Pandnāmah — Volume 3 of 8
Sections 18–24 · Couplets 214–314 The poem turns from poverty and patience to humility, foresight, ethical conduct, and the practice of remembrance. Section 24 closes the volume with a sustained account of remembrance by the tongue, heart, and body.
Primary source The supplied 32-page Persian scan, printed pages 11–14 for this volume. The complete Persian Word transcription and the corresponding Ganjoor sections are comparison aids; material readings appear in the editorial guide.
Reading order Each numbered unit gives a vocalized Persian couplet, Latin transliteration, and modern English translation. The divider │ separates its two hemistichs. The small number on the Latin line gives section.couplet and global couplet.
دَر صِفَتِ فَقْر و صَبْر
18 Poverty and Patience
فَقْرِ خُود را پیشِ کَس پَیْدا مَکُن │ مِحْنَتِ اِمْروز را فَرْدا مَکُن
18.01 214 Faqr-e khod rā pīsh-e kas peydā makon │ meḥnat-e emrūz rā fardā makon
Do not parade your poverty before others, or carry today’s hardship into tomorrow.
مَر تُرا آن کَس کِه فَرْدا جان دِهَد │ غَم مَخُور، آخِر تُرا یَک نان دِهَد
18.02 215 Mar torā ān kas ke fardā jān dehad │ gham makhor, ākhar torā yak nān dehad
The One who gives you life tomorrow will give you bread as well; do not worry.
تا بِه کِی چُون مور باشی دانِه‌کَش؟ │ گَر تُو مَرْدی فاقِه را مَرْدانِه کَش
18.03 216 Tā be key chūn mūr bāshī dāne-kash? │ gar to mardī fāqe rā mardāne kash
How long will you haul grain like an ant? If you have courage, bear hunger bravely.
بَر تَوَکُّل گَر بُوَد فیروزی‌ات │ حَقّ دِهَد مانَنْدِ مُرْغان روزی‌ات
18.04 217 Bar tavakkol gar bovad fīrūzī-at │ Ḥaqq dehad mānand-e morghān rūzī-at
If you rely on trust in God for success, He will provide for you as He does for the birds.
اَز خُدا شاکِر بُوَد مَرْدِ فَقیر │ گَر دِهَد قوتَش لَبِ نانِ فَطیر
18.05 218 Az Khodā shāker bovad mard-e faqīr │ gar dehad qūtash lab-e nān-e faṭīr
A poor person thanks God even if his food is only the edge of an unleavened loaf.
خَم مَشَو پیشِ تَوانْگَر هَمْچُو طاق │ تا نَگَرْدی یار با اَهْلِ نِفاق
18.06 219 Kham mashav pīsh-e tavāngar hamcho ṭāq │ tā nagardī yār bā ahl-e nefāq
Do not bend like an arch before the wealthy and fall in with the hypocrites.
مَرْدِ رَهْ را نام و نَنْگ اَز خَلْق نیسْت │ نِفْرَتَش اَز جامِه‌هایِ دَلْق نیسْت
18.07 220 Mard-e rah rā nām-o nang az khalq nīst │ nefratash az jāme-hā-ye dalq nīst
A traveler on the path takes neither fame nor shame from people, and does not despise patched clothes.
هَر کِه را ذَوْقِ نِکونامی بُوَد │ خاصّ مَشْمار کِه او عامّی بُوَد
18.08 221 Har ke rā zowq-e nekū-nāmī bovad │ khāṣṣ mashmār ke ū ʿāmmī bovad
Do not count a person who savors a good reputation among the elect; he remains ordinary.
گَر تُرا دِل فارِغ اَز زینَت بُوَد │ کِی هَوایِ مَرْکَب و زینَت بُوَد؟
18.09 222 Gar torā del fāregh az zīnat bovad │ key havā-ye markab-o zīnat bovad?
If your heart is free of adornment, why would you crave a fine mount and finery?
رویِ دِل چُون اَز هَوا بَرْتافْتی │ بَعْد اَز آن می‌دان کِه حَقّ را یافْتی
18.10 223 Rū-ye del chūn az havā bartāftī │ baʿd az ān mī-dān ke Ḥaqq rā yāftī
Once you turn your heart away from desire, know that you have found the Truth.
هَر کِه او اَز حِرْص دُنْیادار شُد │ بی‌گُمان اَز وی خُدا بیزار شُد
18.11 224 Har ke ū az ḥerṣ donyā-dār shod │ bī-gomān az vey Khodā bīzār shod
Whoever grows worldly through greed finds, surely, that God has turned away from him.
چُون شُتُرْمُرْغی شِناس این نَفْس را │ نِه کِشَد بار و نِه پَرَد دَر هَوا
18.12 225 Chūn shotor-morghī shenās īn nafs rā │ na keshad bār-o na parad dar havā
Think of the self as an ostrich: it will neither carry a load nor fly through the air.
