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پس بجوشیدند اسرائیلیان ** از پگه تا جانب میدان دوان
- The Israelites, then, bestirred themselves mightily, running betimes towards the maydán.
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چون بحیلتشان به میدان برد او ** روی خود ننمودشان بس تازه‌رو
- When he (Pharaoh) by cunning had brought them into the maydán, he displayed his face to them, looking very fresh (cheerful and gay).
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کرد دلداری و بخششها بداد ** هم عطا هم وعده‌ها کرد آن قباد
- He showed fondness and gave presents: that Emperor bestowed both gifts and promises.
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بعد از آن گفت از برای جانتان ** جمله در میدان بخسپید امشبان 870
- After that, he said: “For your lives' sake, do ye all sleep in the maydán tonight!”
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پاسخش دادند که خدمت کنیم ** گر تو خواهی یک مه اینجا ساکنیم
- They answered him, saying, “We will do service (to thee): if thou desire, we will dwell here a month.”
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بازگشتن فرعون از میدان به شهر شاد بتفریق بنی اسرائیل از زنانشان در شب حمل
- How Pharaoh returned from the maydán to the city, glad at having parted the Israelites from their wives on the night of the conception (of Moses).
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شه شبانگه باز آمد شادمان ** کامشبان حملست و دورند از زنان
- At nightfall the King came back (to the city), rejoicing and saying (to himself), “The conception is to-night, and they are far from their wives.”
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خازنش عمران هم اندر خدمتش ** هم به شهر آمد قرین صحبتش
- ‘Imrán, his treasurer, also came to the city in attendance upon him as his companion.
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گفت ای عمران برین در خسپ تو ** هین مرو سوی زن و صحبت مجو
- He said, “O ‘Imrán, do thou sleep at this door. Beware! go not to thy wife or seek to lie with her.”
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گفت خسپم هم برین درگاه تو ** هیچ نندیشم بجز دلخواه تو 875
- He replied, “I will sleep at this portal of thine; I will think of naught but thy pleasure.”
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بود عمران هم ز اسرائیلیان ** لیک مر فرعون را دل بود و جان
- ‘Imrán, too, was one of the Israelites, but he was (dear as) heart and soul to Pharaoh.