1Cademy - (۴) حکایت لقمۀ حلال / (4) The Tale of the Halal Morsel

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Elahi Nameh

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(۴) حکایت لقمۀ حلال / (4) The Tale of the Halal Morsel

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رفیقی گفت با من کان فلانی
حلالی می خورد قوت جهانی

که جزیت از جهودان می ستاند
وز آنجا می خورد، به زین که داند

بدو گفتم که من این می ندانم
من آن دانم که من ننگ جهانم

که باید صد جهود بس پریشان
که تا خواهند از من جزیت ایشان

تو گر کم کاستی خویش بینی
بسی از خود سگی را بیش بینی

وجودت با عدم درهم سرشتست
که این یک دوزخ و آن یک بهشتست

اگر یک بیخ ازین دوزخ نماندست
بسی سگ بستهٔ آن کخ بماندست

اگر صد بار روزی غسل سازی
چو با خویشی نهٔ جز نانمازی

English translation

A companion said to me that a certain person, Eats lawful food as his worldly sustenance, For he collects the jizya from the Jews, And eats from that; who knows better than this? I said to him, 'I do not know this, I only know that I am the disgrace of the world. That there must be a hundred very distressed Jews, Before they would demand the jizya from me.' If you were to see your own shortcomings, You would consider a dog to be much better than yourself. Your existence is interwoven with non-existence, For this one is hell and that one is heaven. If not a single root of this hell remains, Many a dog remains tied to that palace. If you perform ablutions a hundred times a day, As long as you are with yourself, you are nothing but impure.

Updated 2026-07-03

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