گَر «بِپَر» گوییَش گویَد «اُشْتُرَم» │ وَر نِهی بارَش بِگویَد «طایِرَم»
18.13 226 Gar “bepar” gūyī-ash gūyad “oshtoram” │ var nehī bārash begūyad “ṭāyeram”
Tell it to fly, and it says, “I am a camel”; load it, and it says, “I am a bird.”
چُون دِرَخْتِ زَهْر رَنْگَش دِلْکَش اَسْت │ لیک طَعْمَش تَلْخ و بویَش ناخُوش اَسْت
18.14 227 Chūn derakht-e zahr rangash delkash ast │ līk ṭaʿmash talkh-o būyash nākhosh ast
Like a poisonous tree, the self has alluring color but a bitter taste and foul smell.
گَر بِه طاعَت خوانی‌اش سُسْتی کُنَد │ لیک اَنْدَر مَعْصِیَت چُسْتی کُنَد
18.15 228 Gar be ṭāʿat khānī-ash sostī konad │ līk andar maʿṣiyat chostī konad
Call it to obedience and it drags its feet; call it to sin and it springs to life.
نَفْس را آن بِهْ کِه دَر زِنْدان کُنی │ هَر چِه فَرْمایَد خِلافِ آن کُنی
18.16 229 Nafs rā ān beh ke dar zendān konī │ har che farmāyad khelāf-e ān konī
The best course is to imprison the self and do the opposite of whatever it orders.
نیسْت دَرْمانَش بِه جُز جوع و عَطَش │ تا کِه سازی رام اَنْدَر طاعَتَش
18.17 230 Nīst darmānash be joz jūʿ-o ʿaṭash │ tā ke sāzī rām andar ṭāʿatash
Its only remedy is hunger and thirst, until you bring it to obedience.
چُون شُتُر دَر رَهْ دَرآی و بار کَش │ بارِ طاعَت بَر دَرِ جَبّار کَش
18.18 231 Chūn shotor dar rah darāy-o bār kash │ bār-e ṭāʿat bar dar-e Jabbār kash
Take to the road like a camel and carry the load of devotion to the Almighty’s door.
بارِ این دَر را بِه جان بایَد کِشید │ وَرْنِه هَمْچُون سَگ زَبان بایَد کِشید
18.19 232 Bār-e īn dar rā be jān bāyad keshīd │ varna hamchūn sag zabān bāyad keshīd
Carry the burden of this court with your whole being, or pant with your tongue out like a dog.
هَر کِه او گَرْدَن کِشَد زین بارها │ باشَد اَز نَفْرین بَر او اَنْبارها
18.20 233 Har ke ū gardan keshad zīn bār-hā │ bāshad az nafrīn bar ū anbār-hā
Whoever shrugs off these burdens brings heaps of curses upon himself.
کَرْدِه‌ای بارِ اَمانَت را قَبول │ اَز کِشیدَن پَس نَبایَد شُد مَلول
18.21 234 Karde-ī bār-e amānat rā qabūl │ az keshīdan pas nabāyad shod malūl
You accepted the burden of the trust; do not now tire of bearing it.
روزِ اَوَّل خُود فُضولی کَرْدِه‌ای │ وان فُضولی اَز جَهولی کَرْدِه‌ای
18.22 235 Rūz-e avval khod foẓūlī karde-ī │ vān foẓūlī az jahūlī karde-ī
At the very beginning you were presumptuous, and your presumption sprang from ignorance.
جُنْبِشی کُن ای پِسَر، کاهِل مَباش │ چُون بَلیٰ گُفْتی، بِه تَن تَنْبَل مَباش
18.23 236 Jonbeshī kon ey pesar, kāhel mabāsh │ chūn balā goftī, be tan tanbal mabāsh
Stir yourself, my son, and do not be idle; since you said “Yes,” do not let your body grow lazy.
هَر کِه اَنْدَر طاعَتَش کَسْلان بُوَد │ حاصِلَش گُمْراهی و خِذْلان بُوَد
18.24 237 Har ke andar ṭāʿatash kaslān bovad │ ḥāṣelash gomrāhī-o khezlān bovad
Whoever is sluggish in serving Him ends in error and abandonment.
راه پُرْخَوْف اَسْت و دُزْدان دَر کَمین │ رَهْبَری بَر تا نَمانی بَر زَمین
18.25 238 Rāh por-khowf ast-o dozdān dar kamīn │ rahbarī bar tā namānī bar zamīn
The road is full of danger and thieves lie in wait; take a guide so you are not left stranded.
