He said, “Remove the hoariness from my beard, for I have chosen a new bride, O young man.”
گفت از ریشم سپیدی کن جدا ** که عروس نو گزیدم ای فتی
He cut off his beard and laid the whole of it before him, and said, “Do thou pick out (the white hairs), for it happens that I have some important business.”
ریش او ببرید و کل پیشش نهاد ** گفت تو بگزین مرا کاری فتاد
That “pick (them) out” is dialectic, for religious emotion has no care for these things (hair-splitting disputes).
این سال وآن جوابست آن گزین ** که سر اینها ندارد درد دین
A certain man slapped Zayd on the neck; he (Zayd) at once rushed at him with warlike purpose.1380
آن یکی زد سیلیی مر زید را ** حمله کرد او هم برای کید را
The assailant said, “I will ask thee a question, so answer me (first) and then strike me.
گفت سیلیزن سالت میکنم ** پس جوابم گوی وانگه میزنم
I struck the nape of thy neck, and there was the sound of a slap: at this point I have a question (to ask thee) in concord:
بر قفای تو زدم آمد طراق ** یک سالی دارم اینجا در وفاق
Was this sound caused by my hand or by the nape of thy neck, O pride of the noble?”
این طراق از دست من بودست یا ** از قفاگاه تو ای فخر کیا
He (Zayd) said, “On account of the pain I have no leisure to stop (occupy myself) in this reflection and consideration.
گفت از درد این فراغت نیستم ** که درین فکر و تفکر بیستم
Do thou, who art without pain, ponder on this; he that feels the pain has no such thought. Take heed!”1385
تو که بیدردی همی اندیش این ** نیست صاحبدرد را این فکر هین
Story.
حکایت
Amongst the Companions (of the Prophet) there was scarcely any one that knew the Qur’án by heart, though their souls had a great desire (to commit it to memory),
در صحابه کم بدی حافظ کسی ** گرچه شوقی بود جانشان را بسی