1Cademy - بخش ۱۱۸ - عقد سی و هفتم در دلالت رعایا چه غایب و چه حاضر به حق شناسی و شکرگزاری سلاطین چه عادل و چه جابر / Section 118 - The Thirty-Seventh Knot: On Directing Subjects, Whether Absent or Present, to Gratitude and Thanksgiving to Sovereigns, Whether Just or Oppressive

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Haft Awrang

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بخش ۱۱۸ - عقد سی و هفتم در دلالت رعایا چه غایب و چه حاضر به حق شناسی و شکرگزاری سلاطین چه عادل و چه جابر / Section 118 - The Thirty-Seventh Knot: On Directing Subjects, Whether Absent or Present, to Gratitude and Thanksgiving to Sovereigns, Whether Just or Oppressive

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ای درین تنگ فضا گشته اسیر
زیر تیغ و قلم شاه و وزیر

گه ز تیغ ستمی همچو قلم
فرق سر شق شده رنج و الم

گه به زخم قلمی همچون تیغ
غرق خون مانده افسوس و دریغ

جگری گیر به دندان دو سه روز
بنشین خرم و خندان دو سه روز

پرده تنگدلی ساز مکن
داستان گله آغاز مکن

همچو زخم از اثر تیغ بخند
لوح سان نقش قلم را بپسند

نفع شه بیش بود از ضررش
خیر او نیز هم افزون ز شرش

شکر نفعش چو نگفتی هرگز
چون گل از وی نشکفتی هرگز

این همه از ضرر او گله چیست
خیر بین شو ز شر او گله چیست

گنج بی رنج ندیده ست کسی
گل بی خار نچیده ست کسی

گر نه شه داور عالم بودی
کار عالم همه در هم بودی

گر شبان پاس ندارد رمه را
گرگ از پای درآرد همه را

باغبان گر نزند بانگ به باغ
قرص انجیر شود نان کلاغ

تیغ او گر به میان سد نشود
کید یأجوج فتن رد نشد

رمح او شاخ سعادت ثمر است
که ازو کام امل میوه خور است

خود او بیضه سیمرغ ظفر
طایر دولت از آنجا زده پر

بر تن او زره پر خم و تاب
چشمه ساری خوی مردیش زهاب

تیر او مرغ پران سوی به سو
نامه مرگ بر جان عدو

بر کمانش که ز هر گوشه زه است
زو به صید ظفرت توشه ده است

افسرش کنگره دولت توست
کمرش بسته پی خدمت توست

قهر او گر نشود شحنه شهر
شهد در کام کسان گردد زهر

خلق او گر نشود لطف طلسم
بگسلد رابطه روح ز جسم

در حضر روشنی جاهت ازوست
در سفر ایمنی راهت ازوست

سوی تو ظلمی ازو گر ره کرد
دست ظلم دگران کوته کرد

تخم روزیت که دهقان کارد
مکنت از بازوی سلطان دارد

تاجران رخت که از راه آرند
سوی شهر از مدد شاه آرند

پاسبان شبت از دزد ویست
جارس روز تو بی مزد ویست

خویش و بیگانه ازو قافله شو
راه و بیراهه ازو قافله رو

سنت و شرع ازو پشت قوی
شرع دان زو بلدی و بدوی

مسجد و منبر ازو معمور است
دین و دولت ز خرابی دور است

این همه کارگر و کارگری
نیست جز بهر تو چون در نگری

قدر هر یک که شمردم بشناس
پیشه کن قاعده شکر و سپاس

از برای تو یکی کارگزار
کز پی مزد کند این همه کار

گر دو صد گنج گهر افشانی
مزد یک روزه ادا نتوانی

نیست یک نقد که گیرد ز تو شاه
مزد یک کاربر کار آگاه

این همه ناله و فریاد که چه
این همه طعنه بیداد که چه

گرچه پیش تو بود ظلم نمای
شاید آن عدل بود پیش خدای

ای بسا عدل که دارای جهان
کرده در صورت ظلم است نهان

English translation

O you who have become a captive in this narrow space, Under the sword and pen of the king and minister! Sometimes by the sword of oppression, like a pen, The crown of the head is split in pain and torment. Sometimes by the wound of a pen, like a sword, One is left drowned in blood, alas and regret! Grind your teeth on your liver for two or three days, Sit cheerful and smiling for two or three days. Do not sound the tune of narrow-heartedness, Do not begin the tale of complaint. Smile like a wound from the impact of the sword, Like a tablet, welcome the writing of the pen. The king's benefit is greater than his harm, His good is also far more than his evil. Since you have never expressed gratitude for his benefit, And you have never blossomed like a flower because of him, Why then all this complaining of his harm? Look for the good; why complain of his evil? No one has ever seen a treasure without toil, No one has ever plucked a rose without thorns. If the king were not the judge of the world, The affairs of the world would all be in disarray. If the shepherd does not guard the flock, The wolf will destroy them all. If the gardener does not shout in the garden, The round fig will become the bread of the crow. If his sword does not stand as a barrier in between, The deception of the Gog of seditions will not be repelled. His spear is a branch bearing the fruit of happiness, From which the desire of hope eats its fruit. His helmet is the egg of the Simurgh of victory, The bird of state has taken flight from there. Upon his body is a chainmail full of curves and twists, The spring of his manly sweat is its source. His arrow is a bird flying from side to side, A letter of death to the soul of the enemy. Upon his bow, which is strung from every corner, He provides you with provisions for the hunt of victory. His crown is the battlement of your prosperity, His belt is fastened in service to you. If his wrath does not become the warden of the town, Honey in the mouths of people would turn to poison. If his character does not become a talisman of grace, The connection of the soul to the body would break. At home, the brightness of your status is from him, On a journey, the safety of your path is from him. If some oppression from him reached you, He shortened the hand of oppression of others. The seed of your sustenance that the farmer sows Derives its strength from the arm of the sultan. The goods that merchants bring from the way They bring to the city with the help of the king. Your night watchman against the thief is from him, The bell of your day is active without your wage. Kinsman and stranger alike form caravans through him, On roads and pathless ways, they travel in caravans through him. Sunnah and Shariah are backed by him, The knower of Shariah, both urban and nomadic, is guided by him. The mosque and the minbar are prosperous because of him, Religion and the state are far from ruin. All this worker and work, Is nothing but for your sake, when you look closely. Recognize the value of each one that I have counted, Make a practice of the rule of gratitude and thanks. For your sake, he is a worker, Who does all this labor for a wage. Even if you scatter two hundred treasures of pearls, You cannot pay the wage of a single day. There is not a single coin that the king takes from you, Which matches the wage of a single skilled worker. What is all this wailing and crying out for? What is all this taunting of injustice for? Even though it may seem like oppression to you, Perhaps it is justice before God. How many a justice the Possessor of the world Has hidden under the guise of oppression!

Updated 2026-07-19

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