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دفتر اول - بخش ۱۴۲ - رفتن گرگ و روباه در خدمت شیر به شکار / Book One - Section 142 - The Going of the Wolf and the Fox in the Service of the Lion to Hunt

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شیر و گرگ و روبهی بهر شکار
رفته بودند از طلب در کوهسار

تا به پشت همدگر بر صیدها
سخت بر بندند بار قیدها

هر سه با هم اندر آن صحرای ژرف
صیدها گیرند بسیار و شگرف

گرچه زیشان شیر نر را ننگ بود
لیک کرد اکرام و همراهی نمود

این چنین شه را ز لشکر زحمتست
لیک همره شد جماعت رحمتست

این چنین مه را ز اختر ننگهاست
او میان اختران بهر سخاست

امر شاورهم پیمبر را رسید
گرچه رایی نیست رایش را ندید

در ترازو جو رفیق زر شدست
نه از آن که جو چو زر جوهر شدست

روح قالب را کنون همره شدست
مدتی سگ حارس درگه شدست

چونک رفتند این جماعت سوی کوه
در رکاب شیر با فر و شکوه

گاو کوهی و بز و خرگوش زفت
یافتند و کار ایشان پیش رفت

هر که باشد در پی شیر حراب
کم نیاید روز و شب او را کباب

چون ز که در بیشه آوردندشان
کشته و مجروح و اندر خون کشان

گرگ و روبه را طمع بود اندر آن
که رود قسمت به عدل خسروان

عکس طمع هر دوشان بر شیر زد
شیر دانست آن طمعها را سند

هر که باشد شیر اسرار و امیر
او بداند هر چه اندیشد ضمیر

هین نگه دار ای دل اندیشه خو
دل ز اندیشهٔ بدی در پیش او

داند و خر را همی راند خموش
در رخت خندد برای روی پوش

شیر چون دانست آن وسواسشان
وا نگفت و داشت آن دم پاسشان

لیک با خود گفت بنمایم سزا
مر شما را ای خسیسان گدا

مر شما را بس نیامد رای من
ظنتان اینست در اعطای من

ای عقول و رایتان از رای من
از عطاهای جهان آرای من

نقش با نقاش چه سگالد دگر
چون سگالش اوش بخشید و خبر

این چنین ظن خسیسانه به من
مر شما را بود ننگان زمن

ظانین بالله ظن السؤ را
گر نبرم سر بود عین خطا

وا رهانم چرخ را از ننگتان
تا بماند در جهان این داستان

شیر با این فکر می زد خنده فاش
بر تبسمهای شیر ایمن مباش

مال دنیا شد تبسمهای حق
کرد ما را مست و مغرور و خلق

فقر و رنجوری بهستت ای سند
کان تبسم دام خود را بر کند

English translation

A lion, a wolf, and a fox had gone hunting, impelled by seeking, into the mountains, so that, with one another's backing, upon the prey they might tightly load the burdens of fetters. All three together in that deep wilderness caught many remarkable kinds of game.

Although such company was a disgrace to the male lion, yet he honored them and accompanied them. For such a king, an army is a burden, yet he became their companion, for community is mercy. For such a moon, the stars are disgraces, yet he is among the stars out of generosity.

The command 'consult them' came to the Prophet, although no counsel equals his counsel. In the balance, barley has become companion to gold, not because barley has become gold in substance. The spirit has now become companion to the body; for a while, the dog has become guardian of the gate.

When this company went toward the mountain, in the retinue of the lion, with pomp and majesty, they found a wild ox, a goat, and a large hare, and their affair prospered. Whoever follows a battling lion will not lack kebab by day or night.

When they brought them from the mountain into the plain, slain and wounded and dragged in blood, the wolf and fox had greed for it, hoping the division would proceed according to kingly justice. The reflection of both their greeds struck the lion; the lion knew the proof of those greedy thoughts.

Whoever is the lion of secrets and the commander knows whatever the inward mind thinks. Take care, O thought-prone heart: guard your heart from evil thought before him. He knows, and silently keeps driving the donkey; he laughs in your face as a covering.

When the lion knew their obsessive whisperings, he did not speak out, and for that moment spared them. But he said to himself: I will show you what you deserve, O mean beggars. Was my judgment not enough for you? Is this what you suspect about my giving? O you whose intellects and judgments come from my judgment, from my world-adorning gifts, what can the image deliberate apart from the painter, when he gave it deliberation and awareness? This base suspicion of me was a disgrace for you before me.

Those who think evil thoughts of God: if I do not cut off their heads, it would be sheer error. I will free the heavens from your disgrace, so that this story may remain in the world.

The lion was laughing openly with this thought: do not feel safe before the lion's smiles. The smiles of God became worldly wealth; they made us, the creatures, drunk, deluded, and worldly. Poverty and illness are better for you, O reliable one, for that smile tears out its own snare.

Updated 2026-06-30

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