مَنْزِلَت دورَسْت و بارَت بَس گِران │ کوشِشی کُن پَس مَمان اَز دیگَران
18.26 239 Manzelat dūr ast-o bārat bas gerān │ kūsheshī kon pas mamān az dīgarān
Your destination is far and your load heavy; make an effort and do not fall behind the rest.
هَر کِه دَر راه اَز گِرانْ‌باران بُوَد │ هَر دَمَش اَز دیدِه خونْ‌باران بُوَد
18.27 240 Har ke dar rāh az gerān-bārān bovad │ har damash az dīde khūn-bārān bovad
For one who carries too much on the road, tears of blood pour from the eyes at every step.
لاشِه‌ای داری، سَبُک کُن بارِ خویش │ وَرْنِه دَر رَهْ سَخْت بینی کارِ خویش
18.28 241 Lāshe-ī dārī, sabok kon bār-e khīsh │ varna dar rah sakht bīnī kār-e khīsh
Your mount is worn out: lighten its load, or you will find the road hard going.
چیسْت بارَت؟ جیفِهٔ دُنْیایِ دون │ کَز پِیِ آن گَشْتِه خوار و زَبون
18.29 242 Chīst bārat? jīfe-ye donyā-ye dūn │ kaz pey-e ān gashte khār-o zabūn
What is your load? The carrion of this base world, whose pursuit has brought you low.
وَقْتِ طاعَت تیزْرَو چُون باد باش │ وَز هَمِه کارِ جَهان آزاد باش
18.30 243 Vaqt-e ṭāʿat tīz-rav chūn bād bāsh │ vaz hame kār-e jahān āzād bāsh
Hurry to acts of devotion like the wind, and be free of the world’s concerns.
دَر بَیانِ تَواضُع و تَرْکِ تَکَلُّف
19 Humility and Renouncing Pretension
سَر چِه آرایی بِه دَسْتار، ای پِسَر؟ │ گَر تَوانی دِل بِه دَسْت آر، ای پِسَر
19.01 244 Sar che ārāyī be dastār, ey pesar? │ gar tavānī del be dast ār, ey pesar
Why adorn your head with a turban, my son, when you could win a heart instead?
تا نَگیری تَرْکِ عِزّ و مال و جاه │ اَز هَمِه بَر سَر نَیایی چُون کُلاه
19.02 245 Tā nagīrī tark-e ʿezz-o māl-o jāh │ az hame bar sar nayāyī chūn kolāh
Until you renounce honor, wealth, and rank, you will not rise above others like a cap.
نیسْت مَرْدی خویشْتَن آراسْتَن │ قَصْدِ جان کَرْد آن‌کِه او آراسْت تَن
19.03 246 Nīst mardī khīshtan ārāstan │ qaṣd-e jān kard ān-ke ū ārāst tan
Adorning yourself is no act of courage; whoever dresses the body attacks the soul.
نیسْت دَر تَن بِهْتَر اَز تَقْویٰ لِباس │ دَر تَکَلُّف مَرْد را نَبْوَد اَساس
19.04 247 Nīst dar tan behtar az taqvā lebās │ dar takallof mard rā nabvad asās
No garment suits the body better than piety; pretension gives a person no firm foundation.
هَر کِه او دَر بَنْدِ آرایِش بُوَد │ دَر جَهان فَرْزَنْدِ آسایِش بُوَد
19.05 248 Har ke ū dar band-e ārāyesh bovad │ dar jahān farzand-e āsāyesh bovad
Whoever is preoccupied with finery becomes a child of comfort in this world.
عاقِبَت جُز نامُرادی نَبْوَدَش │ بَهْرِه‌ای اَز عَیْش و شادی نَبْوَدَش
19.06 249 ʿĀqebat joz nāmorādī nabvadash │ bahre-ī az ʿeysh-o shādī nabvadash
In the end he finds only frustration, with no share of pleasure or happiness.
خُودْسِتایی پیشِهٔ شَیْطان بُوَد │ آن‌کِه خُود را کَم زَنَد مَرْد آن بُوَد
19.07 250 Khod-setāyī pīshe-ye sheyṭān bovad │ ān-ke khod rā kam zanad mard ān bovad
Self-praise is Satan’s trade; the true person makes little of himself.
گُفْت شَیْطان «مَن زِ آدَم بِهْتَرَم» │ تا قِیامَت گَشْت مَلْعون لاجَرَم
19.08 251 Goft sheyṭān “man ze Ādam behtaram” │ tā qiyāmat gasht malʿūn lājaram
Satan said, “I am better than Adam,” and so became accursed until the Resurrection.
