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Mosibat Nameh

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

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علتی محمود را گشت آشکار
شد ز مدهوشی سه روز و شب ز کار

در سه روز و شب نجنبید او زجای
عقل زایل تن در افتاده ز پای

وی عجب آنگه که شاه حق شناس
شد ز هوش از هوش رفته بد ایاس

روز چارم شاه چون هشیار گشت
آن غلام از بیهشی بیدار گشت

چشم چون بگشاد از هم پادشاه
دید ایاز خویش را آنجایگاه

گفت تو کی آمدستی ای غلام
گفت این ساعت زهی عالی مقام

ای گدای صحبت سلطان طلب
تا درآموزی توبی حاصل ادب

چون خلیفه زادهٔ حقی ترا
کی کند اندر گدا طبعی رها

بود بر بالین او حاضر وزیر
گفت ای بخشندهٔ تاج و سریر

شد سه روز و شب که بر بالین شاه
هست بیهوش او چو شاه اینجایگاه

نه ازو یک ذره جنبش دیده ایم
نه ازو حرفی سخن بشنیده ایم

وآنگهی گوید که اکنون آمدم
من کنون زین کذب بیرون آمدم

شاه گفتش ای غلام بی فروغ
بر سر من از چه میگوئی دروغ

گفت هرگز در دروغم نیست راه
لیک چون باشد وجودم غرق شاه

شاه چون بیخود شود بیخود شوم
چون بخود باز آید او بخرد شوم

از سر خویشم وجود خاص نیست
این سخن جز از سر اخلاص نیست

چون وجود من بود از شهریار
کی شود بی او وجودم آشکار

بنده دایم از تو موجودست و بس
خود که باشد بنده محمودست و بس

جهد کن پیش از اجل ای خود پرست
تا زخلت ذرهٔ آری بدست

گر شود یک ذره خلت حاصلت
باز خندد آفتابی در دلت

English translation

An illness became manifest in Mahmud; He was out of work due to unconsciousness for three days and nights. For three days and nights he did not stir from his place; His intellect departed, his body fallen and helpless. And wonder of wonders, when the right-knowing king Lost consciousness, Ayaz too had lost consciousness. On the fourth day, when the king became conscious, That slave woke up from his unconsciousness. When the king opened his eyes, He saw his Ayaz in that place. He said, 'When did you come, O slave?' He said, 'This very hour, O exalted one.' O beggar who seeks the company of the Sultan, So that you, empty-handed, may learn proper manners. Since you are a child of the Caliph of Truth, How can he leave you in a state of beggarliness? The vizier was present at his bedside; He said, 'O giver of crown and throne, It has been three days and nights that by the king's bedside He has been unconscious here just like the king. Neither have we seen a single movement from him, Nor have we heard a single word of speech from him. And then he says that he has just come? I am now coming out of this falsehood.' The king said to him, 'O lusterless slave, Why do you speak lies to me?' He said, 'There is never any path for falsehood in me, But since my existence is drowned in the King, When the King becomes unconscious, I become unconscious; When he returns to himself, I gain consciousness. I have no separate existence of my own; This speech is nothing but out of absolute sincerity. Since my existence is from the Monarch, How can my existence be manifest without him? The servant exists always through you and that is all, Who else is the servant but Mahmud and that is all?' Strive before death, O self-worshipper, To obtain a single speck of friendship. If a single speck of friendship is obtained by you, A sun will smile again in your heart.

Updated 2026-07-03

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