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حکایت طوطی / The Tale of the Parrot

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طوطی آمد با دهان پر شکردر لباس فستقی با طوق زر
The parrot came with a mouth full of sugar,
In a pistachio-colored garment with a golden collar.
پشه گشته باشه ای از فر اوهر کجا سرسبزیی از پر او
A gnat became a falcon from his splendor,
Everywhere there was greenery, it was from his feathers.
در سخن گفتن شکرریز آمدهدر شکر خوردن پگه خیز آمده
In speaking, he was a scatterer of sugar,
In eating sugar, he was an early riser.
گفت: هر سنگین دل و هر هیچ کسچون منی را آهنین سازد قفس
He said, "Every hard-hearted person and every nobody
Makes an iron cage for someone like me.
من در این زندان آهن مانده باززآرزوی آب خضرم در گداز
I am left confined in this iron prison,
Melting from the desire for the water of Khizr.
خضر مرغانم، از آنم سبزپوشبوک دانم کردن آب خضر نوش
I am the Khizr of birds, that is why I am dressed in green,
Perhaps I may be able to drink the water of Khizr.
من نیارم در بر سیمرغ تاببس بود از چشمهٔ خضرم یک آب
I cannot endure being in the presence of the Simorgh,
A single drop from the spring of Khizr is enough for me.
سر نهم در راه چون سودایییمی روم هر جای چون هر جاییی
I will set my head on the path like someone madly in love,
I will roam everywhere like a wanderer.
چون نشان یابم ز آب زندگیسلطنت دستم دهد در بندگی
When I find a trace of the water of life,
Sovereignty will be given to my hand in servitude."
هدهدش گفت: ای ز دولت بی نشان!مرد نبود هرک نبود جان فشان
The hoopoe said to him, "O you with no sign of true fortune!
He is not a man who does not sacrifice his soul.
جان ز بهر این به کار آید تو راتا دمی در خورد یار آید تو را
Your soul is useful to you for this reason,
That for a moment it may be worthy of the Beloved.
آب حیوان خواهی و جان دوستیرو که تو مغزی، نداری پوستی
You desire the water of life and are a lover of your soul?
Go, for you have no kernel, you are but a shell.
جان چه خواهی کرد؟ بر جانان فشاندر ره جانان چو مردان جان فشان
What will you do with your soul? Sacrifice it for the Beloved!
On the path of the Beloved, sacrifice your soul like true men."

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