اَز تَواضُع خاک مَرْدُم می‌شَوَد │ نور و نار اَز سَرْکَشی گُم می‌شَوَد
19.09 252 Az tavāẓoʿ khāk mardom mī-shavad │ nūr-o nār az sarkeshī gom mī-shavad
Through humility, dust becomes human; through arrogance, light and fire both come to nothing.
رانْدِه شُد اِبْلیس اَز مُسْتَکْبِری │ گَشْت مَقْبول آدَم اَز مُسْتَغْفِری
19.10 253 Rānde shod Eblīs az mostakberī │ gasht maqbūl Ādam az mostaghferī
Iblis was cast out for his pride; Adam was accepted for seeking forgiveness.
شُد عَزیز آدَم چُو اِسْتِغْفار کَرْد │ خوار شُد شَیْطان چُو اِسْتِکْبار کَرْد
19.11 254 Shod ʿazīz Ādam cho esteghfār kard │ khār shod sheyṭān cho estekbār kard
Adam was honored when he asked forgiveness; Satan was humbled when he grew arrogant.
دانِه پَسْت اُفْتَد، زِ بَر دَسْتَش کُنَنْد │ خوشِه چُون سَر بَرکُنَد پَسْتَش کُنَنْد
19.12 255 Dāne past oftad, ze bar dastash konand │ khūshe chūn sar bar konad pastash konand
The grain falls low and is raised in a hand; the ear lifts its head and is brought low.
دَر بَیانِ عَلامَت‌هایِ اَبْلَهی
20 Signs of Foolishness
چَار چیز آمَد نِشانِ اَبْلَهی │ با تُو گویَم تا بِیابی آگَهی
20.01 256 Chār chīz āmad neshān-e ablahī │ bā to gūyam tā biyābī āgahī
Four things mark a fool; I will tell you so that you may recognize them.
عَیْبِ خُود اَبْلَهْ نَبینَد دَر جَهان │ باشَد اَنْدَر جُسْتَنِ عَیْبِ کَسان
20.02 257 ʿEyb-e khod ablah nabīnad dar jahān │ bāshad andar jostan-e ʿeyb-e kasān
The fool cannot see his own faults, yet goes looking for faults in others.
تُخْمِ بُخْل اَنْدَر دِلِ خُود کاشْتَن │ وانْگَه اُمیدِ سَخاوَت داشْتَن
20.03 258 Tokhm-e bokhl andar del-e khod kāshtan │ vāngah omīd-e sakhāvat dāshtan
He plants the seed of stinginess in his heart and then hopes generosity will grow.
هَر کِه خَلْق اَز خُلْقِ او خُشْنود نیسْت │ هیچ قَدْرَش بَر دَرِ مَعْبود نیسْت
20.04 259 Har ke khalq az kholq-e ū khoshnūd nīst │ hīch qadrash bar dar-e Maʿbūd nīst
If people are not pleased with someone’s character, he has no standing at God’s door.
هَر کِه او را پیشِه بَدْخویی بُوَد │ کارِ او پَیْوَسْتِه بَدْرویی بُوَد
20.05 260 Har ke ū rā pīshe bad-khūyī bovad │ kār-e ū peyvaste bad-rūyī bovad
Whoever makes bad temper a habit goes through life with an ugly manner.
خویِ بَد بَر تَن بَلایِ جان بُوَد │ مَرْدُمِ بَدْخو نِه اَز اِنْسان بُوَد
20.06 261 Khūy-e bad bar tan balā-ye jān bovad │ mardom-e bad-khū na az ensān bovad
A bad disposition afflicts the soul in its body; the ill-tempered hardly count as human.
بُخْل شاخی اَز دِرَخْتِ دوزَخ اَسْت │ وان بَخیلَک اَز سَگانِ مَسْلَخ اَسْت
20.07 262 Bokhl shākhī az derakht-e dūzakh ast │ vān bakhīlak az sagān-e maslakh ast
Stinginess is a branch of the tree of hell; that little miser is like a dog at the slaughterhouse.
رویِ جَنَّت را کُجا بینَد بَخیل؟ │ پَشِه اُفْتادِه اَنْدَر پایِ پیل
20.08 263 Rū-ye jannat rā kojā bīnad bakhīl? │ pashe oftāde andar pā-ye pīl
How could a miser behold paradise? He is a gnat beneath an elephant’s foot.
باش اَز بُخْلِ بَخیلان بَر کَران │ تا نَباشی اَز شُمارِ اَبْلَهان
20.09 264 Bāsh az bokhl-e bakhīlān bar karān │ tā nabāshī az shomār-e ablahān
Keep clear of the misers’ stinginess, lest you be numbered among fools.
دَر بَیانِ عاقِبَت‌اندیشی
21 Thinking Ahead
اَز بَلا تا رَسْتِه گَرْدی، ای عَزیز │ باز بایَد داشْتَن دَسْت اَز دو چیز
21.01 265 Az balā tā raste gardī, ey ʿazīz │ bāz bāyad dāshtan dast az do chīz
To escape trouble, dear friend, you must withdraw your hand from two things.
