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1835-1859

  • دید در ایام آن شیخ فقیر ** مصحفی در خانه‌ی پیری ضریر 1835
  • Once upon a time a dervish Shaykh saw a Qur’án in the house of a blind old man.
  • پیش او مهمان شد او وقت تموز ** هر دو زاهد جمع گشته چند روز
  • He became his guest in (the month) Tamúz: the two ascetics were together for several days.
  • گفت اینجا ای عجب مصحف چراست ** چونک نابیناست این درویش راست
  • He said (to himself), “Oh, I wonder what the Book is (here) for, as this righteous dervish is blind.”
  • اندرین اندیشه تشویشش فزود ** که جز او را نیست اینجا باش و بود
  • (Whilst he was occupied) in this reflection, his perplexity increased: (he said to himself), “No one lives here except him.
  • اوست تنها مصحفی آویخته ** من نیم گستاخ یا آمیخته
  • He is alone, (and yet) he has hung a Book (on the wall). I am not (so) unmannerly or muddled (in my wits)
  • تا بپرسم نه خمش صبری کنم ** تا به صبری بر مرادی بر زنم 1840
  • As to ask (him the reason). Nay, hush! I will be patient, in order that by patience I may gain my object.”
  • صبر کرد و بود چندی در حرج ** کشف شد کالصبر مفتاح الفرج
  • He showed patience and was in a quandary for some time, (till at last) it (the secret) was disclosed, for patience is the key to joy (relief).
  • صبرکردن لقمان چون دید کی داود حلقه‌ها می‌ساخت از سال کردن با این نیت کی صبر از سال موجب فرج باشد
  • How Luqmán, when he saw David, on whom be peace, making (iron) rings, refrained from questioning him, with the intention that this act of self-control should be the cause of relief (from perplexity).
  • رفت لقمان سوی داود صفا ** دید کو می‌کرد ز آهن حلقه‌ها
  • Luqmán went to David, the pure of heart, and observed that he was making rings of iron,
  • جمله را با همدگر در می‌فکند ** ز آهن پولاد آن شاه بلند
  • (And) that the exalted King was casting all the steel rings into each other.
  • صنعت زراد او کم دیده بود ** درعجب می‌ماند وسواسش فزود
  • He had not seen the armourer's handicraft (before), (so) he remained in astonishment and his curiosity increased—
  • کین چه شاید بود وا پرسم ازو ** که چه می‌سازی ز حلقه تو بتو 1845
  • “What can this be? I will ask him what he is making with the interfolded rings.”
  • باز با خود گفت صبر اولیترست ** صبر تا مقصود زوتر رهبرست
  • Again he said to himself, “Patience is better: patience is the quickest guide to the object of one's quest.”
  • چون نپرسی زودتر کشفت شود ** مرغ صبر از جمله پران‌تر بود
  • When you ask no question, the sooner will it (the secret) be disclosed to you: the bird, patience, flies faster than all (others);
  • ور بپرسی دیرتر حاصل شود ** سهل از بی صبریت مشکل شود
  • And if you ask, the more slowly will your object be gained: what is easy will be made difficult by your impatience.
  • چونک لقمان تن بزد هم در زمان ** شد تمام از صنعت داود آن
  • When Luqmán kept silence, straightway that (work of making rings) was finished by David's craftsmanship.
  • پس زره سازید و در پوشید او ** پیش لقمان کریم صبرخو 1850
  • Then he fashioned a coat of mail and put it on in the presence of the noble and patient Luqmán.
  • گفت این نیکو لباسست ای فتی ** درمصاف و جنگ دفع زخم را
  • “This,” he said, “is an excellent garment, O young man, for warding off blows on the battle-field and in war.”
  • گفت لقمان صبر هم نیکو دمیست ** که پناه و دافع هر جا غمیست
  • Luqmán said, “Patience too is of good effect, for it is the protection and defence against pain everywhere.”
  • صبر را با حق قرین کرد ای فلان ** آخر والعصر را آگه بخوان
  • He (God) hath joined sabr (patience) with haqq (the real and permanent): O reader, recite attentively the end of (the Súra) Wa’l-‘asr.
  • صد هزاران کیمیا حق آفرید ** کیمیایی همچو صبر آدم ندید
  • God created hundreds of thousands of elixirs, (but) Man hath not seen an elixir like patience.
  • بقیه‌ی حکایت نابینا و مصحف
  • The remainder of the story of the blind man and his reading the Qur’án.
  • مرد مهمان صبرکرد و ناگهان ** کشف گشتش حال مشکل در زمان 1855
  • The guest showed patience, and of a sudden the difficult case was unveiled to him all at once.
  • نیم‌شب آواز قرآن را شنید ** جست از خواب آن عجایب را بدید
  • At midnight he heard the sound of (recitation of) the Qur’án; he sprang up from sleep and beheld a marvel—
  • که ز مصحف کور می‌خواندی درست ** گشت بی‌صبر و ازو آن حال جست
  • That the blind man was reading correctly from the Qur’án. He became impatient and sought from him (an explanation of) that matter.
  • گفت آیا ای عجب با چشم کور ** چون همی‌خوانی همی‌بینی سطور
  • “Oh, wonderful!” he cried. “Thou with sightless eyes, how art thou reading, (how art thou) seeing the lines?
  • آنچ می‌خوانی بر آن افتاده‌ای ** دست را بر حرف آن بنهاده‌ای
  • Thou hast touched that which thou art reading: thou hast laid thy hand upon the words of that (passage).