1Cademy - بخش ۲ - حکایت آن کرد که در انبوهی شهر کدویی بر پای خود بست تا خود را گم نکند / Section 2 - The Tale of the Kurd Who Tied a Gourd to His Foot in the Crowded City So That He Would Not Lose Himself

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بخش ۲ - حکایت آن کرد که در انبوهی شهر کدویی بر پای خود بست تا خود را گم نکند / Section 2 - The Tale of the Kurd Who Tied a Gourd to His Foot in the Crowded City So That He Would Not Lose Himself

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کردی از آشوب گردش های دهر
کرد از صحرا و کوه آهنگ شهر

دید شهری پر فغان و پر خروش
آمده ز انبوهی مردم به جوش

بی قراران جهان در هر مقر
در تک و پو بر خلاف یکدگر

آن یکی را از برون عزم درون
وان دگر را از درون میل برون

آن یکی را از یمین رو در شمال
وان دگر سوی یمین جنبش سگال

کرد مسکین چون بدید آن کار و بار
از میانه کرد جا بر یک کنار

گفت اگر جا بر صف مردم کنم
جای آن دارد که خود را گم کنم

یک نشانه بهر خود ناکرده ساز
خویشتن را چون توانم یافت باز ؟

اتفاقا یک کدو بودش به دست
آن کدو بهر نشان بر پای بست

تا چو خود را گم کند در شهر و کو
بازیابد چون ببیند آن کدو

زیرکی آن راز را دانست و زود
در پی اش افتاد تا جایی غنود

آن کدو را حالی از وی باز کرد
بر تن خود بست و خواب آغاز کرد

کرد چون بیدار شد دید آن کدو
بسته بر پای کسی پهلوی او

بانگ بر وی زد که خیز ای سست کیش
کز تو حیران مانده ام در کار خویش

این منم یا تو نمی دانم درست
گر منم چون این کدو بر پای توست ؟!

ور تویی ، این من کجایم کیستم ؟
در شماری می نیایم چیستم

ای خدا آن کرد بی سرمایه ام
از همه کردان فروتر پایه ام

ده ز فضلت رونقی این کرد را
کن ز لطفت راوقی این درد را

تا ز هر آلایشی صافی شوم
اهل دل را شربتی شافی شوم

جامی آسا یک به یک را شادکام
خم خم ار نبود رسانم جام جام

ور به من این مکرمت باشد بدیع
خواجه کونین را آرم شفیع

English translation

A Kurd, due to the turmoil of the turning of the times, Set off from the desert and the mountain towards the city. He saw a city full of clamor and outcry, Boiling over with the massive crowd of people. The restless of the world in every quarter, Running and striving in opposite directions. One had the intention to go inside from the outside, While another had the desire to go outside from the inside. One was facing north from the right, While the other was planning to move towards the right. When the poor Kurd saw that state of affairs, He stepped aside and took a place on the edge. He said, 'If I take my place in the ranks of the people, It is highly likely that I will lose myself. If I do not prepare a sign for myself, How will I ever find myself again?' By chance, he had a gourd in his hand; He tied that gourd to his foot as a sign, So that when he lost himself in the city and streets, He would find himself again upon seeing that gourd. A clever rogue understood that secret, And quickly followed him until the Kurd fell asleep somewhere. He immediately untied that gourd from him, Tied it to his own body, and went to sleep. When the Kurd woke up, he saw the gourd Tied to the foot of the person lying next to him. He shouted at him: 'Arise, O weak of faith! For I am left bewildered by you in my own affair. Is this me or is it you? I do not know for sure. If it is me, why is this gourd on your foot?! And if it is you, where am I, and who am I? I do not even count in the tally; what am I?' O God, I am that penniless Kurd, Whose rank is lower than all other Kurds. Give splendor to this Kurd by Your grace, And make a cure for this pain by Your kindness, So that I may become pure from every defilement, And become a healing potion for the people of heart. Like Jami, making everyone happy one by one, If not jar by jar, then cup by cup. And if this generosity is too wondrous for me, I will bring the Master of the two worlds as my intercessor.

Updated 2026-07-08

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