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1163-1172

  • شکل کرباسی نموده ماهتاب ** آن بپیموده فروشیده شتاب
  • They caused the moonshine to appear like a piece of linen: they measured and sold it speedily,

  • سیم برده مشتری آگه شده ** دست از حسرت به رخها بر زده
  • And took the silver away: the purchaser, on becoming aware (of the fraud), would smite his hand upon his cheeks in grief.

  • صد هزاران همچنین در جادوی ** بوده منشی و نبوده چون روی 1165
  • They were the inventors of a hundred thousand such (tricks) in sorcery, and were not (following others) like the rhyme-letter.

  • چون بدیشان آمد آن پیغام شاه ** کز شما شاهست اکنون چاره‌خواه
  • When the King's message reached them, (to this effect): “The king is now desiring help from you,

  • از پی آنک دو درویش آمدند ** بر شه و بر قصر او موکب زدند
  • Because two dervishes have come and marched in force against the King and his palace.

  • نیست با ایشان بغیر یک عصا ** که همی‌گردد به امرش اژدها
  • They have naught with them except one rod, which becomes a dragon at his (Moses') command.

  • شاه و لشکر جمله بیچاره شدند ** زین دو کس جمله به افغان آمدند
  • The King and the whole army are helpless: all have been brought to lamentation by these two persons.

  • چاره‌ای می‌باید اندر ساحری ** تا بود که زین دو ساحر جان بری 1170
  • A remedy must be sought in magic, that maybe thou wilt save (their) lives from these two enchanters—”

  • آن دو ساحر را چو این پیغام داد ** ترس و مهری در دل هر دو فتاد
  • When he (the messenger) gave the message to those two magicians, a (great) fear and love descended on the hearts of them both.

  • عرق جنسیت چو جنبیدن گرفت ** سر به زانو بر نهادند از شگفت
  • When the vein of homogeneity began to throb, they laid their heads upon their knees in astonishment.