Read› Daftar 4› The complete story of that lover who fled from the watchmen into an unknown garden, where he found his beloved, and in his joy, he prayed for the watchmen, saying, 'Perhaps you dislike a thing and it is good for you'› beyt 58
M4:58 — سعد دارش این جهان و آن جهان / از عوانی و سگیاش وا رهان
M4:58
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The lover prays that the night watchman who chased him will be blessed in both worlds and, more importantly, be freed from the cruel and demeaning nature of his job.
This couplet is part of a prayer of gratitude. A lover, fleeing a tyrannical night watchman (ʿasas), has stumbled into a garden and miraculously found his beloved. He recognizes that the watchman, who appeared to be an enemy, was in fact the unwitting instrument of God's grace, the very cause of his good fortune. Overwhelmed with joy, he now prays for his persecutor.
The prayer has two parts. First, he asks for the watchman to be granted saʿd (سعْد), or lasting good fortune, in this life and the hereafter. Second, and more profoundly, he asks that the man be liberated from the spiritual sickness of his profession. The term ʿavānī refers to the state of being an ʿavān, a petty tyrant or an agent of oppression. Sagī (doggishness) describes the cruel, shameless, and aggressive character that such a role fosters. The lover is not just wishing the man well; he is praying for his moral and spiritual transformation, that he be freed from the very qualities that made him a threat.
- سعد
- Saʿd. Good fortune, happiness, auspiciousness. An Arabic loanword that implies a state of blessedness or felicity ordained by a higher power.
- عوانی
- ʿAvānī. The state or practice of being an `ʿavān`—a cruel subordinate, an agent of an oppressor, a tyrannical official. It denotes the character and behavior associated with such a role.
- سگی
- Sagī. Literally 'doggishness.' A common Persian pejorative for cruel, base, shameless, or aggressive behavior, implying a lack of human dignity.
- وا رهان
- Vā rahān. 'Set free,' 'liberate from.' An imperative verb form asking for deliverance or release from a negative state or condition.
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