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بخش ۱۱۰ - حکایت صوفی و اعرابی که غلام وی به حسن حدی شتران وی را هلاک کرده بود / Section 110 - The Tale of the Sufi and the Bedouin Whose Slave Had Destroyed His Camels through the Beauty of His Hudi

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صوفیی راه یقین می پیمود
پا به میدان توکل می سود

روز در بادیه می برد به شب
یک شبی زنده ای از حی عرب

آمدش در ره آن بادیه پیش
ساختش شمع سیه خانه خویش

کرد در ساحت آن خانه نگاه
دید شبرنگ غلامی چون ماه

در غل و بند ز گردن تا پای
قدرتش نی که بجنبد از جای

بر زمین روی تواضع مالید
پیش مهمان به تضرع نالید

که بود خواجه من اهل کرم
نزند جز به ره لطف قدم

نشود سد روش احسان را
نکند رد سخن مهمان را

خواه ازو عفو گنهکاری من
رحم بر عجز و گرفتاری من

خواجه چون روی به مهمان آورد
وز پی طعمه او خوان آورد

گفت انگشت به خوانت ننهم
تا نبخشی گنه این سیهم

خواجه گفتا گنهش بخشیدم
لیک بشنو که چه از وی دیدم

شتران بود مرا جمله نجیب
در هنر نادر و در شکل عجیب

کوه کوهان همه و دشت نورد
پشته پشتان همه و صحرا گرد

کرگدن وار بسی نیرومند
فیل کردار تنومند و بلند

سخت رفتارتر از صرصر باد
چون ارم پیکرشان ذات عماد

از سفر واسطه روزی من
وز جرس نوبت فیروزی من

در سه روزه ره این سر منزل
کردشان بار گران مستعجل

وز حدی صوت طرب زای کشید
تا به یک روز بدین جای رسید

بارشان چون بگشادند ز هم
برگرفتند همه راه عدم

نیست اکنون که دل از غصه پرم
جز به صحرای عدم یک شترم

گفت صوفی به خداوند غلام
کای به دلجویی من کرده قیام

هستم از وصف خوش آوازی او
آرزومند حدی سازی او

خواجه گفتش که حدی کن آغاز
داد قانون حدی سازی ساز

بود صوفی به ادب بنشسته
شتری در نظر او بسته

صوفی از ذوق گریبان زد چاک
وز جهان بی خبر افتاد به خاک

وان شتر کرد رسن را پاره
روی در بادیه گشت آواره

English translation

A Sufi was traversing the path of certainty, planting his feet in the arena of trust in God. He spent his days in the desert until night fell, and one night, a living soul from an Arab tribe met him on the way of that desert, and made him the candle of his own dark tent. The Sufi looked into the courtyard of that tent, and saw a night-colored slave as beautiful as the moon, bound in chains and fetters from neck to toe, without the strength to move from his spot. The slave rubbed his face on the ground in humility, and wailed with supplication before the guest: 'My master is indeed a man of generosity, and he takes steps only on the path of grace. He does not block the way of benevolence, and he does not reject the word of a guest. Ask him to forgive my wrongdoing, and to have mercy on my weakness and captivity.' When the master turned his attention to the guest, and brought a table of food for him to eat, The Sufi said, 'I will not place a finger on your food, until you forgive the sin of this black slave.' The master said, 'I have forgiven his sin, but listen to what I have experienced from him: I had camels, all noble, rare in skill and extraordinary in shape; all mountain-humped and traversers of plains, strong-backed and roamers of deserts, powerful like rhinoceroses, bulky and tall like elephants, swifter in gait than the howling wind, their bodies towering like the pillars of Iram. They were the medium of my livelihood from travel, and the ringing of their bells was the herald of my prosperity. On a three-day journey to this destination, a heavy load made them hurry, and he sang a joy-inducing song of Hudi, so that they arrived at this place in a single day. When they unloaded the burdens from them, they all took the path of non-existence. Now that my heart is full of grief, not a single camel of mine remains outside the desert of death.' The Sufi said to the master of the slave: 'O you who have stood up to comfort me, from the description of his beautiful voice, I am yearning to hear him sing the Hudi.' The master said to him, 'Begin the Hudi!' and allowed the slave to start his song. The Sufi was sitting politely, and a camel was tied before his eyes. From spiritual ecstasy, the Sufi tore his collar, and fell to the ground, unconscious of the world. And that camel broke its rope, and went wandering into the desert.

Updated 2026-07-19

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