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4256-4305

  • As it happened, the people (of the city) had suffered losses in those dark nights from (the depredations of) night-thieves.
  • اتفاقا اندر آن شب‌های تار  ** دیده بد مردم ز شب‌دزدان ضرار 
  • They were nights of alarm and disaster, and the police were searching for the thieves with all their might,
  • بود شب‌های مخوف و منتحس  ** پس به جد می‌جست دزدان را عسس 
  • (So much so) that the Khalífa said, “Cut off the hand of any one who roams about by night, even if he is a kinsman of mine.”
  • تا خلیفه گفت که ببرید دست  ** هر که شب گردد وگر خویش منست 
  • The king had terrified the police with threats, saying, “Why are you (so) merciful to the thieves?
  • بر عسس کرده ملک تهدید و بیم  ** که چرا باشید بر دزدان رحیم 
  • For what reason do you believe their blarney or why do you accept gold (bribes) from them?” 4260
  • عشوه‌شان را از چه رو باور کنید  ** یا چرا زیشان قبول زر کنید 
  • To show mercy to thieves and any sinister-handed (noxious) person is to inflict blows and have no mercy on the weak.
  • رحم بر دزدان و هر منحوس‌دست  ** بر ضعیفان ضربت و بی‌رحمیست 
  • Beware, from sympathy with a particular (offender) do not let him go unpunished: do not consider his sufferings, consider the sufferings of the public.
  • هین ز رنج خاص مسکل ز انتقام  ** رنج او کم بین ببین تو رنج عام 
  • Amputate the snake-bitten finger to prevent (worse) mischief: keep in view the infection and (consequent) destruction of the (whole) body.
  • اصبع ملدوغ بر در دفع شر  ** در تعدی و هلاک تن نگر 
  • In those days, as it happened, the thieves, both expert and unskilled, had become numerous.
  • اتفاقا اندر آن ایام دزد  ** گشته بود انبوه پخته و خام دزد 
  • He (the night-patrol) saw him (in the street) at such a time and gave him a sound drubbing and blows without number. 4265
  • در چنین وقتش بدید و سخت زد  ** چوب‌ها و زخمهای بی‌عدد 
  • Shrieks and cries for mercy arose from the poor wretch: “Don't strike! let me tell the truth about it all!”
  • نعره و فریاد زان درویش خاست  ** که مزن تا من بگویم حال راست 
  • He replied, “Look now, I will give you time: speak, that I may learn how you came out into the streets by night.
  • گفت اینک دادمت مهلت بگو  ** تا به شب چون آمدی بیرون به کو 
  • You do not belong to this place, you are a stranger and unknown (to me): tell me truly what you are plotting (here).
  • تو نه‌ای زینجا غریب و منکری  ** راستی گو تا بچه مکر اندری 
  • The government officials have attacked the police, asking why there is now such a great number of thieves (in the city).
  • اهل دیوان بر عسس طعنه زدند  ** که چرا دزدان کنون انبه شدند 
  • It is owing to you and the likes of you that they are so numerous: first disclose (the names of) your wicked associates; 4270
  • انبهی از تست و از امثال تست  ** وا نما یاران زشتت را نخست 
  • Otherwise I will exact from you the vengeance incurred by all of them, in order that every respectable person's money may be safe.”
  • ورنه کین جمله را از تو کشم  ** تا شود آمن زر هر محتشم 
  • After taking many oaths he replied, “I am not a housebreaker or cutpurse.
  • گفت او از بعد سوگندان پر  ** که نیم من خانه‌سوز و کیسه‌بر 
  • I am no thief and criminal: I am a stranger in Cairo, I belong to Baghdád.”
  • من نه مرد دزدی و بیدادیم  ** من غریب مصرم و بغدادیم 
  • Explaining the Tradition (of the Prophet), “Falsehood causes suspicion, while veracity inspires confidence.”
  • بیان این خبر کی الکذب ریبة والصدق طمانینة 
  • He related the story of his dream and the treasure of gold, and from (under the influence of) his veracity the man's heart expanded (like a flower).
  • قصه‌ی آن خواب و گنج زر بگفت  ** پس ز صدق او دل آن کس شکفت 
  • From his (the treasure-seeker's) oaths (protestations) he scented the truth: in him (both) the combustion and the rue-seed were evident. 4275
  • بوی صدقش آمد از سوگند او  ** سوز او پیدا شد و اسپند او 
  • The heart is comforted by true words, just as a thirsty man is comforted by water—
  • دل بیارامد به گفتار صواب  ** آنچنان که تشنه آرامد به آب 
  • Except the heart of one who is veiled (deprived of discernment) and suffers from a (spiritual) malady, (so that) he cannot distinguish between a prophet and a dolt;
  • جز دل محجوب کو را علتیست  ** از نبیش تا غبی تمییز نیست 
  • Or else, (if) the message that is (brought) from the place (of truth) were to descend upon the moon, it (the moon) would be split asunder.
  • ورنه آن پیغام کز موضع بود  ** بر زند بر مه شکافیده شود 
  • The moon would be split, but not the heart of him who is veiled; for he is rejected (by God), he is not beloved.
  • مه شکافد وان دل محجوب نی  ** زانک مردودست او محبوب نی 
  • The night-patrol's eye became (like) a fountain with wetting tears, not from the dry words, nay, but from the fragrance (of truth) in the heart. 4280
  • چشمه شد چشم عسس ز اشک مبل  ** نی ز گفت خشک بل از بوی دل 
  • One word comes to the lips from Hell, one word (comes) into the region of the lips from the Spiritual City.
