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(۱۹) حکایت مرد مجنون و رعنایان / (19) The Tale of the Madman and the Vain Ones

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بره دربود مجنونی نشسته
که می رفتند قومی یک دو رسته

مگر آن قوم دنیاوار بودند
که غرق جامه و دستار بودند

ز رعنائی و کبر و نخوت و جاه
چو کبکان می خرامیدند در راه

چو آن دیوانهٔ بی خان و بی مان
بدید آن خیل خود بین را خرامان

کشید از ننگ سر در جیب آنگاه
که تا زان غافلان خالی شد آن راه

چو بگذشتند سر بر کرد از جیب
یکی پرسید ازو کای مرد بی عیب

چرا چون روی رعنایان بدیدی
شدی آشفته و سر درکشیدی

چنین گفت او که سر را درکشیدم
ز بس باد بروت اینجا که دیدم

که ترسیدم که برباید مرا باد
چو بگذشتند سر بر کردم آزاد

ولی چون گند رعنایان شنیدم
شدم بی طاقت و سر درکشیدم

چو هفت اعضات رعنائی گرفتست
جهانی از تو رسوائی گرفتست

کسانی کین صفت از خویش بردند
بدنیا کار عقبی پیش بردند

English translation

On the path, a madman was sitting, When a group of people walked by in one or two rows. It seemed that group was worldly, For they were drowning in fine robes and turbans. Out of vanity, pride, arrogance, and status, They strutted on the path like partridges. When that homeless and destitute madman Saw that self-absorbed troop strutting, He drew his head into his collar out of shame, Until the path was clear of those heedless ones. When they passed by, he raised his head from his collar. Someone asked him, 'O flawless man, Why, when you saw the faces of the vain ones, Did you become agitated and withdraw your head?' He said, 'I withdrew my head Because of the abundance of the wind of arrogance I saw here. I feared that the wind might sweep me away; When they passed, I freely raised my head. But when I caught the stench of the vain ones, I lost my patience and withdrew my head. When your seven limbs are seized by vanity, A world is disgraced because of you. Those who have removed this trait from themselves, Have advanced the work of the Hereafter while in this world.'

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Updated 2026-07-03

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Humanities

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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course

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