1Cademy - (۳) مناظرۀ عیسی علیه السلام با دنیا / (3) The Debate of Jesus, Peace Be Upon Him, with the World

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Elahi Nameh

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(۳) مناظرۀ عیسی علیه السلام با دنیا / (3) The Debate of Jesus, Peace Be Upon Him, with the World

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مسیح پاک کز دنیا علو داشت
بسی دیدار دنیا آرزو داشت

مگر می رفت روزی غرقهٔ نور
بره در پیر زالی دید از دور

سپیدش گشته موی و پشت او خم
فتاده جملهٔ دندانش از هم

دو چشمش ازرق و چون قیر رویش
نجاست می دمید از چار سویش

ببر درجامهٔ صد رنگ بودش
دلی پر کین میان چنگ بودش

بصد رنگی نگارین کرده یک دست
دگر دستش بخون آلوده پیوست

بهر موییش منقار عقابی
فرو هشته بروی او نقابی

چو عیسی دید او را گفت ای زال
بگو تا کیستی ای زشت مختال

چنین گفت او که چون بس راستی تو
منم آن آرزو که خواستی تو

مسیحش گفت تو دنیای دونی
منم گفتا چنین باری تو چونی

مسیحش گفت چون در پردهٔ تو
چرا این جامه رنگین کردهٔ تو

چنین گفت او که در پرده ازانم
که تا هرگز نه بیند کس عیانم

که گر رویم بدین زشتی به بینند
کجا یک لحظه پیش من نشینند

ازان این جامه رنگین کرده ام من
که گم ره عالمی زین کرده ام من

مرا چون جامه رنگارنگ بینند
همه ناکام مهر من گزینند

مسیحش گفت ای زندان خواری
چرا یک دست خون آلوده داری

جوابش داد کای صدر یگانه
ز بس شوهر که کشتم در زمانه

مسیحش گفت پس ای زال سرمست
نگار از بهر چه کردی تو بر دست

چنین گفت او که چون شوهر فریبم
بسی باید نگار از بهر زیبم

مسیحش گفت چون کشتی جهانی
بر ایشان رحمتت نامد زمانی

چنین گفت او که من رحمت چه دانم
من این دانم که خون جمله رانم

مسیحش گفت چندان ای پریشان
که ناری اندکی شفقت بر ایشان

چنین گفت او که من شفقت شنودم
ولی بر هیچکس مشفق نبودم

منم در گرد عالم هر زمانی
که می افتد بدام من جهانی

همه کس را گلوگیر آمدم من
مرید خویش را پیر آمدم من

ازو عیسی عجب ماند و چنین گفت
که من بیزار گشتم از چنین جفت

ببین این احمقان بیخبر را
که می خواهند دنیا یکدگر را

نمی گیرند عبرت زین بلایه
نمی سازند از تسلیم مایه

دریغا خلق این معنی ندیدند
که دین از دست شد دنیا ندیدند

چو حرفی چند گفت آن پاک معصوم
بگردانید روی از دنیی شوم

چو مرداریست این دنیای غدار
تو چون سگ گشتهٔ مشغول مردار

چو در بند سگ و مردار باشی
پس از هر دو بتر صد بار باشی

گر این سگ می نگردد سیر مردار
تو زین سگ می نگردی سیر یکبار

اگر بندش کنی زو رسته باشی
وگرنه روز و شب زو خسته باشی

English translation

The pure Messiah, who was elevated above the world, Had a great desire to see the world. One day, while walking, drowned in light, He saw an old crone from afar on the path. Her hair had turned white, her back was bent, And all of her teeth had fallen out. Her eyes were blue, her face was like tar, And filth was oozing from all four directions. She had a garment of a hundred colors on her body, And a heart full of malice in her grasp. She had adorned one hand with a hundred colors, While her other hand was constantly stained with blood. On each of her hairs was an eagle's beak, And a veil was hung over her face. When Jesus saw her, he said: 'O old woman, Speak, who are you, O ugly pretender?' She replied: 'Since you are so truthful, I am that desire you wished for.' The Messiah said to her: 'Are you the lowly world?' She said: 'Yes, I am. But how are you doing?' The Messiah said: 'Since you are in a veil, Why have you made this garment so colorful?' She replied: 'I am in a veil so that No one may ever see me clearly. For if they saw my face in this ugliness, Where would they sit before me even for a moment? I have made this garment colorful So that I might lead a whole world astray with it. When they see my multicolored garment, They all inevitably choose to love me.' The Messiah said: 'O prison of abasement, Why is one of your hands stained with blood?' She answered: 'O unique chief, Because of the many husbands I have killed in this world.' The Messiah said: 'Then, O intoxicated crone, Why did you paint henna on your hand?' She said: 'Since I deceive husbands, I need much adornment for beauty.' The Messiah said: 'Since you killed a world, Did you never feel mercy for them even for a moment?' She said: 'What do I know of mercy? I only know to shed the blood of all.' The Messiah said: 'O distressed one, Do you not bring even a little compassion upon them?' She said: 'I have heard of compassion, But I have never been compassionate to anyone. I am running around the world at all times, And a world falls into my trap. I have become a chokehold for everyone, I have become a master to my disciple.' Jesus was astonished by her and said: 'I have become repulsed by such a spouse! Look at these ignorant fools Who desire the world from one another. They take no warning from this calamity, They do not make submission their provision. Alas, people did not see this meaning, That faith was lost, and they did not get the world either!' When that pure, innocent one spoke a few words, He turned his face away from the ominous world. This treacherous world is like a corpse, And you have become like a dog occupied with a carcass. Since you are in the bondage of the dog and the carcass, You are a hundred times worse than both. If this dog does not grow tired of the carcass, You do not grow tired of this dog even once. If you bind it, you will be saved from it; Otherwise, you will be wounded by it day and night.

Updated 2026-07-03

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