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دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۹۴ - دیگر باره ملامت کردن اهل مسجد مهمان را از شب خفتن در آن مسجد / Book Three — Section 194 — Again the People of the Mosque Reproaching the Guest for Sleeping the Night in That Mosque

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

قوم گفتندش مکن جلدی بروتا نگردد جامه و جانت گرو
The people said to him: Do not be rash, go,
Lest your garment and soul be pledged as forfeit.
آن ز دور آسان نماید به نگرکه به آخر سخت باشد ره گذر
That which appears easy from afar when you look—
In the end the passage of the road is hard.
خویشتن آویخت بس مرد و سکستوقت پیچاپیچ دست آویز جست
Many a man flung himself forward and was broken;
At the time of twisting and turning he sought a handhold.
پیشتر از واقعه آسان بوددر دل مردم خیال نیک و بد
Before the event it was easy—
In people's hearts, mere imagination of good and bad.
چون در آید اندرون کارزارآن زمان گردد بر آنکس کار زار
When one enters into battle,
At that moment the work turns wretched for that person.
چون نه شیری هین منه تو پای پیشکان اجل گرگست و جان تست میش
Since you are no lion, beware, do not step forward,
For that death is a wolf and your soul is a sheep.
ور ز ابدالی و میشت شیر شدآمن آ که مرگ تو سرزیر شد
But if you are of the Abdāl and your sheep has become a lion,
Come in safety, for your death has been turned upside down.
کیست ابدال آنک او مبدل شودخمرش از تبدیل یزدان خل شود
Who are the Abdāl? Those who are transformed—
Their wine, through God's transformation, turns to vinegar.
لیک مستی شیرگیری وز گمانشیر پنداری تو خود را هین مران
But in the drunkenness of lion-catching and from conjecture,
You fancy yourself a lion—beware, do not press on.
گفت حق ز اهل نفاق ناسدیدباسهم ما بینهم باس شدید
God spoke of the unseemly hypocrites:
"Their might among themselves is severe."
در میان همدگر مردانه انددر غزا چون عورتان خانه اند
Among one another they are manly,
But in holy war they are like women of the household.
گفت پیغامبر سپهدار غیوبلا شجاعة یا فتی قبل الحروب
The Prophet, commander of the unseen armies, said:
"There is no valor, O young man, before the battles."
وقت لاف غزو مستان کف کنندوقت جوش جنگ چون کف بی فنند
At the time of boasting of battle, drunkards froth at the mouth,
But at the time of war's fury they vanish like foam.
وقت ذکر غزو شمشیرش درازوقت کر و فر تیغش چون پیاز
At the time of talk of battle his sword is long,
But at the time of charge and retreat his blade is like an onion.
وقت اندیشه دل او زخم جوپس به یک سوزن تهی شد خیک او
In thought, his heart seeks wounds,
Then with a single needle his wineskin is emptied.
من عجب دارم ز جویای صفاکو رمد در وقت صیقل از جفا
I marvel at the seeker of purity
Who flees from hardship at the time of polishing.
عشق چون دعوی جفا دیدن گواهچون گواهت نیست شد دعوی تباه
Love is like a claim; enduring hardship is the witness.
When you have no witness, your claim is ruined.
چون گواهت خواهد این قاضی مرنجبوسه ده بر مار تا یابی تو گنج
When this judge demands your witness, do not be vexed;
Kiss the serpent so that you may find the treasure.
آن جفا با تو نباشد ای پسربلک با وصف بدی اندر تو در
That hardship is not with you, O son,
But rather with the attribute of evil that is within you.
بر نمد چوبی که آن را مرد زدبر نمد آن را نزد بر گرد زد
The stick-blows on the felt that the man struck—
He did not strike the felt; he struck to beat out the dust.
گر بزد مر اسپ را آن کینه کشآن نزد بر اسپ زد بر سکسکش
If that avenger struck the horse,
He did not strike the horse; he struck its stumbling-defect.
تا ز سکسک وارهد خوش پی شودشیره را زندان کنی تا می شود
So that it may be freed from stumbling and become sure-footed—
You imprison the grape-must so that it becomes wine.
گفت چندان آن یتیمک را زدیچون نترسیدی ز قهر ایزدی
He said: "You struck that little orphan so much—
How were you not afraid of God's wrath?"
گفت او را کی زدم ای جان و دوستمن بر آن دیوی زدم کو اندروست
He said: "When did I strike him, O soul and friend?
I struck that demon that is within him."
مادر ار گوید ترا مرگ تو بادمرگ آن خو خواهد و مرگ فساد
If a mother says to you, 'May you die,'
She wishes the death of that habit and the death of corruption.
آن گروهی کز ادب بگریختندآب مردی و آب مردان ریختند
That group who fled from discipline
Spilled the water of manhood and the honor of men.
عاذلانشان از وغا واراندندتا چنین حیز و مخنث ماندند
Their blamers drove them back from battle,
So they remained such effeminates and the emasculated.
لاف و غرهٔ ژاژخا را کم شنوبا چنینها در صف هیجا مرو
Listen little to the boasting and vainglory of idle prattlers;
Do not go into the battle-rank with such people.
زانک زادوکم خبالا گفت حقکز رفاق سست برگردان ورق
For God said, "They would only add harm,"
Turn the page away from weak companions.
که گر ایشان با شما همره شوندغازیان بی مغز همچون که شوند
For if they march along with you,
What do the brainless warriors become?
خویشتن را با شما هم صف کنندپس گریزند و دل صف بشکنند
They place themselves in ranks with you,
Then they flee and break the heart of the battle-line.
پس سپاهی اندکی بی این نفربه که با اهل نفاق آید حشر
So a small army without these persons
Is better than one that assembles with the hypocrites.
هست بادام کم خوش بیختهبه ز بسیاری به تلخ آمیخته
A few sweet almonds, well-sifted,
Are better than many mixed with bitter ones.
تلخ و شیرین در ژغاژغ یک شی اندنقص از آن افتاد که همدل نیند
Bitter and sweet rattle together as one thing;
The deficiency comes from the fact that they are not of one heart.
گبر ترسان دل بود کو از گمانمی زید در شک ز حال آن جهان
The unbeliever is a fearful heart who, from conjecture,
Lives in doubt about the state of that world.
می رود در ره نداند منزلیگام ترسان می نهد اعمی دلی
He travels the road, knowing no way-station;
He sets fearful steps, blind of heart.
چون نداند ره مسافر چون رودبا ترددها و دل پرخون رود
When the traveler does not know the road, how does he go?
He goes with hesitations and a heart full of blood.
هرکه گوید، های این سو راه نیستاو کند از بیم آنجا وقف و ایست
Whoever calls out, "Hey! There is no road this way!"—
He, out of fear, stops and stands still right there.
ور بداند ره دل با هوش اوکی رود هر های و هو در گوش او
But if he knows the road, his heart is alert—
How would every cry and noise enter his ear?
پس مشو همراه این اشتردلانزانک وقت ضیق و بیمند آفلان
So do not accompany these camel-hearts,
For they are the setting ones at the time of straits and fear.
پس گریزند و ترا تنها هلندگرچه اندر لاف سحر بابلند
They will flee and leave you alone,
Though in their boasts they are Babel's sorcerers.
تو ز رعنایان مجو هین کارزارتو ز طاوسان مجو صید و شکار
Do not seek battle from the vain and showy, beware;
Do not seek quarry and hunt from peacocks.
طبع طاوسست و وسواست کنددم زند تا از مقامت برکند
His nature is that of a peacock; he will fill you with whisperings,
He breathes temptation to uproot you from your station.

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