رَو تُو دَسْت اَز نَفْس و دُنْیا باز دار │ تا بَلاها را نَباشَد با تُو کار
21.02 266 Rav to dast az nafs-o donyā bāz dār │ tā balā-hā rā nabāshad bā to kār
Take your hand away from self and world, so that afflictions leave you alone.
وَر بِه حِرْص و آز گَرْدی مُبْتَلا │ با تُو روی آرَد زِ هَر سو صَد بَلا
21.03 267 Var be ḥerṣ-o āz gardī mobtalā │ bā to rūy ārad ze har sū ṣad balā
But if you fall prey to greed and craving, a hundred troubles will come at you from every side.
آن‌کِه نَبْوَد هیچ نَقْدَش دَر مِیان │ هَر کُجا باشَد بُوَد اَنْدَر اَمان
21.04 268 Ān-ke nabvad hīch naqdash dar miyān │ har kojā bāshad bovad andar amān
One with no money at stake can be safe wherever he goes.
نَفْس و دُنْیا را رَها کُن، ای پِسَر │ باز رَسْتی اَز بَلا و اَز خَطَر
21.05 269 Nafs-o donyā rā rahā kon, ey pesar │ bāz rastī az balā-o az khaṭar
Let go of self and world, my son, and you will escape harm and danger.
ای بَسا کَس کَز بَرایِ نَفْسِ زار │ دَر بَلا اُفْتاد و گَشْت اَز غَم نِزار
21.06 270 Ey basā kas kaz barā-ye nafs-e zār │ dar balā oftād-o gasht az gham nezār
Many people, for the sake of their wretched selves, fall into trouble and waste away with grief.
اَز بَرایِ نَفْس مُرْغِ نامُراد │ آمَد و دَر دامِ صَیّاد اُوْفْتاد
21.07 271 Az barā-ye nafs morgh-e nāmorād │ āmad-o dar dām-e ṣayyād oftād
The luckless bird, driven by appetite, walks into the hunter’s trap.
تا دِلَت آرام یابَد، ای پِسَر │ بود و نابودِ جَهان یَکْسان شُمَر
21.08 272 Tā delat ārām yābad, ey pesar │ būd-o nābūd-e jahān yaksān shomar
My son, if you want peace of heart, regard the world’s presence and absence alike.
اَز عَذاب و قَهْرِ حَقّ ایمَن مَباش │ دَر پِیِ آزارِ هَر مُؤْمِن مَباش
21.09 273 Az ʿazāb-o qahr-e Ḥaqq īman mabāsh │ dar pey-e āzār-e har moʾmen mabāsh
Do not feel safe from God’s judgment, and do not set out to hurt any believer.
دَر بَلا یاری مَخواه اَز هیچ کَس │ زان‌کِه نَبْوَد جُز خُدا فَرْیادْرَس
21.10 274 Dar balā yārī makhāh az hīch kas │ zān-ke nabvad joz Khodā faryād-ras
In adversity, ask no one for help, for only God answers a cry for aid.
هَر کِه را رَنْجانْدِه عُذْرَش بِخواه │ تا نَباشَد خَصْمِ تُو دَر عَرْصِه‌گاه
21.11 275 Har ke rā ranjānde ʿozrash bekhāh │ tā nabāshad khaṣm-e to dar ʿarṣe-gāh
Ask forgiveness of anyone you have hurt, so they do not stand against you at the gathering place.
گَر غِنا خواهَد کَسی اَز ذُوالْمِنَن │ دَر قَناعَت می‌تَوانَش یافْتَن
21.12 276 Gar ghenā khāhad kasī az Zol-menan │ dar qanāʿat mī-tavānash yāftan
If someone seeks true wealth from the Giver of favors, it can be found in contentment.
دَر بَیانِ چَار چیز کِه صاحِبِ عَقْل و دانِش را اَز این‌ها دور بایَد بود
22 Four Things the Wise Should Avoid
هَر کِه را عَقْل اَسْت و دانِش، ای عَزیز │ دور بایَد بودَنَش اَز چَار چیز
22.01 277 Har ke rā ʿaql ast-o dānesh, ey ʿazīz │ dūr bāyad būdanash az chār chīz
Whoever has reason and knowledge, dear friend, should stay clear of four things.
کارِ خُود با ناسَزا نَکُنَد رَها │ مَرْدُمی نَکُنَد بِه جایِ ناسَزا
22.02 278 Kār-e khod bā nā-sazā nakonad rahā │ mardomī nakonad be jā-ye nā-sazā
One should not leave a task to an unfit person or give generous treatment to someone unworthy.
