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  • Next day the disappointed dog said, “O drivelling cock, where are the sundries (you promised me)?
  • روز دیگر آن سگ محروم گفت ** کای خروس ژاژخا کو طاق و جفت
  • [How the cock became abashed before the dog on account of being false in those three promises.]
  • خجل گشتن خروس پیش سگ به سبب دروغ شدن در آن سه وعده
  • How long, pray, how long (will) your falsehood and deceit (continue)? Truly, nothing but falsehood flies out of your nest.”
  • چند چند آخر دروغ و مکر تو ** خود نپرد جز دروغ از وکر تو
  • He said, “Far be it from me and from my kind that we should become afflicted with falsehood. 3330
  • گفت حاشا از من و از جنس من ** که بگردیم از دروغی ممتحن
  • We cocks are veracious like the muezzin: we are observers of the sun as well as seekers of the (right) time.
  • ما خروسان چون مذن راست‌گوی ** هم رقیب آفتاب و وقت‌جوی
  • We are watchers of the sun inwardly, though you may turn a basin upside down over us.”
  • پاسبان آفتابیم از درون ** گر کنی بالای ما طشتی نگون
  • The watchers of the Sun (of Reality) are the saints: in the flesh (they are) acquainted with the Divine mysteries.
  • پاسبان آفتابند اولیا ** در بشر واقف ز اسرار خدا
  • “God gave our family as a gift to Man to call (him) to the ritual prayer (and) in preparation (for that purpose).
  • اصل ما را حق پی بانگ نماز ** داد هدیه آدمی را در جهاز
  • If a mistake be committed by us in (giving) the call to prayer at the wrong time, it will become the cause of our being killed. 3335
  • گر بناهنگام سهوی‌مان رود ** در اذان آن مقتل ما می‌شود
  • To say at the wrong time ‘Come to welfare’ will make our blood of no account and licit (liable to be shed with impunity).”
  • گفت ناهنگام حی عل فلاح ** خون ما را می‌کند خوار و مباح
  • ’Tis only the (spiritual) cock, the Soul of (Divine) inspiration, that is protected (by God from sin) and purged of error.
  • آنک معصوم آمد و پاک از غلط ** آن خروس جان وحی آمد فقط
  • His (the master's) slave died in the house of the purchaser: that was the purchaser's loss entirely.
  • آن غلامش مرد پیش مشتری ** شد زیان مشتری آن یکسری
  • He saved his money, but he shed his own blood. Understand (this) well!
  • او گریزانید مالش را ولیک ** خون خود را ریخت اندر یاب نیک
  • One loss would have prevented (many) losses: our bodies and money are the ransom for our souls. 3340
  • یک زیان دفع زیانها می‌شدی ** جسم و مال ماست جانها را فدا
  • In the presence of kings, in (the hour of their) dispensing punishment, you offer money and purchase your head (life):
  • پیش شاهان در سیاست‌گستری ** می‌دهی تو مال و سر را می‌خری
  • How (then) have you become, in (the case of Divine) destiny, (like) a churl— withholding your money from the (Supreme) Judge?
  • اعجمی چون گشته‌ای اندر قضا ** می‌گریزانی ز داور مال را
  • How the cock foretold the death of the Khwája.
  • خبر کردن خروس از مرگ خواجه
  • “But to-morrow he will certainly die: his heir, in mourning (for him), will slaughter a cow.
  • لیک فردا خواهد او مردن یقین ** گاو خواهد کشت وارث در حنین
  • The owner of the house will die (and) depart (from this world): lo, to-morrow a great deal of food will reach you.
  • صاحب خانه بخواهد مرد رفت ** روز فردا نک رسیدت لوت زفت
  • High and low will get pieces of bread and dainty morsels and viands in the midst of the street. 3345
  • پاره‌های نان و لالنگ و طعام ** در میان کوی یابد خاص و عام
  • (The flesh of) the sacrificed cow and thin loaves of bread will be scattered quickly over the dogs and the beggars.”
  • گاو قربانی و نانهای تنک ** بر سگان و سایلان ریزد سبک
  • The death of the horse and mule and the death of the slave were bringing round the doom of this foolish deluded man.
  • مرگ اسپ و استر و مرگ غلام ** بد قضا گردان این مغرور خام
  • He fled (escaped) from the loss of wealth and from grief thereat: he increased his wealth and shed his own blood.
  • از زیان مال و درد آن گریخت ** مال افزون کرد و خون خویش ریخت
  • These austerities of dervishes—what are they for? (The reason is) that that tribulation (imposed) on the body is (in effect) the everlasting life of spirits.
  • این ریاضتهای درویشان چراست ** کان بلا بر تن بقای جانهاست
  • Unless a (mystic) traveller gains the everlasting life of his (spiritual) self, how should he make his body a sick and perishing (thing)? 3350
  • تا بقای خود نیابد سالکی ** چون کند تن را سقیم و هالکی
  • How should he move his hand to (acts of) altruism and (devotional) work unless he sees (the salvation of) his soul in exchange for what is given (by him)?
