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Mosibat Nameh

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بخش ۸ - الحكایة ‌و التمثیل / Section 8 - The Tale and the Parable

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بود مجنونی بغایت گرسنه
سوی صحرا رفت سر پا برهنه

نانش میبایست چون نانش نبود
دردش افزون گشت درمانش نبود

گفت یا رب آشکارا و نهان
گرسنه تر هست از من در جهان

هاتفی گفتش که میآیم ترا
گرسنه تر از تو بنمایم ترا

همچنان در دشت میشد یک تنه
پیشش آمد پیر گرگی گرسنه

گرگ کو را دید غریدن گرفت
جامهٔ دیوانه دریدن گرفت

لرزه بر اندام مجنون اوفتاد
در میان خاک در خون اوفتاد

گفت یارب لطف کن زارم مکش
جان عزیزست این چنین خوارم مکش

گرسنه تر دیدم از خود این بسم
وین زمان من سیر تر از هر کسم

سیر شد امشب شکم بی نان مرا
نیست نان در خورد ترازجان مرا

بعد ازین جز جان نخواهم از تو من
تا توانم نان نخواهم از تو من

گرگ را تو بر سرم بگماشتی
گر بفرمائی کند گرگ آشتی

در چنین صحرا گرفتار بلا
این چنین گرگیم باید آشنا

این دمم با گرگ کردی در جوال
هین رهائی ده مرا زین بد فعال

این سخنها چون بگفت آن سرنگون
گرگ از پیشش بصحرا شد برون

گر تو خواهی تا بسر گرداندت
چون فلک زیر و زبر گرداندت

سرنگون نه پای در دریای او
در شکن با شیوه و سودای او

English translation

There was a madman, exceedingly hungry, He went towards the desert, bare-headed and barefoot. He needed bread; since he had no bread, His pain increased, and he had no remedy. He said, 'O Lord of the manifest and the hidden, Is there anyone hungrier than me in the world?' An unseen caller said to him, 'I am coming to you, I will show you someone hungrier than you.' As he continued alone in the desert, An old, hungry wolf appeared before him. When the wolf saw him, it began to growl, And started tearing the madman's garments. Trembling fell upon the madman's body, He fell amid the dust and blood. He said, 'O Lord, show grace, do not kill me miserably, Life is precious, do not kill me in such disgrace. I have seen one hungrier than myself; this is enough for me, And at this moment, I am fuller than anyone. Tonight, my stomach has become full without bread, There is no bread more fitting for me than my life. After this, I will ask for nothing but my life from You, As long as I am able, I will not ask for bread from You. You have set this wolf upon my head, If You command, the wolf will make peace. Caught in affliction in such a desert, I must become acquainted with such a wolf. At this moment You have put me in a sack with a wolf, Come, deliver me from this evil-doer.' When that humbled one spoke these words, The wolf left his presence and went out into the desert. If you wish for Him to lead you to the goal, Turning you up and down like the heavens, Step headlong into His sea, Break yourself with His ways and passion.

Updated 2026-07-03

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