1Cademy - (۳) حکایت مرد صوفی که بر زبیده عاشق شد / (3) The Tale of the Sufi Man Who Fell in Love with Zubaydah

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Elahi Nameh

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(۳) حکایت مرد صوفی که بر زبیده عاشق شد / (3) The Tale of the Sufi Man Who Fell in Love with Zubaydah

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زبیده بود در هودج نشسته
بحج می رفت بر فالی خجسته

ز بادی آن سر هودج برافتاد
یکی صوفی بدیدش بر سر افتاد

چنان فریاد و شوری در جهان بست
که نتوانست او را کس دهان بست

ازان صوفی زبیده گشت آگاه
نهفته خادمی را گفت آنگاه

مرا از نعرهٔ او باز خر زود
وگر خرجت شود بسیار زر زود

یکی همیان زر خادم بدو داد
ستد چون بدره شد تن را فرو داد

زبیده گفت هان او را بدانید
بسی سیلی بروی او برانید

فغان می کرد کآخر من چه کردم
که چندین زخم بی اندازه خوردم

زبیده گفت ای عاشق تو برخویش
چه خواهی کرد ای کذاب ازین بیش

تو کردی دعوی عشق چو من کس
چو زر دیدی بسی بودت ز من بس

ز سر تا پا همه دعویت دیدم
که در دعویت بی معنیت دیدم

مرا بایست جست و چون نجستی
یقینم شد که اندر کار سستی

مرا گر جستتی اسباب و املاک
زر و سیمم ترا بودی همه پاک

ولیکن چون مرا بفروختی باز
سزای همت تو کردم آغاز

مرا بایست جست ای بی خبر یار
که تا جمله ترا بودی بیکبار

تو درحق بند دل تا رسته گردی
چو دل در خلق بندی خسته گردی

همه درها بگل بر خود فرو بند
در او گیر و کلی دل در او بند

که تا از میغ تاریک جدائی
بتابد نور صبح آشنائی

اگر آن روشنائی بازیابی
طریق آشنائی بازیابی

بزرگانی که سر بر ماه بردند
بنور آشنائی راه بردند

English translation

Zubaydah was sitting in a howdah, Going on Hajj with a blessed omen. From a wind, the cover of the howdah fell, A Sufi saw her and fell headlong. He raised such a cry and uproar in the world, That no one could shut his mouth. Zubaydah became aware of that Sufi, Secretly, she then said to a servant, "Buy me back quickly from his roaring, Even if much gold is spent quickly." A servant gave him a purse of gold, He took it, and when the bag was his, he settled down. Zubaydah said, "Hey, lay hold of him, Strike many slaps upon his face." He lamented, "What have I done after all, That I have suffered so many boundless blows?" Zubaydah said, "O lover of yourself, What more will you do, O liar, than this? You claimed to love someone like me, When you saw gold, it was quite enough for you instead of me. From head to toe, I saw your claim was mere pretense, For I found you meaningless in your claim. You should have sought me, and since you did not, I became certain that you are weak in this matter. If you had sought me, my goods and estates, My gold and silver would have all been yours entirely. But since you sold me back, I began to give the punishment your ambition deserved. You should have sought me, O ignorant friend, So that everything would have been yours at once. Bind your heart to the Truth so that you may be liberated; When you bind your heart to creation, you will be wounded. Block all doors to yourself with mud, Take hold of His door and bind your whole heart to Him. So that out of the dark cloud of separation, The light of the morning of intimacy may shine. If you regain that illumination, You will rediscover the path of intimacy. The great ones who raised their heads to the moon, Found their way by the light of intimacy."

Updated 2026-07-03

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