  • دست کی جنبد به ایثار و عمل ** تا نبیند داده را جانش بدل
  • That one who gives without expectation of (any) gains—that one is God, is God, is God,
  • آنک بدهد بی امید سودها ** آن خدایست آن خدایست آن خدا
  • Or the friend of God (the saint), who has assumed the nature of God and has become luminous and has received the Absolute Radiance;
  • یا ولی حق که خوی حق گرفت ** نور گشت و تابش مطلق گرفت
  • For He is rich, while all except Him are poor: how should a poor man say “Take” without compensation?
  • کو غنی است و جز او جمله فقیر ** کی فقیری بی عوض گوید که گیر
  • Till a child sees that the apple is there, it will not give up from its hand the stinking onion. 3355
  • تا نبیند کودکی که سیب هست ** او پیاز گنده را ندهد ز دست
  • All these market-folk, for the sake of this (worldly) object, are seated on the benches (in the shops) in the hope of (receiving) compensation:
  • این همه بازار بهر این غرض ** بر دکانها شسته بر بوی عوض
  • They offer a hundred fine articles of merchandise, and within their hearts they are intent on compensations.
  • صد متاع خوب عرضه می‌کنند ** واندرون دل عوضها می‌تنند
  • O man of the (true) Religion, you will not hear a single salaam (blessing) whereof the end will not pluck your sleeve (and demand something of you).
  • یک سلامی نشنوی ای مرد دین ** که نگیرد آخرت آن آستین
  • I have never heard a disinterested salaam from high or low, O brother—and (I give) the salaam (to thee)—
  • بی طمع نشنیده‌ام از خاص و عام ** من سلامی ای برادر والسلام
  • Except the salaam of God. Come, seek that (salaam) from house to house, from place to place, and from street to street! 3360
  • جز سلام حق هین آن را بجو ** خانه خانه جا بجا و کو بکو
  • From the mouth of the man who has a good scent (for spiritual things) I heard both the message and the salaam of God;
  • از دهان آدمی خوش‌مشام ** هم پیام حق شنودم هم سلام
  • And in the hope of that (salaam) I am listening with my heart to the salaams of (all) the rest (as though they were) sweeter than life.
  • وین سلام باقیان بر بوی آن ** من همی‌نوشم به دل خوشتر ز جان
  • His (the saint's) salaam has become the salaam of God because he has set fire to the household of self.
  • زان سلام او سلام حق شدست ** کتش اندر دودمان خود زدست
  • He has died to self and become living through the Lord: hence the mysteries of God are on his lips.
  • مرده است از خود شده زنده برب ** زان بود اسرار حقش در دو لب
  • The death of the body in self-discipline is life: the sufferings of this body are (the cause of) everlastingness to the spirit. 3365
  • مردن تن در ریاضت زندگیست ** رنج این تن روح را پایندگیست
  • That wicked man had lent ear: he was hearing from his cock the news (of his death).
  • گوش بنهاده بد آن مرد خبیث ** می‌شنود او از خروسش آن حدیث
  • How that person ran to Moses for protection when he heard from the cock the announcement of his death.
  • دویدن آن شخص به سوی موسی به زنهار چون از خروس خبر مرگ خود شنید
  • When he heard these things, he started running in hot haste: he went to the door of Moses, with whom God conversed.
  • چون شنید اینها دوان شد تیز و تفت ** بر در موسی کلیم الله رفت
  • He was rubbing his face in the dust from fear, saying, “Save me from this (doom), O Kalím!”
  • رو همی‌مالید در خاک او ز بیم ** که مرا فریاد رس زین ای کلیم
  • He (Moses) said, “Go, sell thyself and escape! Since thou hast become expert (in avoiding loss), jump out of the pit (of death)!
  • گفت رو بفروش خود را و بره ** چونک استا گشته‌ای بر جه ز چه
  • Throw the loss upon true believers! Make thy purses and scrips double (in size)! 3370
  • بر مسلمانان زیان انداز تو ** کیسه و همیانها را کن دوتو
  • I beheld in the brick this destiny which to thee became visible (only) in the mirror.
  • من درون خشت دیدم این قضا ** که در آیینه عیان شد مر ترا
  • The intelligent man sees with his heart the end (final result) at the first (in the beginning); he that is lacking in knowledge sees it (only) at the end.”
  • عاقل اول بیند آخر را بدل ** اندر آخر بیند از دانش مقل
  • Once more he (the doomed man) made lamentation, saying, “O thou who hast goodly qualities, do not beat me on the head, do not rub into my face (the sin I have committed).
  • باز زاری کرد کای نیکوخصال ** مر مرا در سر مزن در رو ممال
  • That (sin) issued from me because I was unworthy: do thou give good recompense to my unworthy (action).”
  • از من آن آمد که بودم ناسزا ** ناسزایم را تو ده حسن الجزا
  • He (Moses) said, “An arrow sped from the (archer's) thumb-stall, my lad: ’tis not the rule that it should come back to the source (the place whence it started); 3375
  • گفت تیری جست از شست ای پسر ** نیست سنت کید آن واپس به سر
  • But I will crave of (God's) good dispensation that thou mayst take the Faith away with thee at that time (of departing from the world).
  • لیک در خواهم ز نیکوداوری ** تا که ایمان آن زمان با خود بری
  • When thou hast taken the Faith away (with thee), thou art living: when thou goest with the Faith, thou art enduring (for ever).”
  • چونک ایمان برده باشی زنده‌ای ** چونک با ایمان روی پاینده‌ای