1Cademy - بخش ۴۶ - عقد سیزدهم در بیان صبر که در اجتناب از مناهی رنج بردن است و بر اکتساب مراضی پای فشردن / Section 46 - The Thirteenth Knot on the Explanation of Patience: Enduring Hardship in Avoiding Forbidden Things and Remaining Steadfast in Acquiring Divine Pleasure

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بخش ۴۶ - عقد سیزدهم در بیان صبر که در اجتناب از مناهی رنج بردن است و بر اکتساب مراضی پای فشردن / Section 46 - The Thirteenth Knot on the Explanation of Patience: Enduring Hardship in Avoiding Forbidden Things and Remaining Steadfast in Acquiring Divine Pleasure

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ای سبکسارتر از خشک گیا
که شود پی سپر باد صبا

بی ثباتی به ره صدق و صواب
چون گره بر نفس و نقش بر آب

هر دم از جا چه روی کشتی وار
کوه شو لنگر خود سنگین دار

شاهبازی مگشا پای ز بند
بس تو را ساعد شه شاخ بلند

تا به کی گوی صفت بی سر و پای
می جهی از خم چوگان قضا

همچو گو گر بجهی صد میدان
نیست امکان که رهی زان چوگان

سر بنه در ره چوگانی شاه
بو که یک بار کند در تو نگاه

آمد از شاه تو را کن مکنی
که در آن نیست خرد را سخنی

هر کجا گفت بکن دست گشای
هر کجا گفت مکن باز پس آی

رو بر آن راه که فرموده اوست
نوش ازان باده که پیموده اوست

لب ببند از می ناپیموده
پا بکش از ره نافرموده

راست کردار و قوی پیمان باش
مرکز دایره فرمان باش

گر نگونسار ز گردون افتی
به کزین دایره بیرون افتی

کند این دایره تنگ مجال
حفظ معموره دین سور مثال

رخش ازین سور چو بیرون رانی
نیست جز ماتم جاویدانی

کرد یک رخنه درین سور آدم
سور فردوس بر او شد ماتم

ما که در لجه خون افتادیم
همه زان رخنه برون افتادیم

چند روزی به صبوری می کوش
باده تلخ صبوری می نوش

صبر کن همچو شکر با دل تنگ
صبر کن همچو گهر در دل سنگ

نشود نی بجز از صبر شکر
نشود سنگ جز از صبر گهر

تا نگردد ز صبوری خون خشک
ناف آهو نشود نافه مشک

تا به سر چرخ فلک گردان است
صبر در وی روش مردان است

آسیا را چو به سر گردانند
عاجزان صبر بر آن نتوانند

انبیا پای به صبر افشردند
لاجرم پایه عالی بردند

نوح از موج غم قوم نرست
تا به کشتی صبوری ننشست

شد وزان رایحه صبر جمیل
بشکفانید گل از نار خلیل

یوسف از صبر به یعقوب رسید
صحت از صبر به ایوب رسید

یافت از صبر کلیم الله عون
جامه در نیل فنا زد فرعون

عیسی از صبر برانداخت کمند
ساخت جا کنگر این چرخ بلند

احمد از صبر بر آزار قریش
زهرشان ریخت در آبشخور عیش

صبر کن بر ستم بی خردان
نرسد جز به تن آزار ددان

چه غم از زخم که بر آب و گل است
غم از آنست که بر جان و دل است

هر لگد کان ز فرومایه رسد
نکند کوب چو بر سایه رسد

خاتم صبر که عالی گهر است
نقش آن من صبر قد ظفر است

کشت ایمان را صبر آمد ابر
این بود سر «تواصوا بالصبر»

