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2841-2850

  • شیخ می‌شد با مریدی بی‌درنگ  ** سوی شهری نان بدانجا بود تنگ 
  • The Shaykh, accompanied by a disciple, was going without delay towards a certain town where bread was scarce,

  • ترس جوع و قحط در فکر مرید  ** هر دمی می‌گشت از غفلت پدید 
  • And the dread of hunger and famine was continually presenting itself to the disciple's mind on account of his heedlessness.

  • شیخ آگه بود و واقف از ضمیر  ** گفت او را چند باشی در زحیر 
  • The Shaykh was aware (of this) and acquainted with his secret thoughts: he said to him, “How long wilt thou remain in torment?

  • از برای غصه‌ی نان سوختی  ** دیده‌ی صبر و توکل دوختی 
  • Thou art consumed (with grief) because of thy craving for bread: thou hast closed the eye of self-denial and trust in God.

  • تو نه‌ای زان نازنینان عزیز  ** که ترا دارند بی‌جوز و مویز  2845
  • Thou art not (one) of the honoured favourites (of God) that thou shouldst be kept without (deprived of) walnuts and raisins.

  • جوع رزق جان خاصان خداست  ** کی زبون هم‌چو تو گیج گداست 
  • Hunger is the daily bread of the souls of God's elect: how is it amenable to (in the power of) a beggarly fool like thee?

  • باش فارغ تو از آنها نیستی  ** که درین مطبخ تو بی‌نان بیستی 
  • Be at ease: thou art not (one) of those, so that thou shouldst tarry without bread in this kitchen.”

  • کاسه بر کاسه‌ست و نان بر نان مدام  ** از برای این شکم‌خواران عام 
  • There are always bowls on bowls and loaves on loaves for these vulgar belly-gods.

  • چون بمیرد می‌رود نان پیش پیش  ** کای ز بیم بی‌نوایی کشته خویش 
  • When he (such a person) dies, the bread comes forward, saying, “O thou who didst (almost) kill thyself from fear of having no food,

  • تو برفتی ماند نان برخیز گیر  ** ای بکشته خویش را اندر زحیر  2850
  • Thou art gone (from the world), (but) the bread is still there: arise and take it (if thou canst), O thou who didst (almost) kill thyself in agony!”