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بخش ۳۵ - حکایت مرغ با گبر / Section 35 - The Tale of the Bird and the Zoroastrian

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

آن بنشنیده ای که بی نم ابرمرغ روزی بیافت از در گبر
Have you not heard that without the moisture of a cloud,
A bird found its daily food at the door of a Zoroastrian?
گبر را گفت پس مسلمانیزین هنرپیشه ای سخن دانی
A Muslim then said to the Zoroastrian:
'O skilled and eloquent one,
کز تو این مکرمت بنپذیرندمرغکان گرچه دانه برگیرند
This act of generosity will not be accepted from you,
Even though the little birds pick up the seeds.'
گبر گفت ار مرا بنگزیندآخر این رنج من همی بیند
The Zoroastrian replied: 'Even if He does not choose me,
At least He sees this labor of mine.
زانکه او مکرمست و با احساننکند بخل با کرم یکسان
For He is generous and beneficent;
He does not equate stinginess with generosity.'
دست در باخت در رهش جعفرداد ایزد به جای دستش پر
Ja'far sacrificed his hands in His path;
God gave him wings in place of hands.
دل به فعل و فضول خلق مبنددل در او بند رستی از غم و بند
Do not tie your heart to the deeds and vanities of creation;
Tie your heart to Him, and you will be delivered from grief and bondage.
کار تو جز خدای نگشایدبه خدای ار ز خلق هیچ آید
None but God will untie your knot;
By God, nothing comes from creation.
تا توانی جز او به یار مگیرخلق را هیچ در شمار مگیر
As much as you can, take no friend other than Him;
Do not count creation as anything at all.
خلق را هیچ تکیه گاه مسازجز به درگاه او پناه مساز
Make no support of creation;
Make no refuge except at His threshold.
کین همه تکیه جایها هوس استتکیه گه رحمت خدای بس است
For all these places of support are mere illusion;
The support of God's mercy is sufficient.
تا بقای شماست نان شماستالف آلای او و جان شماست
As long as you remain, your bread remains;
It is the custom of His blessings and your soul.
هردو را در جهان عشق و طلبپارسی باب دان و تازی اب
In the world of love and seeking, know both
As the Persian 'bab' and the Arabic 'ab'.
چون نداری خبر ز راه نیازدر حجابی بسان مغز پیاز
Since you have no news of the path of need,
You are in a veil like the layers of an onion.
تا جدایی ز نور موسی توروز کوری چو مرغ عیسی تو
As long as you are separated from the light of Moses,
You are blind by day like the bird of Jesus.
اول از بهر عشق دل جویشسر قدم کن چو کلک و می جویش
First, for the sake of His heart-pleasing love,
Make your head into feet like a pen, and seek Him,
تا بدانجا رسی بچست درستکه بدانی که می نباید جست
Until you reach that place, swift and sound,
Where you realize that you no longer need to seek.

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