1Cademy - بخش ۳ - الحكایة و التمثیل / Section 3

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Mosibat Nameh

Poem

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

Original content

بلعمی کو مرد عهد خویش بود
چارصد سالش عبادت بیش بود

کرده بود او چار صد پاره کتاب
جمله در توحید و در رفع حجاب

چارصد روز و شبش در یک سجود
غرقه کرده بود دریای وجود

یک شب از شبها شبی بس سهمگین
روی خود برداشت از خاک زمین

صد دلیل نفی صانع بیش گفت
شمع گردون را خدای خویش گفت

روی خویش آورد سوی آفتاب
سجده کردش صار کلب من کلاب

عقل چون از حد امکان بگذرد
بلعمی گردد زایمان بگذرد

عقل در حد سلامت بایدت
فارغ از مدح و ملامت بایدت

گرتو عقل ساده مییابی ز خویش
از چنان صد عقل دم بریده بیش

گرچه عقلت ساده باشد بی نظام
لیک مقصود تو گرداند تمام

دورتر باشد چنین عقل از خطر
وی عجب مقصود یابد زودتر

English translation

Bal'am, who was the man of his era, Had worshipped for more than four hundred years. He had written four hundred volumes of books, All on monotheism and lifting the veil. Four hundred days and nights in a single prostration, He had drowned the sea of existence. One night among nights, a most dreadful night, He raised his face from the dust of the earth. He uttered more than a hundred proofs denying the Creator, He called the candle of the heavens his god. He turned his face toward the sun, Prostrated to it, and became a dog among dogs. When the intellect surpasses the bounds of possibility, It becomes a Bal'am and abandons faith. The intellect must remain within the limits of safety, It must be free from praise and blame. If you find a simple intellect within yourself, It is greater than a hundred such severed intellects. Even if your intellect is simple and unstructured, It will still completely achieve your purpose. Such an intellect is further from danger, And surprisingly, it finds the goal sooner.

Updated 2026-07-03

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