1Cademy - بخش ۷ - الحكایة و التمثیل / Section 7

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Mosibat Nameh

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بخش ۷ - الحكایة و التمثیل / Section 7 - The Tale and the Parable

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بود بهلول از شراب عشق مست
بر سر راهی مگر بر پل نشست

میگذشت آنجایگه هارون مگر
او خوشی میبود پیش افکنده سر

گفت هارونش که ای بهلول مست
خیز از اینجا چون توان بر پل نشست

گفت این با خویشتن گو ای امیر
تا چرا بر پل بماندی جای گیر

جملهٔ دنیا پلست و قنطره ست
بر پلت بنگر که چندین منظره ست

گر بسی بر پل کنی ایوان و در
هست آبی زان سوی پل سر بسر

گردنت را خانه بر پل چیست غل
کی شود با مکر این بیرون به پل

تا توانی زیر پل ساکن مباش
چون شکست آورد پل ایمن مباش

از مجره آسمان دارد شکست
زودبگذر تا نگردی پست پست

گنبدی بشکسته تو بنشسته زیر
آمدستی گوئیا از جانت سیر

گنبد بشکسته چون زیر اوفتد
کی جهد کس گر خود او شیر اوفتد

مرگ از پیش و تو از پس میروی
بهر مرداری چو کرکس میروی

پاک شو از جیفهٔ دنیا تمام
ورنه چون مردار میمانی بدام

زانکه هر چیزی که سودای تو است
چون بمردی نقد فردای تو است

English translation

Bahlool was intoxicated with the wine of love, He happened to sit upon a bridge on a path. Harun chanced to pass by that place, While Bahlool was in a blissful state, with his head bowed down. Harun said to him, 'O drunken Bahlool! Rise from here, for how can one sit on a bridge?' He replied, 'Say this to yourself, O Amir, Why have you settled and taken up residence on a bridge? The entire world is a bridge and an overpass, Look upon your bridge, where there are so many pavilions. Even if you build many a palace and door upon the bridge, There is water all around beneath the bridge. What is a house on the bridge? A shackle for your neck! How can one escape this bridge through trickery? As much as you can, do not settle under the bridge; When the bridge breaks, do not feel secure. The sky has a crack from the Milky Way, Pass by quickly so you are not utterly crushed. You are sitting beneath a broken dome, As if you have become weary of your own soul. When the broken dome collapses, How can anyone escape, even if he is a lion? Death is ahead, and you are following behind, You go after carrion like a vulture. Cleanse yourself entirely of the world's carcass, Otherwise, you will remain trapped like a corpse. Because whatever is your worldly ambition, When you die, it becomes your currency for tomorrow.'

Updated 2026-07-03

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