عَقْل داری؛ مَیْلِ بَدْکاری مَکُن │ زین چُو بِگْذَشْتی سَبُکْ‌ساری مَکُن
22.03 279 ʿAql dārī; meyl-e bad-kārī makon │ zīn cho begzashtī sabok-sārī makon
If you have sense, do not lean toward wrongdoing; having avoided that, do not act frivolously.
تا شَوی پیش اَز هَمِه دَر روزِگار │ دَسْت بَر نان و نَمَک بِگْشادِه دار
22.04 280 Tā shavī pīsh az hame dar rūzegār │ dast bar nān-o namak begshāde dār
If you want to lead others in your day, keep your hand open with bread and salt.
تا تُو باشی دَر زَمانِه دادْگَر │ زیرْدَسْتان را نِکو دار، ای پِسَر
22.05 281 Tā to bāshī dar zamāne dādgar │ zīr-dastān rā nekū dār, ey pesar
To be just in this world, my son, treat those under your authority well.
هَر کِه دَر پَنْدِ خُود آمَد اُستُوار │ پَنْدِ او را دیگَران بَنْدَنْد کار
22.06 282 Har ke dar pand-e khod āmad ostovār │ pand-e ū rā dīgarān bandand kār
When someone stands by his own advice, others put that advice to use.
هَر کِه اَز گُفْتارِ خُود باشَد مَلول │ قَوْلِ او را دیگَران نَکُنَنْد قَبول
22.07 283 Har ke az goftār-e khod bāshad malūl │ qowl-e ū rā dīgarān nakonand qabūl
If you tire of your own words, other people will not accept them either.
هَر چِه باشَد دَر شَریعَت ناپَسَنْد │ گِرْدِ او هَرْگِز مَگَرْد، ای هوشْمَنْد
22.08 284 Har che bāshad dar sharīʿat nā-pasand │ gerd-e ū hargez magard, ey hūshmand
Wise friend, keep away from anything the sacred law condemns.
تا صَوابِ کار بینی سَر بِه سَر │ بَر مُرادِ خُود مَکُن کار، ای پِسَر
22.09 285 Tā ṣavāb-e kār bīnī sar be sar │ bar morād-e khod makon kār, ey pesar
My son, if you want to see what is right in every matter, do not act on desire alone.
دَر صِنْعَتِ رَسْتِگاری
23 The Art of Deliverance
هَسْت بی‌شَک رَسْتِگاری دَر سِه چیز │ با تُو گویَم، یاد گیرَش، ای عَزیز
23.01 286 Hast bī-shak rastegārī dar se chīz │ bā to gūyam, yād gīrash, ey ʿazīz
Deliverance surely lies in three things; listen and remember them, dear friend.
زان یَکی تَرْسیدَنَسْت اَز ذُوالْجَلال │ دَوُّم آمَد جُسْتَنِ قوتِ حَلال
23.02 287 Zān yakī tarsīdan ast az Zol-jalāl │ dovvom āmad jostan-e qūt-e ḥalāl
The first is awe of the Majestic One; the second is seeking lawful food.
سِیُّومین رَفْتَن بُوَد بَر راهِ راسْت │ رَسْتِگارَسْت آن‌کِه این خِصْلَت رَواسْت
23.03 288 Seyyomīn raftan bovad bar rāh-e rāst │ rastegār ast ān-ke īn kheslat ravāst
The third is walking the straight path; whoever keeps these traits finds deliverance.
گَر تَواضُع پیشِه گیری، ای جَوان │ دوسْت دارَنْدَت هَمِه خَلْقِ جَهان
23.04 289 Gar tavāẓoʿ pīshe gīrī, ey javān │ dūst dārandat hame khalq-e jahān
Young friend, make humility your habit and people everywhere will love you.
سَر مَکُن دَر پیشِ دُنْیادارِ پَسْت │ وَر کُنی بی‌شَک رَوَد دینَت زِ دَسْت
23.05 290 Sar makon dar pīsh-e donyā-dār-e past │ var konī bī-shak ravad dīnat ze dast
Do not bow your head before a base, worldly person, or your faith will slip away.
بَهْرِ زَر مَسْتایِ دُنْیادار را │ تا چِه خواهی کَرْد این مُرْدار را
23.06 291 Bahr-e zar mastāy-e donyā-dār rā │ tā che khāhī kard īn mordār rā
Do not flatter a wealthy person for gold; what would you do with such carrion?
مَرْدِگانَنْد اَغْنِیایِ روزِگار │ ای پِسَر، با مَرْدِگان صُحْبَت مَدار
23.07 292 Mordegānand aghniyā-ye rūzegār │ ey pesar, bā mordegān soḥbat madār
The rich of this age are dead inside; my son, do not keep company with the dead.
