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(۷) حکایت یوسف با زلیخا علیه السلام / (7) The Tale of Joseph and Zulaykha, Peace Be Upon Him

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مگر یک روز می شد یوسف پاک
زلیخا را نشسته دید بر خاک

شده پوشیده از چشمش جهانی
ولی پوشیده چشم خاکدانی

به بیماری و درویشی گرفتار
ز صد گونه به بی خویشی گرفتار

بهردم صد تأسف بیش خورده
غم یوسف ز یوسف بیش خورده

بره بنشسته چون امید واری
که از خاک رهش یابد غباری

که تا بو کز غبار راه آن شاه
غباری گر بود برخیزد از راه

چو یوسف دید او را گفت الهی
ازین فرتوت نابینا چه خواهی

چرا او را نگردانی کم و کاست
که او بدنامی پیغمبری خواست

درآمد جبرئیل و گفت آنگاه
که او را بر نمی گیریم از راه

که او آنرا که ما را دوست دارد
جهانی دوستی در پوست دارد

چو او را دوستی تست پیوست
مرا بهر تو با اودوستی هست

که گفتت مرگ گل در بوستان خواه
هلاک دوستان دوستان خواه؟

که گر عمری بجان گردانمش من
برای تو جوان گردانمش من

چو او جان عزیز خود ترا داد
دلیلش چون کنم؟ باید ترا داد!

چو او بر یوسف ما مهربانست
کرا در کینهٔ او قصد جانست؟

گرش در عشق تو دیده تباهست
دو چشم آب ریزش دو گواهست

چو این عاشق گوا با خویش دارد
بنو هر روز رونق بیش دارد

اگر واقف شوی از جان فشانی
زسر عاشقان یابی نشانی

وگر از جان فشاندن نیست بویت
ندارد هیچ سودی گفت و گویت

وگر جان برفشاند بر تو حالی
ستاند از تو تیغ لاابالی

English translation

One day, as the pure Joseph was passing by, He saw Zulaykha sitting on the dirt. The world was hidden from her eyes, Her earthly sight completely closed. Entangled in illness and poverty, Captured by a hundred kinds of selflessness. At every breath swallowing a hundred regrets, Bearing more sorrow for Joseph than Joseph himself. Sitting on the road like a hopeful seeker, Hoping to find a speck of dust from his path. So that, perchance, from the dust of that king's way, A particle might rise from the road. When Joseph saw her, he said: 'My Lord, What do You want from this blind, decrepit woman? Why do You not reduce her suffering and bring her to an end, Since she once sought the infamy of a prophet?' Gabriel then arrived and said: 'We are not removing her from the path. For she, towards him who loves Us, Holds a world of love beneath her skin. Since her love is joined to you, I, for your sake, have love for her. Who told you to wish for the death of the rose in the garden, Or to desire the destruction of the friends of friends? For if I spin her life back with a soul, I shall make her young again for your sake. Since she gave her precious life to you, What proof do I need? She must be given to you! Since she is kind to our Joseph, Who would seek her life out of malice? If her sight is ruined in her love for you, Her two weeping eyes are two witnesses. Since this lover carries her witnesses with her, Her brilliance increases day by day. If you become aware of sacrificing one's soul, You will find a trace of the secret of lovers. And if you have no scent of soul-sacrificing, Your talk is of no use to you. And if she sacrifices her soul for you now, She will seize from you the sword of absolute detachment.'

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