1Cademy - بخش ۹۷ - عقد سی ام در تواضع که شاخ سربلندی شکستن است و بر خاک نیازمندی نشستن / Section 97 - The Thirtieth Knot: On Humility, which is Breaking the Branch of Pride and Sitting on the Dust of Needfulness

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بخش ۹۷ - عقد سی ام در تواضع که شاخ سربلندی شکستن است و بر خاک نیازمندی نشستن / Section 97 - The Thirtieth Knot: On Humility, which is Breaking the Branch of Pride and Sitting on the Dust of Needfulness

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ای گذشته سرت از چرخ برین
جز به منت ننهی پا به زمین

می روی دامن اجلال کشان
آستین بر سر کونین فشان

گرد راهت که گذشته ست ز میغ
داری از دیده خورشید دریغ

صد سلام ار شنوی از پس پیش
به علیکی نگشایی لب خویش

این چه جاه است و جلالت که توراست
وین چه طغیان و ضلالت که توراست

نه ز چشمت به فقیران نظری
نه ز پایت به اسیران گذری

پری از خویش و ز جز خویش تهی
از همه در نظر خویش بهی

حکم بر عاقبت کار بود
جز خدا زان که خبردار بود

شو چو مردان منی از خویش افکن
نه منی جوی و منی گیر چو زن

هست اصل گهرت ماه منی
تا کی از بد گهری ما و منی

باد پندار برون کن ز دماغ
کت ازین باد شود کشته چراغ

راه بیرون ز بصارت مسپر
در حقیران به حقارت منگر

بس گدا صورت همت عالی
جیبش از نقد امانی خالی

پیش چشمش چو شود تیز نگاه
لعب شطرنج بود شاهی شاه

نایدش صبحگهان پیش ضمیر
غیر بازیچه شب میر و وزیر

وای تو گر به چنین آگاهی
به حقارت نگری ناگاهی

دین و دنیات همه هیچ شود
رشته جانت گلو پیچ شود

به ز خود بین همه نیک و بد را
در ره نیک و بد افکن خود را

سر نه آنجا که همه پای نهند
بوسه زن پا که به هر جای نهند

مرد سرکش ز هنرها عاریست
پشت خم خاصیت پرباریست

شاخ بی میوه کشد سر به قیام
شاخ پر میوه شود خم به سلام

چون تکبر ز لعین بر زد سر
شود لگدکوب «ابی واستکبر»

وز تواضع به صفی داد خدا
مژده «تاب علیه و هدی »

سر فرازی مکن از کیسه پری
که بود کار فلک کیسه بری

چون برد کیسه تو دزد فلک
شور دعویگریت را چه نمک

مفلس از جیب تهی کی لافد
پسته چون پوچ بود نشکافد

سر نهادن که نه از بهر خداست
سرنگونی ز پی نفس دغاست

سگ پی لقمه چو دم جنباند
عاقل آن را نه تواضع خواند

بهتر از سبلت آن کس دم سگ
که بر او بهر طمع جنبد رگ

هر تواضع که پی منفعت است
از خسان آن نه تواضع صفت است

طمع از خلق گدایی باشد
گر همه حاتم طایی باشد

سره گر خواند یکی ناسره ات
سر فرو کن به ته توبره ات

کانچه گفت او به ته توبره هست
یا نه بر تو سخن ناسره بست

ز اول و آخر خود یادی کن
خویش را هم به خود ارشادی کن

وین زمان نیز ببین تا که چه یی
نکته دان شو به یقین تا که چه یی

گر چنین نامه خود بر خوانی
بار نامه پس از این نتوانی

English translation

O you whose head has surpassed the highest heaven, You do not set foot on the earth except with condescension. You walk trailing the skirt of majesty, Shaking your sleeves over both worlds. The dust of your path, which has passed beyond the clouds, You withhold even from the eye of the sun. If you hear a hundred greetings from behind and before, You do not open your lips to return a greeting. What station and majesty is this that you have? And what rebellion and deviance is this that you have? Neither is there a glance from your eye toward the poor, Nor is there a passing of your foot by the captives. You are full of yourself, and empty of anything but yourself, In your own eyes, you are better than everyone. The ultimate judgment lies in the end of one's deeds, For none but God has knowledge of that. Become like brave men, cast pride and egotism away from yourself, Do not seek egotism and do not act with womanly vanity. The essence of your jewel is 'a moon of me-ness', How long will you display egotism and pride out of bad character? Expel the wind of conceit from your brain, Lest your lamp be extinguished by this wind. Do not tread the path without spiritual vision, Do not look upon the lowly with contempt. There is many a beggar in appearance who possesses high ambition, Though his pocket is empty of the cash of security. When his gaze becomes sharp, The kingship of the king appears to him as a game of chess. In the morning, nothing comes to his mind Except the nighttime play of the king and the vizier. Woe to you if, despite such awareness, You suddenly look with contempt upon them. Your religion and your world will all turn to nothing, And the thread of your soul will tighten around your throat. View all people, good or bad, as better than yourself, Cast yourself upon the path of the good and bad. Lay your head where everyone else places their feet, Kiss the feet that are set upon any place. The rebellious man is devoid of virtues; A bent back is the attribute of being laden with fruit. The branch without fruit holds its head up high, But the branch full of fruit bends in salutation. When arrogance arose from the Accursed One, He was trampled under the verse, 'He refused and grew arrogant.' And through humility, God gave to the Chosen One The glad tidings of, 'He relented toward him and guided him.' Do not exult in pride because of a full purse, For the work of heaven is pickpocketing. When the thief of heaven steals your purse, What savor remains in your claim of wealth? How can a bankrupt boast of an empty pocket? A pistachio, when empty, does not split open. Bowing one's head when it is not for God's sake Is a downfall caused by the deceitful ego. When a dog wags its tail for a morsel, The wise man does not call that humility. Better than the mustache of that man is a dog's tail, Whose vein moves out of greed. Any humility that is for the sake of benefit, From the base-born, that is not the attribute of humility. Covetousness from people is beggary, Even if one were Hatim al-Ta'i himself. If someone calls you counterfeit when you are pure, Lower your head into your knapsack. For either what he said is indeed inside your knapsack, Or he spoke falsely of you. Remember your beginning and your end, And guide yourself with your own self. And at this moment, see also what you are, Be subtle-minded and know with certainty what you are. If you read your own record of deeds in this manner, You will not be able to bear the burden of boastful records after this.

Updated 2026-07-19

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