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بخش ۵۳ - حکایت آن حاجی غریب با آن جنی مهیب / Section 53 - The Tale of That Strange Pilgrim with That Formidable Jinni

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رهروی روی به تنهایی کرد
بهر حج بادیه پیمایی کرد

راحله پای بیابان پیمای
قافله دیو و دد جان فرسای

تف نشان جگرش موج سراب
گرد شوی قدمش چشم پر آب

جز عصا کس نگرفته دستش
غیر نعلین نه کس پابستش

روزی از دور یکی شخص غریب
شد پدیدار به دیدار مهیب

گفت تو آدمیی یا پریی
که عجب بر سر غارتگریی

گوهر ایمنی از من بردی
به کف خایفیم بسپردی

گفت نی آدمیم من پریم
لیک چون آدمیان گوهریم

تو کیی، مؤمن واحد دانی
یا نه در شرک فرس می رانی

گفت من سوی یکی رو دارم
از دو گویان جهان بیزارم

گفت اگر زانکه خدای تو یکیست
در دلت از یکی او نه شکیست

شرم بادت که جز از وی ترسی
پای بگذاشته از پی ترسی

چون خدادان ز خدا ترسد و بس
ترسد از وی همه چیز و همه کس

لیک ترسد چو نترسد ز خدای
هر وقت از همه کس در همه جای

ترسگاری ز خدا عاقلی است
لیک از غیر خدا غافلی است

English translation

A wayfarer set out in solitude, Traversing the desert for the sake of the Pilgrimage (Hajj). His mount was his desert-traversing feet, His caravan, the soul-wasting demons and wild beasts. The burning heat branded his liver with the waves of mirages, And the dust of his footsteps made his eyes weep. None held his hand but his staff, None bound his feet but his sandals. One day, from afar, a strange figure Appeared, formidable in aspect. He [the wayfarer] said: 'Are you human or jinni? For you are surprisingly bent on plunder! You have stolen the gem of security from me, And delivered me into the hands of fear.' He [the jinni] said: 'I am not human, I am a jinni, Yet, like humans, I possess an noble essence. Who are you? Do you recognize the One God, Or do you ride the steed of polytheism?' He [the wayfarer] said: 'I have turned my face toward the One, And I am weary of those in the world who speak of two.' He [the jinni] said: 'If indeed your God is One, And there is no doubt in your heart of His Oneness, Shame on you that you fear anyone other than Him, Treading the path of fear of others! For when the knower of God fears God alone, All things and all people fear him. But if he fears not God, he will fear, At all times, everyone, in every place. Fearing God is wisdom, But fearing other than God is heedlessness.'

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