see these two bracelets.' 'I said: After all, my mother's keepsake,' 'I do not see it; I do not need it anymore.' 'A houri of Paradise said: Do not speak of the other,' 'You sent this and seek no more.' 'What you sent here with grace,' 'Inevitably, we brought it back to you.' 'For example, if a hundred worlds are yours,' 'What you send is what is truly yours.' 'Whether in this path you are a servant or free,' 'You will not see what you have not sent ahead.'

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