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(۶) حکایت سلطان ملکشاه با پاسبان / (6) The Tale of Sultan Malikshah and the Watchman

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شبی برفی عظیم افتاد در راه
سراپرده زده سلطان ملکشاه

ز سرما مرغ و ماهی آرمیده
همه در کوشها سر درکشیده

براندیشید سلطان گفت امشب
غم سلطان که خواهد خورد یا رب

بباید رفت تا بینم نهفته
که در سرما بدین درکیست خفته

چو سلطان سر ازان خیمه بدر کرد
درو هم برف و هم سرما اثر کرد

ندید ازهیچ سو یک پاسبان را
مگر یک خفتهٔ بیدار جان را

قبائی از نمد افکند در بر
ز میخ خیمه بالش خاک بر سر

همه شب لالکا در پای مانده
ز دست برف بر یک جای مانده

ندانم تا شبی از درد دین تو
بدین درگاه بودستی چنین تو

اگر یک ذره دلسوزیت بودی
شبی آخر چنین روزیت بودی

ز بانگ پای سلطان مرد از راه
بجست از جای و بانگی زد بران شاه

که هان تو کیستی شه گفت حالی
منم ای مهربان سلطان عالی

تو باری کیستی ای مرد کاری
که سلطان را چنین شب پاس داری

زبان بگشاد مرد و گفت ای شاه
منم مردی غریب بی وطنگاه

وطنگاهم به جز درگاه شه نیست
مرا جز خدمت شه هیچ ره نیست

مرا تا جان و تن همراه باشد
سرم آنجا که پای شاه باشد

شهش گفتا که فرمان دادمت من
عمیدی خراسان دادمت من

چو سلطان یک شب از مردی خبر یافت
ازو آن مرد نام معتبر یافت

اگر تو هم شبی بر درگه یار
بروز آری زهی دولت زهی کار

اگر یک شب به بیداری رسی تو
به سرحد وفاداری رسی تو

ز فقرت خلعتی بخشند جاوید
که یک یک ذره می بینی چو خورشید

گر آن دیده بدست آری زمانی
اگر کوری شوی صاحب قرانی

بزرگان را که شد کاری مهیا
بچشم نیستی دیدند اشیا

چو چشم نیستی درکارت آید
شکر زهرت شود گل خارت آید

English translation

One night, a heavy snow fell on the road, Sultan Malikshah had pitched his royal pavilion. From the cold, birds and fish were resting, All had drawn their heads into their corners. The Sultan thought and said, 'Tonight, Who will concern themselves with the Sultan, O Lord? I must go out to see in secret, Who is sleeping at this door in the cold.' When the Sultan put his head out of that tent, Both snow and cold struck him. He saw not a single watchman anywhere, Except for one sleeper with an awakened soul. He had thrown a felt cloak over himself, His pillow a tent peg, dust on his head. All night he had stayed with shoes on his feet, Stuck in one place because of the snow. I do not know if for one night, from the pain of your religion, You have ever been like this at this court? If you had a particle of compassion, Finally, such a night would have been your destiny. At the sound of the Sultan's footsteps on the road, The man leaped up and shouted at the King: 'Hey, who are you?' The King immediately said, 'It is I, O kind one, the exalted Sultan. Who are you, indeed, O man of action, Who keeps watch for the Sultan on such a night?' The man spoke up and said, 'O King, I am a stranger without a homeland. My homeland is nowhere but the King's court, I have no path other than serving the King. As long as my soul and body are together, My head is where the King's feet are.' The King said to him, 'I have given you a decree, I have given you the governorship of Khorasan.' Since the Sultan discovered a man one night, That man gained a respected name from him. If you, too, spend one night at the court of the Friend Until daybreak, what a great fortune, what an achievement! If you attain wakefulness for one night, You will reach the frontier of loyalty. From poverty, they will bestow upon you an eternal robe, So that you will see every single particle as a sun. If you acquire that vision for a moment, Even if blind, you will become a supreme sovereign. The great ones, for whom affairs were arranged, Saw things with the eye of nothingness. When the eye of nothingness comes to your aid, Your poison becomes sugar, your thorn becomes a rose.

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Updated 2026-07-03

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