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1861-1870

  • شاه فرمود ای عجب آن بنده را  ** چیست خود پنهان و پوشیده ز ما 
  • The King said, “Oh, I wonder what in sooth that servant (of mine) has that is hidden and concealed from me.”

  • پس اشارت کرد میری را که رو  ** نیم‌شب بگشای و اندر حجره شو 
  • Then he gave orders to a certain Amír, saying, “Go at midnight and open (the door) and enter the room.

  • هر چه یابی مر ترا یغماش کن  ** سر او را بر ندیمان فاش کن 
  • Whatever you find is yours: plunder him, expose his secret to the courtiers.

  • با چنین اکرام و لطف بی‌عدد  ** از لیمی سیم و زر پنهان کند 
  • Notwithstanding such innumerable kindnesses and favours (as I have bestowed upon him), does he meanly hide silver and gold (from me)?

  • می‌نماید او وفا و عشق و جوش  ** وانگه او گندم‌نمای جوفروش  1865
  • He professes loyalty and love and enthusiasm—and then (after all) he is one who shows wheat and sells barley!

  • هر که اندر عشق یابد زندگی  ** کفر باشد پیش او جز بندگی 
  • To any one who finds life in love, aught but (devoted) service would seem infidelity.”

  • نیم‌شب آن میر با سی معتمد  ** در گشاد حجره‌ی او رای زد 
  • At midnight the Amír with thirty trusted (officers) set out to open his chamber,

  • مشعله بر کرده چندین پهلوان  ** جانب حجره روانه شادمان 
  • And all these valiant men, carrying torches, moved joyfully in that direction,

  • که امر سلطانست بر حجره زنیم  ** هر یکی همیان زر در کش کنیم 
  • Saying, “’Tis the Sultan's command: let us raid the room and each of us pocket a purse of gold.”

  • آن یکی می‌گفت هی چه جای زر  ** از عقیق و لعل گوی و از گهر  1870
  • “Hey!” cried one of them, “why trouble about gold?” Talk (rather) of cornelians and rubies and (all sorts of) jewels.