مال و زَر بی‌حَدّ بِه دَسْت آوَرْدِه گیر │ بَعْد اَز آن دَر گورِ حَسْرَت بُرْدِه گیر
23.08 293 Māl-o zar bī-hadd be dast āvarde gīr │ baʿd az ān dar gūr-e ḥasrat borde gīr
Imagine acquiring boundless wealth; now imagine carrying it into the grave of regret.
دَر صِفَتِ ذِکْرِ اَللّٰهِ تَعالیٰ
24 On the Remembrance of God
باش دایِم، ای پِسَر، با یادِ حَقّ │ گَر خَبَر داری زِ عَدْل و دادِ حَقّ
24.01 294 Bāsh dāyem, ey pesar, bā yād-e Ḥaqq │ gar khabar dārī ze ʿadl-o dād-e Ḥaqq
My son, keep God in mind always, if you know anything of His justice and fairness.
زِنْدِه دار اَز ذِکْر صُبْح و شام را │ دَر تَغافُل مَگْذَران اَیّام را
24.02 295 Zende dār az zekr ṣobḥ-o shām rā │ dar taghāfol magzarān ayyām rā
Bring morning and evening to life with remembrance; do not let your days pass in heedlessness.
یادِ حَقّ آمَد غِذا این روح را │ مَرْهَم آمَد این دِلِ مَجْروح را
24.03 296 Yād-e Ḥaqq āmad ghezā īn rūḥ rā │ marham āmad īn del-e majrūḥ rā
The remembrance of God is food for the spirit and a balm for this wounded heart.
یادِ حَقّ گَر مونِسِ جانَت بُوَد │ کِی هَوایِ کاخ و ایْوانَت بُوَد؟
24.04 297 Yād-e Ḥaqq gar mūnes-e jānat bovad │ key havā-ye kākh-o eyvānat bovad?
If remembering God is your soul’s companion, how could you long for a palace and its halls?
گَر زَمانی غافِل اَز رَحْمٰن شَوی │ اَنْدَر آن دَم هَمْدَمِ شَیْطان شَوی
24.05 298 Gar zamānī ghāfel az Raḥmān shavī │ andar ān dam hamdam-e sheyṭān shavī
If you forget the Merciful for a moment, in that moment you become Satan’s companion.
مُؤْمِنا، ذِکْرِ خُدا بِسْیار گوی │ تا بِیابی دَر دو عالَم آبْروی
24.06 299 Moʾmenā, zekr-e Khodā besyār gūy │ tā biyābī dar do ʿālam āb-rūy
Believer, remember God often, so you may have honor in both worlds.
ذِکْر را اِخْلاص می‌بایَد نُخُسْت │ ذِکْرِ بی‌اِخْلاص کِی باشَد دُرُسْت؟
24.07 300 Zekr rā ekhlāṣ mī-bāyad nokhost │ zekr-e bī-ekhlāṣ key bāshad dorost?
Remembrance requires sincerity first; how can it be sound without sincerity?
ذِکْر بَر سِه وَجْه باشَد بی‌خِلاف │ تُو نَدانی این سُخَن را اَز گُزاف
24.08 301 Zekr bar se vajh bāshad bī-khelāf │ to nadānī īn sokhan rā az gozāf
Remembrance has three forms, without dispute; do not take this claim as idle talk.
عام را نَبْوَد بِه جُز ذِکْرِ لِسان │ ذِکْرِ خاصّان باشَد اَز دِل بی‌گُمان
24.09 302 ʿĀmm rā nabvad be joz zekr-e lesān │ zekr-e khāṣṣān bāshad az del bī-gomān
For ordinary people remembrance is on the tongue; for the elect it surely comes from the heart.
ذِکْرِ خاصِّ الْخاصّ ذِکْرِ سِرّ بُوَد │ هَر کِه ذاکِر نیسْت او خاسِر بُوَد
24.10 303 Zekr-e khāṣṣ al-khāṣṣ zekr-e serr bovad │ har ke zāker nīst ū khāser bovad
For the most select, remembrance lies in the innermost secret; whoever does not remember is the loser.
ذِکْرِ بی‌تَعْظیم گُفْتَن بِدْعَتَسْت │ وانْدَر آن یَک شَرْطِ دیگَر حُرْمَتَسْت
24.11 304 Zekr-e bī-taʿẓīm goftan bedʿat ast │ vāndar ān yak sharṭ-e dīgar ḥormat ast
To utter remembrance without reverence is a wrongful innovation; respect is another of its conditions.
