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2511-2535

  • داشت کاری در سمرقند او مهم  ** جست‌الاقی تا شود او مستتم 
  • He (the king) had an urgent affair in Samarcand, and wanted a courier in order that he might conclude it.
  • زد منادی هر که اندر پنج روز  ** آردم زانجا خبر بدهم کنوز 
  • (Therefore) he proclaimed that he would bestow (his) treasures on any one who should bring him news from there in five days.
  • دلقک اندر ده بد و آن را شنید  ** بر نشست و تا بترمد می‌دوید 
  • Dalqak was in the country and heard of that (proclamation): he mounted (a horse) and galloped to Tirmid.
  • مرکبی دو اندر آن ره شد سقط  ** از دوانیدن فرس را زان نمط 
  • Two horses dropped (dead) on the way because of his galloping in that (furious) manner.
  • پس به دیوان در دوید از گرد راه  ** وقت ناهنگام ره جست او به شاه  2515
  • Then, (fresh) from the dust of the road, he ran into the council-chamber and demanded admission to the king at an untimely hour.
  • فجفجی در جمله‌ی دیوان فتاد  ** شورشی در وهم آن سلطان فتاد 
  • A whispered rumour arose in the council, and a (feeling of) agitation came into the mind of the Sultan.
  • خاص و عام شهر را دل شد ز دست  ** تا چه تشویش و بلا حادث شدست 
  • The hearts of the nobles and populace of the city were stricken with panic, (for they wondered) what disturbance and calamity had occurred,
  • یا عدوی قاهری در قصد ماست  ** یا بلایی مهلکی از غیب خاست 
  • (Saying), “Either a conquering enemy is about to attack us or a deadly calamity has emerged from the Unseen,
  • که ز ده دلقک به سیران درشت  ** چند اسپی تازی اندر راه کشت 
  • For Dalqak, riding hard from the country, has killed several Arab horses on the way.”
  • جمع گشته بر سرای شاه خلق  ** تا چرا آمد چنین اشتاب دلق  2520
  • The people gathered at the king's palace, wondering why Dalqak had come in such a hurry.
  • از شتاب او و فحش اجتهاد  ** غلغل و تشویش در ترمد فتاد 
  • Because of his (hot) haste and the enormity of his exertions, tumult and commotion arose in Tirmid;
  • آن یکی دو دست بر زانوزنان  ** وآن دگر از وهم واویلی‌کنان 
  • One man (was) beating both hands against his knee, while another, from presentiment of evil, was uttering woeful cries.
  • از نفیر و فتنه و خوف نکال  ** هر دلی رفته به صد کوی خیال 
  • On account of the hubbub and distraction and the dread of punishment every heart went to (wander in) a hundred streets (haunts) of phantasy.
  • هر کسی فالی همی‌زد از قیاس  ** تا چه آتش اوفتاد اندر پلاس 
  • Every one was taking an omen (predicting) by conjecture (and trying to guess) what had set the rug on fire.
  • راه جست و راه دادش شاه زود  ** چون زمین بوسید گفتش هی چه بود  2525
  • He (Dalqak) sought admission and the king at once granted it to him. When he kissed the earth (in homage), the king said to him, “Hey, what's the matter?”
  • هرکه می‌پرسید حالی زان ترش  ** دست بر لب می‌نهاد او که خمش 
  • Whenever any one asked that sour-faced man for some particulars, he laid his hand on his lips as though to say “Hush!”
  • وهم می‌افزود زین فرهنگ او  ** جمله در تشویش گشته دنگ او 
  • (Their) apprehension was increased by his gravity: all were perplexed and dumbfounded by him.
  • کرد اشارت دلق که ای شاه کرم  ** یک‌دمی بگذار تا من دم زنم 
  • Dalqak made a gesture, as though to say, “O gracious king, let me have a moment to take breath,
  • تا که باز آید به من عقلم دمی  ** که فتادم در عجایب عالمی 
  • That my wits may once come back to me, for I am fallen into a marvellous state (of exhaustion).”
  • بعد یک ساعت که شه از وهم و ظن  ** تلخ گشتش هم گلو و هم دهن  2530
  • After a little while, during which both the throat and the mouth of the king were made bitter by (anxious) foreboding and surmise—
  • که ندیده بود دلقک را چنین  ** که ازو خوشتر نبودش هم‌نشین 
  • Because he had never seen Dalqak like this; for there was no companion more agreeable to him than he;
  • دایما دستان و لاغ افراشتی  ** شاه را او شاد و خندان داشتی 
  • He was always bringing up stories and jests and keeping the king in merriment and laughter.
  • آن چنان خندانش کردی در نشست  ** که گرفتی شه شکم را با دو دست 
  • When sitting (with him) he used to make him laugh so (heartily) that the king would grip his belly with both hands;
  • که ز زور خنده خوی کردی تنش  ** رو در افتادی ز خنده کردنش 
  • And (many a time) his body sweated from the violence of his laughter and he would fall on his face with laughing.
  • باز امروز این چنین زرد و ترش  ** دست بر لب می‌زند کای شه خمش  2535
  • (How strange, then, that) to-day, on the contrary, he (Dalqak), pale and grim like this, is laying his hand on his lips as though to say, “Hush, O King!”