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بخش ۱۲۹ - هدیه بردن عرب سبوی آب باران از میان بادیه سوی بغداد به امیرالمؤمنین بر پنداشت آنک آنجا هم قحط آبست

The Arab brings a jug of rainwater from the desert to Baghdad as a gift for the Amir al-Mu'minin, imagining that there is also a drought of water there

  1. M1:2710 گفت زن صدق آن بود کز بود خویشپاک برخیزی تو از مجهود خویش His wife said, “Sincerity is to rise up from your own being,to stand clear of all you possess, with all your might.”In this story, the wife tells her husband that true sincerity (ṣidq) means offering everything you have, holding nothing back, no matter how humble it may seem to you.
  2. M1:2711 آب بارانست ما را در سبوملکت و سرمایه و اسباب تو What we have in our jug is rainwater;for you, it is our kingdom, capital, and all we possess.The wife tells her husband that this humble jug of rainwater represents their entire worldly wealth and possessions, which they should offer as a gift.
  3. M1:2712 این سبوی آب را بردار و روهدیه ساز و پیش شاهنشاه شو Take this jug of water, and go on your way;Make it a gift, and go before the King of Kings.In the story, the Bedouin's wife tells him to take their most precious possession—a jug of rainwater—and present it as a sincere gift to the Caliph in Baghdad.
  4. M1:2713 گو که ما را غیر این اسباب نیستدر مفازه هیچ به زین آب نیست Say, ‘We have no other means but this,and in the desert, nothing’s better than this water.’This couplet is the speech the wife tells her husband to deliver to the Caliph, explaining that this humble gift of rainwater is all they possess and, from their desert perspective, the most valuable thing in the world.
  5. M1:2714 گر خزینه‌ش پر متاع فاخرستاین چنین آبش نباشد نادرست Though his treasury be full of splendid wares,He will not have such water—it is rare.The Bedouin's wife argues that even if the Caliph's treasury is filled with luxurious items, it is highly unlikely he possesses water as special and pure as the rainwater they have collected in the desert.
  6. M1:2715 چیست آن کوزه تن محصور مااندرو آب حواس شور ما What is that jar? It is our captive body.And inside, the brackish water of our senses.Rumi explains his allegory: the jar represents the human body, and the water it contains symbolizes our limited, unreliable sensory perception.
  7. M1:2716 ای خداوند این خم و کوزهٔ مرادر پذیر از فضلِ الله اشتری O Lord, this jar and pitcher of mine,Accept from the grace of Allah, the Buyer!The Arab, through his wife's inspiration, offers his simple jar and its rainwater as a gift to the Caliph, asking God to accept it, believing that God is the true 'Buyer' of sincere, humble offerings.
  8. M1:2717 کوزه‌ای با پنج لولهٔ پنج حسپاک دار این آب را از هر نجس A jug with five spouts—the five senses—keep this water pure from all that defiles.This couplet is an allegorical command to guard your sensory perceptions, which are the 'water' in the 'jug' of your body, from spiritual and moral impurity.
  9. M1:2718 تا شود زین کوزه منفذ سوی بحرتا بگیرد کوزهٔ من خوی بحر So a channel from this jar may open to the Sea,So my little jar may take on the Sea's character.This couplet is a prayer that the human self, symbolized by a small jar, might open up and connect to the divine reality, the Sea, and in doing so, acquire its infinite qualities.
  10. M1:2719 تا چو هدیه پیش سلطانش بریپاک بیند باشدش شه مشتری So that when you bring it as a gift before its Sultan,He sees it as pure, and the King becomes its buyer.When you present your purified self—your sensory perceptions cleansed of worldly attachments—to God, He will see its purity and accept it.
  11. M1:2720 بی‌نهایت گردد آبش بعد از آنپر شود از کوزهٔ من صد جهان Its water then becomes without a shore,and from my little jar a hundred worlds can pour.When the small jar of the self is accepted by God, its finite contents become infinite, capable of nourishing the entire world.
  12. M1:2721 لوله‌ها بر بند و پر دارش ز خمگفت غضوا عن هوا ابصارکم Close the pipes, and from the great vat keep it full;He said: “From passion, lower your gaze.”To fill the vessel of the self with divine reality, one must first close off the five senses, which are channels for worldly desire, in obedience to God's command.
  13. M1:2722 ریش او پر باد کین هدیه کراستلایق چون او شهی اینست راست “May his beard be filled with wind! For whom is this gift?Is *this* truly what’s worthy of such a king?”Onlookers at the Caliph's court mock the bedouin's pathetic gift of a jar of rainwater, sarcastically questioning if such a paltry offering is suitable for a great king.
  14. M1:2723 زن نمی‌دانست کانجا برگذرهست جاری دجله‌ای همچون شکر The woman did not know that on the way there,a Tigris flows, as sweet as sugar.The person offering their limited perception as a gift to God is unaware that God's reality is an infinite, sweet-flowing river right where they are.
  15. M1:2724 در میان شهر چون دریا روانپر ز کشتیها و شست ماهیان In the city's heart, a river flows like the sea,Teeming with ships and the fishermen's cast.The Bedouin's wife, who sent him with the water, was ignorant that the Caliph's city of Baghdad is built upon the massive, life-filled Tigris river.
  16. M1:2725 رو بر سلطان و کار و بار بینحس تجری تحتها الانهار بین Go to the Sultan, see his works and ways;Behold a sense 'neath which the rivers flow.This couplet urges the reader to turn towards the divine 'Sultan' (God) and witness His magnificence, which is like a spiritual sense-perception nourished by ever-flowing rivers of grace.
  17. M1:2726 این چنین حسها و ادراکات ماقطره‌ای باشد در آن نهر صفا These senses and perceptions that are ours,a single drop in that pure river's powers.Our limited human senses and intellect are like a single drop of water compared to the vast, pure river of divine reality and spiritual perception.
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