هَسْت بَر هَر عُضْو را ذِکْرِ دِگَر │ هَفْت اَعْضا راسْت ذِکْری، ای پِسَر
24.12 305 Hast bar har ʿoẓv rā zekr-e degar │ haft aʿẓā rāst zekrī, ey pesar
Each part of the body has its own remembrance; seven members have their own forms, my son.
یاریِ هَر عاجِز آمَد ذِکْرِ دَسْت │ ذِکْرِ پا خویشان زِیارَت کَرْدَنَسْت
24.13 306 Yārī-ye har ʿājez āmad zekr-e dast │ zekr-e pā khīshān ziyārat kardan ast
Helping anyone in need is the hands’ remembrance; visiting relatives is the feet’s.
ذِکْرِ چَشْم اَز خَوْفِ حَقّ بِگْریسْتَن │ باز دَر آیاتِ او نِگْریسْتَن
24.14 307 Zekr-e chashm az khowf-e Ḥaqq begrīstan │ bāz dar āyāt-e ū negrīstan
The eyes remember by weeping in awe of God and then contemplating His signs.
اِسْتِماعِ قَوْلِ حَقّ دان ذِکْرِ گوش │ تا تَوانی روز و شَب دَر ذِکْر کوش
24.15 308 Estemāʿ-e qowl-e Ḥaqq dān zekr-e gūsh │ tā tavānī rūz-o shab dar zekr kūsh
Know that listening to God’s word is the ears’ remembrance; practice remembrance day and night.
اِشْتِیاقِ حَقّ بُوَد ذِکْرِ دِلَت │ کوش تا این ذِکْر گَرْدَد حاصِلَت
24.16 309 Eshteyāq-e Ḥaqq bovad zekr-e delat │ kūsh tā īn zekr gardad ḥāṣelat
Longing for God is the heart’s remembrance; strive to make that remembrance your own.
آن‌کِه اَز جَهْلَسْت دایِم دَر گُناه │ کِی حَلاوَت یابَد اَز ذِکْرِ اَللّٰه؟
24.17 310 Ān-ke az jahl ast dāyem dar gonāh │ key ḥalāvat yābad az zekr-e Allāh?
How can someone who persists in sin through ignorance taste the sweetness of remembering God?
خوانْدَنِ قُرْآن بُوَد ذِکْرِ لِسان │ هَر کِرا این نیسْت هَسْت اَز مُفْلِسان
24.18 311 Khāndan-e Qorʾān bovad zekr-e lesān │ har kerā īn nīst hast az moflesān
Reciting the Qurʾān is the tongue’s remembrance; whoever lacks it is among the destitute.
شُکْرِ نِعْمَت‌هایِ حَقّ می‌گو مُدام │ تا کُنَد حَقّ بَر تُو نِعْمَت‌ها تَمام
24.19 312 Shokr-e neʿmat-hā-ye Ḥaqq mī-gū modām │ tā konad Ḥaqq bar to neʿmat-hā tamām
Give thanks continually for God’s gifts, so He may bring His blessings upon you to fullness.
حَمْدِ حَقّ را بَر زَبان بِسْیار دار │ تا شَوی اَز نارِ حِرْمان رَسْتِگار
24.20 313 Ḥamd-e Ḥaqq rā bar zabān besyār dār │ tā shavī az nār-e ḥermān rastegār
Keep the praise of God often on your tongue, and you will escape the fire of deprivation.
لَب مَجُنْبان جُز بِذِکْرِ کِرْدِگار │ زان‌کِه پاکان را هَمین بودَسْت کار
24.21 314 Lab majonbān joz be-zekr-e Kerdegār │ zān-ke pākān rā hamīn būd ast kār
Move your lips only in remembrance of the Creator; this has always been the practice of the pure.
Brief reading notes
18.21–18.23 The “trust” recalls Qurʾān 33:72; the speaker’s “Yes” recalls 7:172. These are allusions, not verbatim quotations. See https\://legacy.quran.com/33/72 and https\://legacy.quran.com/7/172 .
18.28 Lāshe here is an exhausted mount within the extended travel image; the English does not treat it as a corpse.
19.08–19.11 Satan’s assertion paraphrases Qurʾān 7:12. Adam’s asking forgiveness contrasts with Satan’s pride. See https\://legacy.quran.com/7/12 .
19.09 The compressed “light and fire” image is translated literally; its precise force remains uncertain.
22.04 “Bread and salt” stands for feeding and welcoming others; the scan reads “ahead of everyone,” while the comparison text reads “more than everyone.”
23.08 The selected print says “blindness of regret.” A witnessed reading “grave of regret” is used in the text and logged in the guide.
24.12–24.18 The poem promises seven bodily members, but the following lines explicitly name hands, feet, eyes, ears, heart, and tongue. No seventh member has been added.
Next volume begins with Section 25, On Four Qualities Good for People, at global couplet 315.
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