خاصه صبر تو بر آن نعمت و ناز
کت نشاند به سراپرده راز

سینه صافی کنی از زنگ وجود
دیده روشن شوی از نور شهود

وجه حق وجهه جانت گردد
قبله جان و جهانت گردد

گر کند گردش ایام به فرض
بر تو آمال و امانی همه عرض

پای صبر تو نلغزد از جای
نفتد چشم تو بر غیر خدای

ور شود چرخ یکی خونین میغ
که ازان میغ نبارد جز تیغ

بر تو یک مو نشود یافت سلیم
بلکه گردد همه چون فرق دو نیم

لب به دندان صبوری خایی
گره ناله ز دل نگشایی

شرمت آید که درین مشهد خاص
خواهی از کشمکش درد خلاص

گر فتد کوه بلا بر عاشق
نیست دل کوفتگی زو لایق

ور به فرقش ز جفا تیغ آید
به که چون زخم دهان نگشاید

خاصه وقتی که بود ناظر او
چشم آرامگه خاطر او

English translation

O you who are lighter than dry grass, Which becomes trampled by the morning breeze, You lack stability on the path of truth and righteousness, Like a knot on a breath, or a pattern drawn on water. Why do you drift from place to place every moment like a ship? Become a mountain, and keep your anchor heavy! You are a royal falcon; do not release your feet from the tether, For the King's forearm is a high branch enough for you. How long, like a polo ball, head-and-footless, Will you leap from the curve of the polo-mallet of destiny? Even if, like a ball, you leap across a hundred fields, It is impossible to escape that mallet. Lay down your head on the path of the King's mallet, Perchance He might look upon you once. From the King came command and prohibition ('do' and 'do not') to you, In which there is no room for human reason to argue. Wherever He said 'Do,' open your hand to act; Wherever He said 'Do not,' step back. Walk upon the path that He has commanded, Drink of that wine which He has measured. Close your lips to unmeasured wine, Withdraw your foot from the uncommanded path. Be righteous in deed and strong in covenant, Be the center of the circle of command. Even if you fall headlong from the heavens, It is better than falling outside this circle. This circle, narrow in space, Preserves the realm of faith like a protective wall. If you ride your steed out of this wall, There is nothing but eternal mourning. Adam made a single breach in this wall, And the feast of Paradise became mourning for him. We who have fallen into a gulf of blood, All fell out of that breach. For a few days, strive in patience; Drink the bitter wine of patience. Be patient like sugar with a tight heart, Be patient like a gem in the heart of stone. The reed does not become sugar except through patience, The stone does not become a gem except through patience. Until, through patience, the blood dries, The deer's navel does not become a musk-pod. As long as the sphere of heaven rotates overhead, Patience is the way of brave men. When they turn the millstone overhead, The weak cannot endure it. The prophets stood firm in patience, And consequently, they attained the highest stations. Noah did not escape the wave of his people's grief, Until he sat in the vessel of patience. And from the fragrance of beautiful patience, The fire of the Friend (Abraham) bloomed into roses. Joseph reached Jacob through patience, Health reached Job through patience. Moses found aid through patience, While Pharaoh plunged his garment into the Nile of annihilation. Jesus cast his lasso through patience, And made his dwelling on the battlements of this high heaven. Muhammad, through patience under the torment of the Quraysh, Poured poison into the watering-place of their pleasure. Be patient under the cruelty of the foolish, For the torment of wild beasts only reaches the physical body. What worry is there of a wound that is on water and clay, Worry is only for that which is on the soul and heart. Any kick that comes from the lowly Does not hurt when it strikes only the shadow. The seal of patience, which is of exalted gem, Has the inscription: 'He who is patient attains victory.' Patience is the cloud for the field of faith; This is the secret of 'And they enjoined patience upon one another.' Especially your patience under that bounty and luxury, With which He seated you in the pavilion of mystery, So that you may cleanse your breast of the rust of existence, And your eyes may become brightened by the light of witnessing. The Face of Truth will become the orientation of your soul, The Qiblah of your soul and your world. Even if, hypothetically, the passage of days Presents all your desires and wishes before you, May your foot of patience not slip from its place, May your eye not fall on anything other than God. And if the heavens turn into a bloody cloud, From which nothing rains but swords, Not a single hair of yours will be found whole, Nay, it will all turn into halves, You would still bite your lip with the tooth of patience, And not untie the knot of sighing from your heart. You would feel shame that in this noble presence, You should desire release from the struggle of pain. If the mountain of calamity falls upon a lover, Heart-brokenness is not worthy of him. And if a sword of cruelty falls upon his head, It is better that he, like a wound, does not open his mouth to complain— Especially when his observer is The Eye that is the resting-place of his heart.

Updated 2026-07-07

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