1Cademy - (۳) حکایت پادشاه که علم نجوم دانست / (3) The Tale of the King Who Knew the Science of Astronomy

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Elahi Nameh

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(۳) حکایت پادشاه که علم نجوم دانست / (3) The Tale of the King Who Knew the Science of Astronomy

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نجومی نیک می دانست آن شاه
شد آگه کو فلان ساعت فلان ماه

شود بیچاره در دست بلائی
بکرد القصه او از سنگ جائی

چو کرد از سنگ خارا خانهٔ راست
نگه دارندهٔ بسیار درخواست

چو در خانه شد آن را روزنی دید
ز روزن خانه را چون روشنی دید

بدست خویش روزن کرد مدروس
که تا در خانه تنها ماند محبوس

نبودش هیچ ره سرگشته آمد
بآخر تا که دم زد کشته آمد

اگر خواهی که پیش افتی بهرگام
بترک خود بباید گفت ناکام

تو گر ترک خود و عالم نگوئی
چو مرگ آید بگوئی هم نگوئی

چو باقی نیست خفت و خورد آخر
چو مرگ آید چه خواهی کرد آخر

English translation

That king knew astronomy well; He became aware that at a certain hour of a certain month, He would become helpless in the hands of a calamity. In short, he constructed a place out of stone. When he built a proper house out of granite, He requested many guardians. When he entered the house, he saw a small opening; Since he saw light in the house from that opening, With his own hand, he blocked the opening, So that he remained alone, imprisoned in the house. There was no way out for him, and he became bewildered; In the end, as soon as he drew breath, he was slain. If you wish to advance at every step, You must inevitably renounce yourself. If you do not renounce yourself and the world, When death comes, you will do so whether you say it or not. Since eating and sleeping do not last in the end, When death comes, what will you do in the end?

Updated 2026-07-03

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