Hekayat No. 11: I was a child when I asked a great man about puberty. He said, in the written...
حکایت شماره ۱۱: طفل بودم که بزرگی را پرسیدم از بلوغ. گفت در مسطور ...
I was a child when I asked a great man about puberty. He said that it is written that it has three signs: one is fifteen years of age, the second is nocturnal emission, and the third is the growth of pubic hair.
طفل بودم که بزرگی را پرسیدم از بلوغ. گفت در مسطور آمده است که سه نشان دارد: یکی پانزده سالگی و دیگر احتلام و سیم بر آمدن موی پیش.
But in truth, it has only one sign, and that is that you should be more concerned with the pleasure of God Almighty than with your own selfish desires, and anyone in whom this quality is not found is not considered mature by researchers.
اما در حقیقت یک نشان دارد و بس، آن که در بند رضای حق جلّ و علا بیش از آن باشی که در بند حظّ نفس خویش و هر آن که در او این صفت موجود نیست به نزد محققان بالغ نشمارندش.
A drop of water became a human in form
That remained in the womb for forty days
به صورت آدمی شد قطرهٔ آب
که چل روزش قرار اندر رحم ماند
And if a forty-year-old has no wisdom and manners
He cannot truly be called a human being
و گر چل ساله را عقل و ادب نیست
به تحقیقش نشاید آدمی خواند
Generosity and kindness are humanity
Do not consider it merely a physical form
جوانمردی و لطف است آدمیت
همین نقش هیولانی مپندار
Skill is needed, for a form can be made
On the walls, with vermilion and verdigris
هنر باید که صورت می توان کرد
به ایوانها در از شنگرف و زنگار
When a human has no virtue and kindness
What is the difference between a human and a painted wall?
چو انسان را نباشد فضل و احسان
چه فرق از آدمی تا نقش دیوار
Acquiring the world is not a skill
If you can, win someone's heart
به دست آوردن دنیا هنر نیست
یکی را گر توانی دل به دست آر
Hekayat No. 11: I was a child when I asked a great man about puberty. He said, in the written...
Book: Gulistan