1Cademy - بخش ۲۰ - حکایت دعا کردن پادشاه ترمذ که تا از کنیزکی که به محبت وی از تدبیر ملک بازمانده بود خلاصی یابد / Section 20 - The Tale of the King of Tirmidhs Supplication to Obtain Deliverance from the Handmaiden through Whose Love He Had Been Prevented from Governing the Kingdom

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بخش ۲۰ - حکایت دعا کردن پادشاه ترمذ که تا از کنیزکی که به محبت وی از تدبیر ملک بازمانده بود خلاصی یابد / Section 20 - The Tale of the King of Tirmidh's Supplication to Obtain Deliverance from the Handmaiden through Whose Love He Had Been Prevented from Governing the Kingdom

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شاه ترمذ کنیزکی زیبا
داشت دلکش چو نقش بر دیبا

یافت در دل به سوی او میلی
بلکه بر کشت عاقبت سیلی

عشق در دل چو شد قوی بنیاد
رخنه در کار ملک و دین افتاد

یک شبی روی بر زمین مالید
به دعا از دل حزین نالید

کای خداوند آسمان و زمین
بنده حکم تو هم آن و هم این

کارم از دست رفت دستم گیر
دست جان هوا پرستم گیر

پیش ازین داشتم دلی ساده
از هواهای نفس آزاده

نیک از بد بدان شناختمی
کار نیکان به آن بساختمی

دلربایی ببرد آن دل را
به دو صد غم سپرد آن دل را

نقش اویم ز لوح دل بتراش
پاکش از لوح آب و گل بتراش

سر به سر کن زیان و سودش را
به عدم باز بر وجودش را

تا به تدبیر ملک پردازم
کار از کار ماندگان سازم

این بگفت و سرشک خونین ریخت
خاک محرابگه به خون آمیخت

گریه از صاحب دعا بی قیل
بر وجود اجابت است دلیل

بامدادادن که پا به تخت نهاد
بازش آن بت به سینه رخت نهاد

عهد نوروز بود و فصل بهار
دامن گل به کف چو دامن یار

خیمه از حد شهر بیرون زد
سایه بان بر کنار جیحون زد

دید از سبزه بر لب جیحون
گستریده بساط سقلاطون

دست جانان به صد نشاط به دست
شاد و خرم بر آن بساط نشست

آنچه اسباب کامرانی بود
وانچه ز آلات شادمانی بود

گرچه جا بر کنار دریا داشت
همه با یکدگر مهیا داشت

نیمروزان که وقتشان خوش شد
دل سوی بحرشان عنان کش شد

زورقی چون هلال از زر ناب
جمع در وی نشاط را اسباب

پیش شاه و کنیزک آوردند
ماه و خور در هلال جا کردند

شد روان زورق از کناره شط
می برید آب را به سینه چو بط

داشت شاه از نشاط پردازی
همچو بر بط فکنده شهبازی

ناگهان موجی از میان برخاست
زان دو زورق نشین فغان برخاست

رفت زورق به موج آب فرو
شد به مغرب دو آفتاب فرو

شه به حسرت کنیز را بگذاشت
به شنا ره به سوی شط برداشت

چون ازان لجه بر کنار رسید
اثری زان گزیده یار ندید

شد ز صدقی که بود در طلبش
به اجابت قرین دعای شبش

تازه شد رسم پادشاهی او
با همه خلق نیکخواهی او

آری آنجا که حکم هشیاریست
عاشقی ضد مملکتداریست

افتد از عشق ملک در کم و کاست
عشق و شاهی به هم نیاید راست

English translation

The King of Tirmidh had a beautiful handmaiden, charming like a painting on silk. He found a desire toward her in his heart, which eventually turned into a flood over his harvest. When love became strongly established in his heart, a rift appeared in the affairs of kingdom and religion. One night, he rubbed his face on the ground, and in prayer lamented from his sorrowful heart: 'O Lord of heaven and earth, both this and that are servants of Your command. My affairs have slipped from my hands, take my hand; take the hand of my passion-worshiping soul. Before this, I had a simple heart, free from the desires of the self. I used to recognize good from bad with it, and managed the affairs of the righteous. A heart-ravisher stole that heart, and delivered it to two hundred griefs. Carve her image from the tablet of my heart; wash it clean from the tablet of water and clay. Turn its loss and gain to nothingness, return her existence to non-existence, So that I may attend to the governance of the kingdom, and restore the affairs of those left behind.' He said this and shed tears of blood, mixing the dust of the mihrab with blood. Weeping by the supplicant, without words, is proof of the existence of acceptance. In the morning, when he set foot on the throne, that idol again placed her baggage on his chest. It was the time of Nowruz and the season of spring, holding the hem of the flower like the hem of the beloved. He pitched his tent outside the city limits, and set up a canopy on the banks of the Jayhun. He saw, from the greenery on the bank of the Jayhun, a luxurious carpet of scarlet silk spread out. With the beloved's hand in his hand with a hundred joys, he sat happy and cheerful on that carpet. Whatever were the means of gratification, and whatever were the instruments of joy, Even though his place was on the bank of the river, he had everything prepared together. At midday, when their time became pleasant, their hearts drew their reins toward the waters. A boat like a crescent moon of pure gold, with all the means of joy gathered within it, They brought before the king and the handmaiden; the moon and the sun took their place in the crescent. The boat set off from the riverbank, cutting through the water with its chest like a duck. The king, from his pursuit of pleasure, was like a royal falcon cast upon a lute. Suddenly a wave rose from the midst, and a cry of distress arose from those two boat-riders. The boat went down into the wave of water; two suns set in the west. The king, with regret, left the handmaiden behind, and swam toward the riverbank. When he reached the shore from that whirlpool, he saw no trace of that chosen beloved. Because of the sincerity of his quest, his nightly prayer was joined with acceptance. The custom of his kingship was renewed, along with his goodwill toward all creation. Yes, where the rule of sobriety is required, love is the opposite of statecraft. Through love, the kingdom falls into decline and deficiency; love and kingship do not align.

Updated 2026-07-07

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