  • یک سخن از دوزخ آید سوی لب  ** یک سخن از شهر جان در کوی لب 
  • There is the spirit-increasing sea and the distressful sea: these lips are where the two seas meet (but do not mingle).
  • بحر جان‌افزا و بحر پر حرج  ** در میان هر دو بحر این لب مرج 
  • (’Tis) like a great mart (situated) between towns: thither come goods from all directions:
  • چون یپنلو در میان شهرها  ** از نواحی آید آن‌جا بهرها 
  • Damaged, spurious, and swindling commodities (and also) lucrative commodities highly esteemed, like pearls.
  • کاله‌ی معیوب قلب کیسه‌بر  ** کاله‌ی پر سود مستشرف چو در 
  • The shrewdest traders in this mart (carefully) inspect the genuine and spurious wares. 4285
  • زین یپنلو هر که بازرگان‌ترست  ** بر سره و بر قلب‌ها دیده‌ورست 
  • To him (such an one) the mart is a place of gain, while to others in their blindness it is a place of loss.
  • شد یپنلو مر ورا دار الرباح  ** وآن گر را از عمی دار الجناح 
  • Every particle of the world, one by one, is a fetter for the fool and a means of deliverance for the wise.
  • هر یکی ز اجزای عالم یک به یک  ** بر غبی بندست و بر استاد فک 
  • It is (sweet as) candy for one and (bitter) as poison for another: it is (beautiful as) mercy for one and (terrible) as wrath for another.
  • بر یکی قندست و بر دیگر چو زهر  ** بر یکی لطفست و بر دیگر چو قهر 
  • Every inanimate thing tells a tale to the Prophet: the Ka‘ba testifies to the pilgrim and is eloquent (on his behalf).
  • هر جمادی با نبی افسانه‌گو  ** کعبه با حاجی گواه و نطق‌خو 
  • The mosque, too, bears witness to him who performs the ritual prayer, saying, “He came a long way to (visit) me.” 4290
  • بر مصلی مسجد آمد هم گواه  ** کو همی‌آمد به من از دور راه 
  • The fire is (like) flowers and sweet basils and roses to (one like) Khalíl (Abraham); to those like Nimrod, on the contrary, it is death and anguish.
  • با خلیل آتش گل و ریحان و ورد  ** باز بر نمرودیان مرگست و درد 
  • We have said this many a time, O Hasan: I will never be weary of setting it forth.
  • بارها گفتیم این را ای حسن  ** می‌نگردم از بیانش سیر من 
  • Many a time have you eaten bread to prevent (yourself from) getting thin: ’tis the same bread: why are not you surfeited?
  • بارها خوردی تو نان دفع ذبول  ** این همان نانست چون نبوی ملول 
  • (Because), in normal health, a new hunger comes to you, by which indigestion and satiety are consumed.
  • در تو جوعی می‌رسد تو ز اعتلال  ** که همی‌سوزد ازو تخمه و ملال 
  • When one actually feels the pangs of hunger, a (sense of) refreshment is associated with every part (of the body). 4295
  • هرکه را درد مجاعت نقد شد  ** نو شدن با جزو جزوش عقد شد 
  • The pleasure (of eating) is (derived) from hunger, not from new dessert (viands): hunger makes barley-bread more delicious than sugar.
  • لذت از جوعست نه از نقل نو  ** با مجاعت از شکر به نان جو 
  • That weariness, then, is caused by lack of hunger (ardour) and complete (spiritual) indigestion, not by repetition of the discourse.
  • پس ز بی‌جوعیست وز تخمه‌ی تمام  ** آن ملالت نه ز تکرار کلام 
  • How is it that you are not weary of your shop and of haggling and disputing in order to cheat people?
  • چون ز دکان و مکاس و قیل و قال  ** در فریب مردمت ناید ملال 
  • How is it that you have not been surfeited by speaking ill of men in their absence and backbiting them for sixty years?
  • چون ز غیبت و اکل لحم مردمان  ** شصت سالت سیریی نامد از آن 
  • Time after time, without wearying, you have gaily spoken false words of flattery in pursuit of a vile woman; [Time after time, without wearying, you have gaily spoken false words of flattery in pursuit of a ruptured (deflowered) vulva;] 4300
  • عشوه‌ها در صید شله‌ی کفته تو  ** بی ملولی بارها خوش گفته تو 
  • And the last time you utter them with fire and energy, a hundred times more ardently than the first time.
  • بار آخر گوییش سوزان و چست  ** گرم‌تر صد بار از بار نخست 
  • Passion makes the old medicine new; passion lops every bough of weariness.
  • درد داروی کهن را نو کند  ** درد هر شاخ ملولی خو کند 
  • Passion is the elixir that makes (things) new: how (can there be) weariness where passion has arisen?
  • کیمیای نو کننده دردهاست  ** کو ملولی آن طرف که درد خاست 
  • Oh, do not sigh heavily from weariness: seek passion, seek passion, passion, passion!
  • هین مزن تو از ملولی آه سرد  ** درد جو و درد جو و درد درد 
  • Vain remedies (only) beguile (true) passion: they are (like) brigands and those who extort money in the form of tolls. 4305
  • خادع دردند درمان‌های ژاژ  ** ره‌زنند و زرستانان رسم باژ