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(۳) حکایت سلیمان و طلب کردن کوزه / (3) The Tale of Solomon and Requesting a Jug

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سلیمان کوزهٔ می خواست روزی
که تا آبی خورد بی هیچ سوزی

که آن کوزه نبوده باشد آنگاه
ز خاک مردگان افتاده در راه

چنین خاکی طلب کردند بسیار
ندیدند ای عجب از یک طلب کار

یکی دیوی درآمد گفت این خاک
بیارم من ز خاک مردگان پاک

بدریائی فرو شد سرنگون سار
هزاران گز فرو برد او بیکبار

ز قعر آن همه خاکی برانداخت
ازان گل کرد و آخر کوزهٔ ساخت

سلیمان کوزه را چون آب در کرد
ز حال خویشش آن کوزه خبر کرد

که من هستم فلان بن فلانی
بخور آبی چه می پرسی نشانی

کز اینجا تا به پشت گاو و ماهی
تن خلقست چندانی که خواهی

ازان خاکی که شخص آن واین نیست
اگر تو کوزه خواهی در زمین نیست

ترا گر کوزهٔ وگر تنوریست
یقین می دان که آن از خاک گوریست

خنک آن گل که گرچه یافت تابی
ولیکن کوزه شد از بهر آبی

بتر آن گل که سازندش تنوری
که هر ساعت بتابندش بزوری

بگورستان نگر تا درد بینی
جهانی زن جهانی مرد بینی

همه در خاک و در خون باز مانده
درون ره نی ز بیرون باز مانده

اگر بینائیت ازجان پاکست
ببین تا خاک گورستان چه خاکست

که هر ذره ز خاکش گر بجوئی
ز خسرة صد جهان یابی تو گوئی

چو گورستان نخستین منزل آمد
ببین تا آخرین چه مشکل آمد

اگر خواهی صفای آن جهانی
بگورستان گذر تا می توانی

که دل زنده شود از مرده دیدن
شود نقدت بدان عالم رسیدن

English translation

Solomon desired a clay jug one day, So that he might drink water without any burning. He wished that the jug at that time had not been Made from the dust of the deceased fallen on the path. They searched much for such dust, But, oh wonder, they found none from any seeker. A demon came forward and said: 'This dust, I shall bring pure, free from the dust of the dead.' He plunged headlong into the sea, Plunging down a thousand yards all at once. From the very bottom, he cast up all that earth, Made clay from it, and at last fashioned a jug. When Solomon filled the jug with water, That jug informed him of its own state: 'I am so-and-so, the son of so-and-so, Drink your water, why do you ask for a sign? For from here down to the back of the Bull and the Fish, It is the bodies of mankind, as many as you could wish. Of that earth which is not the body of this or that person, If you want a jug of it, it does not exist on the earth. Whether you have a clay jug or a clay oven, Know for certain that it is made from the dust of a grave. Happy is that clay which, though it received burning heat, Yet became a jug for the sake of water. Worse is that clay which they fashion into an oven, Which they heat with force at every hour.' Look at the graveyard so that you may see pain, You will see a world of women and a world of men. All left behind in the dust and in blood, Neither allowed inside the path, nor back outside. If your vision is from the pure soul, See what kind of earth the graveyard's earth is. For if you search every atom of its dust, You will find a hundred worlds of regret, so to speak. Since the graveyard is the first resting place, See how difficult the last one will be. If you desire the purity of the other world, Pass by the graveyard as much as you can. For the heart becomes alive from seeing the dead, And reaching that world becomes your ready cash.

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