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دفتر اول - بخش ۱۴۸ - آمدن مهمان پیش یوسف علیه‌السلام و تقاضا کردن یوسف علیه‌السلام ازو تحفه و ارمغان / Book One - Section 148 - The Coming of a Guest to Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him, and Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him, Asking Him for a Present and a Gift

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

آمد از آفاق یار مهربانیوسف صدیق را شد میهمان
A kind friend came from distant lands
and became the guest of Joseph the Truthful.
کاشنا بودند وقت کودکیبر وسادهٔ آشنایی متکی
They had been acquainted in childhood,
reclining on the cushion of old familiarity.
یاد دادش جور اخوان و حسدگفت کان زنجیر بود و ما اسد
He reminded him of the brothers' cruelty and envy;
Joseph said: "That was a chain, and I was a lion."
عار نبود شیر را از سلسلهنیست ما را از قضای حق گله
The lion has no shame from a chain —
we have no complaint against God's decree.
شیر را بر گردن ار زنجیر بودبر همه زنجیرسازان میر بود
If the lion has a chain around his neck,
he is still lord over all the chain-makers.
گفت چون بودی ز زندان و ز چاهگفت همچون در محاق و کاست ماه
He asked: "How were you in the prison and the pit?"
He said: "Like the moon in conjunction and in waning."
در محاق ار ماه نو گردد دوتانی در آخر بدر گردد بر سما؟
If in conjunction the new moon bends double,
does it not become the full moon in the sky at last?
گرچه دردانه به هاون کوفتندنور چشم و دل شد و بیند بلند
Though the pearl was pounded in the mortar,
it became the light of eye and heart and sees on high.
گندمی را زیر خاک انداختندپس ز خاکش خوشه ها بر ساختند
A grain of wheat was cast beneath the earth —
then from that earth, ears of grain were raised.
بار دیگر کوفتندش ز آسیاقیمتش افزود و نان شد جان فزا
Again it was pounded in the mill —
its value increased and it became bread, life-giving.
باز نان را زیر دندان کوفتندگشت عقل و جان و فهم هوشمند
Again the bread was pounded under the teeth —
it became intellect and soul and keen understanding.
باز آن جان چونک محو عشق گشتیعجب الزراع آمد بعد کشت
And when that soul was annihilated in love —
"it amazes the sowers" came after the sowing.
این سخن پایان ندارد باز گردتا که با یوسف چه گفت آن نیک مرد
This speech has no end — return,
to see what the good man said to Joseph.
بعد قصه گفتنش گفت ای فلانهین چه آوردی تو ما را ارمغان
After telling his story, Joseph said: "O such a one,
come now, what have you brought us as a gift?
بر در یاران تهی دست آمدنهست بی گندم سوی طاحون شدن
To come empty-handed to the door of friends
is like going to the mill without wheat.
حق تعالی خلق را گوید بحشرارمغان کو از برای روز نشر
God Most High will say to His creation at the Resurrection:
'Where is the gift for the Day of Gathering?'
جئتمونا و فرادی بی نواهم بدان سان که خلقناکم کذا
'You have come to Us alone and penniless,
just as We created you — even so.'
هین چه آوردید دست آویز راارمغانی روز رستاخیز را
'Come, what have you brought as a means of approach,
as a gift for the Day of Resurrection?
یا امید بازگشتنتان نبودوعدهٔ امروز باطلتان نمود
Or did you have no hope of return?
Did the promise of this day seem false to you?'"
منکری مهمانیش را از خریپس ز مطبخ خاک و خاکستر بری
If you deny His hospitality out of foolishness,
you carry away from the kitchen only dust and ash.
ور نه ای منکر چنین دست تهیدر در آن دوست چون پا می نهی
But if you do not deny it, why do you step
at the door of that Friend with such empty hands?
اندکی صرفه بکن از خواب و خورارمغان بهر ملاقاتش ببر
Save a little from sleep and eating;
carry a gift for the meeting with Him.
شو قلیل النوم مما یهجعونباش در اسحار از یستغفرون
Become "few in sleep" of those who lie slumbering;
be in the pre-dawn hours among those who seek forgiveness.
اندکی جنبش بکن همچون جنینتا ببخشندت حواس نوربین
Stir a little, like the embryo,
so that you may be granted senses that see by light.
وز جهان چون رحم، بیرون رویاز زمین در عرصهٔ واسع شوی
And when you depart from the world as from a womb,
you will pass from earth into a vast expanse.
آنک ارض الله واسع گفته اندعرصه ای دان انبیا را بس بلند
That which is called "God's earth is vast" —
know it as a field most lofty for the prophets.
دل نگردد تنگ زان عرصهٔ فراخنخل تر آنجا نگردد خشک شاخ
The heart is not constricted in that wide expanse;
the fresh palm tree there will not have dry branches.
حاملی تو مر حواست را کنونکند و مانده می شوی و سرنگون
Now you are the bearer of your senses —
you grow slow and weary and fall headlong.
چونک محمولی نه حامل وقت خوابماندگی رفت و شدی بی رنج و تاب
When you are carried, not the carrier, in sleep,
weariness departs and you are free of toil and pain.
چاشنیی دان تو حال خواب راپیش محمولی حال اولیا
Know the state of sleep as a foretaste
of the carried state of the saints.
اولیا اصحاب کهفند ای عنوددر قیام و در تقلب هم رقود
The saints are the Companions of the Cave, O stubborn one —
in their waking and their turning, they are still asleep.
می کشدشان بی تکلف در فعالبی خبر ذات الیمین ذات الشمال
He draws them effortlessly into action,
unaware: to the right side, to the left side.
چیست آن ذات الیمین؟ فعل حسنچیست آن ذات الشمال؟ اشغال تن
What is that "right side"? The beautiful act.
What is that "left side"? The occupations of the body.
می رود این هر دو کار از انبیابی خبر زین هر دو ایشان چون صدا
Both these works proceed from the prophets —
they are unaware of both, like an echo.
گر صدایت بشنواند خیر و شرذات که باشد ز هر دو بی خبر
If the echo makes you hear good and evil,
the Essence is unaware of both.

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