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  • هم‌چو این خامان با طبل و علم  ** که الاقانیم در فقر و عدم 
  • (This is) like (the behaviour of) these raw (ignorant) persons (who come) with drum and banner, saying, “We are couriers (speeding) in (the path of spiritual) poverty and non-existence,”

  • لاف شیخی در جهان انداخته  ** خویشتن را بایزیدی ساخته 
  • (Who) boast far and wide of being Shaykhs and make out that they have (attained to) the rank of Báyazíd,

  • هم ز خود سالک شده واصل شده  ** محفلی واکرده در دعوی‌کده 
  • And, having (as they claim) travelled away from themselves and become united (with God), open a conventicle (for disciples) in the abode of pretension.

  • خانه‌ی داماد پرآشوب و شر  ** قوم دختر را نبوده زین خبر  2550
  • (While) the bridegroom's house is full of turmoil and trouble, the girl's family know nothing about it.

  • ولوله که کار نیمی راست شد  ** شرطهایی که ز سوی ماست شد 
  • (The bridegroom's people raise) an outcry, saying, “Half the affair is concluded: the conditions that are (necessary) on our side have been fulfilled.

  • خانه‌ها را روفتیم آراستیم  ** زین هوس سرمست و خوش برخاستیم 
  • We have swept and garnished the rooms and have risen up (from our labour) intoxicated and glad with this ardent desire (to receive the bride).”

  • زان طرف آمد یکی پیغام نی  ** مرغی آمد این طرف زان بام نی 
  • Has any message come from over there? “No.” Has any bird come hither from that roof? “No.”

  • زین رسالات مزید اندر مزید  ** یک جوابی زان حوالیتان رسید 
  • After (all) these missives (which ye have sent) one on the top of another, has any answer reached you from that neighbourhood?

  • نی ولیکن یار ما زین آگهست  ** زانک از دل سوی دل لا بد رهست  2555
  • “No; but our Friend is acquainted with this (matter), because inevitably there is a way from heart to heart.”

  • پس از آن یاری که اومید شماست  ** از جواب نامه ره خالی چراست 
  • Why, then, is the way devoid of (any) answer to (your) letter from the Friend who is (the object of) your hope?

  • صد نشانست از سرار و از جهار  ** لیک بس کن پرده زین در بر مدار 
  • There are a hundred signs (of response), (both) secret and manifest; but desist, do not lift the curtain from this door.

  • باز رو تا قصه‌ی آن دلق گول  ** که بلا بر خویش آورد از فضول 
  • Return to the story of that foolish Dalqak who brought tribulation on himself by his silly meddling.

  • پس وزیرش گفت ای حق را ستن  ** بشنو از بنده‌ی کمینه یک سخن 
  • Afterwards the vizier said to him (the king), “O Pillar of the Truth, hear a word from thy humble slave.

  • دلقک از ده بهر کاری آمدست  ** رای او گشت و پشیمانش شدست  2560
  • Dalqak came from the country on some (wicked) enterprise; (but now) his mind is changed and he has repented.

  • ز آب و روغن کهنه را نو می‌کند  ** او به مسخرگی برون‌شو می‌کند 
  • He is making the old (corruption) new with water and oil (varnish), he is evading (punishment) by means of buffoonery.

  • غمد را بنمود و پنهان کرد تیغ  ** باید افشردن مرورا بی‌دریغ 
  • He has displayed the scabbard and concealed the sword: he must be tortured without mercy.

  • پسته را یا جوز را تا نشکنی  ** نی نماید دل نی بدهد روغنی 
  • Unless you break the pistachio or walnut, it will neither reveal its heart (kernel) nor give any oil.

  • مشنو این دفع وی و فرهنگ او  ** در نگر در ارتعاش و رنگ او 
  • Do not listen to this skilful defence of his; look at his trembling and his (pallid) colour.

  • گفت حق سیماهم فی وجههم  ** زانک غمازست سیما و منم  2565
  • God hath said, ‘Their mark is on their faces,’ for the mark is an informer and tell-tale.

  • این معاین هست ضد آن خبر  ** که بشر به سرشته آمد این بشر 
  • This ocular evidence is opposed to that story (told by Dalqak), for this (whole race of) mankind are moulded of evil.”

  • گفت دلقک با فغان و با خروش  ** صاحبا در خون این مسکین مکوش 
  • “O Sáhib,” cried Dalqak, wailing and sobbing, “do not endeavour to shed the blood of this miserable wretch.

  • بس گمان و وهم آید در ضمیر  ** کان نباشد حق و صادق ای امیر 
  • Many a thought and fancy that is not real and true comes into the mind, O Prince.

  • ان بعض الظن اثم است ای وزیر  ** نیست استم راست خاصه بر فقیر 
  • Verily, some suspicion is a sin, O Vizier: injustice is not right, especially (when it is done) to a poor man.

  • شه نگیرد آنک می‌رنجاندش  ** از چه گیرد آنک می‌خنداندش  2570
  • The king does not chastise one who vexes him: wherefore should he chastise one who makes him laugh?”

  • گفت صاحب پیش شه جاگیر شد  ** کاشف این مکر و این تزویر شد 
  • The words of the Sáhib (vizier) impressed the king, and he resolved to clear up this deceit and imposture.