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درویشی قوی همت با پادشاهی صاحب شوکت طریقه اختلاطی و سابقه انبساطی داشت روزی از وی نسبت به خودگرانی تفرس کرد هر چند تجسس نمود جز کثرت تردد و بسیاری آمد شد آن را سببی نیافت.
دامن از اختلاط او درچید و بساط انبساط او درنوردید روزی آن پادشاه را با وی در ممری اتفاق ملاقات افتاد، زبان به مقالات بگشاد که ای درویش موجب چیست که از ما ببریدی و قدم از آمد شد ما درکشیدی، گفت: موجب آنکه دانستم که از سبب ناآمدن سؤال به که از جهت آمدن اظهار ملال.

به درویش گفت آن توانگر چرا
به پیشم پس از دیرها آمدی؟

بگفتا چرا نامدی پیش من
بسی خوشتر است از چرا آمدی

English translation

A dervish of strong resolve had a manner of association and a history of intimacy with a king of great pomp. One day the king sensed in him a certain reluctance toward himself; yet however much he investigated, he could find no cause for it other than the frequency of the dervish's comings and goings and the great number of his visits.

So the dervish gathered up his skirt from associating with him and rolled up the carpet of his intimacy with him. One day it happened that the king met him in a passageway and opened his tongue to speak, saying: 'O dervish, what is the reason that you have severed yourself from us and withdrawn your steps from coming and going to us?' He said: 'The reason is that I came to know that to be asked why one does not come is better than to display weariness on account of coming.'

The wealthy man said to the dervish: 'Why have you come before me only after so long a time?' He replied: '"Why did you not come to me?" is far sweeter than "Why have you come?"'

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