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بخش ۲۳ / Section 23

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بشر حافی را - رحمة الله علیه - مریدی با وی گفت: چون نان به دست آورم نمی دانم که به کدام نان خورش خورم فرمود که نعمت عافیت را فرا یاد آر و آن را نان خورش خویش انگار.
چو نان خشک نهد پیش خویش ناداری

که روح را دهد از خوان فقر پرورشی
به نان خورش چو شود طبعش آن زمان مایل

چو ذکر عافیتش نیست هیچ نان خورشی

English translation

A disciple said to Bishr Hafi - may God's mercy be upon him: When I obtain bread, I do not know with what relish to eat it. He said: Bring to mind the blessing of well-being, and take that as your relish. When the destitute one sets dry bread before himself, which gives the soul nourishment from the table of poverty; when at that moment his nature inclines toward a relish, since the remembrance of well-being is not his, there is no relish at all.

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