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Jami - Fatihat al-Shabab - People of dignity
Identifier
015142
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
At the beginning of his literary career, before he joined the Naqshbandis, Jami
was not interested in being identified with the court. In his first diwan, Fatihat al-Shabab,
there are poems that express his ideology in this regard. He writes:
A description of the experience
Fatihat al-Shabab
لب نيالايد اهل همت ا ز خوان خسان
هر که قانع شد به خشک و تر، شه بحرو برست
طامعا ن از بهر لقمه پيش هر خس سر نهند
قانعان را خنده بر شاه و امير کشو ر است
People of dignity do not stain their lips eating from the spread of wicked people,
Whoever is content with plain bread and water, is the king of land and sea,
Greedy ones for a crump of bread bend their head for the misers,
The contented ones laugh at kings and viziers.