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3442-3451

  • دور عیسی بود و ایام مسیح  ** خلق دلدار و کم‌آزار و ملیح 
  • ’Twas the epoch of Jesus and the days of the Messiah: he (the Amír) was beloved of the people and unoppressive and agreeable.

  • آمدش مهمان بناگاهان شبی  ** هم امیری جنس او خوش‌مذهبی 
  • Suddenly one night, another Amír, a person of good principles (who was) congenial to him, came seeking his hospitality.

  • باده می‌بایستشان در نظم حال  ** باده بود آن وقت ماذون و حلال 
  • They wanted wine in order to enjoy themselves: at that period wine was permissible and lawful;

  • باده‌شان کم بود و گفتا ای غلام  ** رو سبو پر کن به ما آور مدام  3445
  • (But) they had no wine, so he (the Amír) said to his slave, “Go, fill the jug and fetch us wine

  • از فلان راهب که دارد خمر خاص  ** تا ز خاص و عام یابد جان خلاص 
  • From such-and-such a Christian ascetic who has choice wine, that the soul (in us) may win release from high and low.”

  • جرعه‌ای زان جام راهب آن کند  ** که هزاران جره و خمدان کند 
  • One draught from the Christian ascetic's cup has the same effect as thousands of wine-jars and wine-cellars.

  • اندر آن می مایه‌ی پنهانی است  ** آنچنان که اندر عبا سلطانی است 
  • In that (Christian's) wine there is a hidden (spiritual) substance, even as (spiritual) sovereignty is (hidden) in the dervish-cloak.

  • تو بدلق پاره‌پاره کم نگر  ** که سیه کردند از بیرون زر 
  • Do not regard (merely) the tattered cloak, for they have put black on the outside of the gold.

  • از برای چشم بد مردود شد  ** وز برون آن لعل دودآلود شد  3450
  • On account of the evil eye he (the dervish) becomes (apparently) reprobate, and that (spiritual) ruby is tarnished with smoke on the outside.

  • گنج و گوهر کی میان خانه‌هاست  ** گنجها پیوسته در ویرانه‌هاست 
  • When are treasures and jewels (exposed to view) in the rooms of a house? Treasures are always (hidden) in ruins.