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4042-4051

  • ساعتیشان کرد مشغول سخن  ** از قضیه تازه و راز کهن 
  • For a while he engaged them (the courtiers) in conversation concerning new event and old mystery.

  • بعد از آن دادش به دست حاجبی  ** که چه ارزد این به پیش طالبی 
  • Afterwards he put it (the pearl) into the hand of a chamberlain, saying, "What is it worth to a would-be purchaser?"

  • گفت ارزد این به نیمه‌ی مملکت  ** کش نگهدارا خدا از مهلکت 
  • He replied, “It is worth half a kingdom: may God preserve it from destruction!”

  • گفت بشکن گفت ای خورشیدتیغ  ** بس دریغست این شکستن را دریغ  4045
  •  “Break it,” said he. “O thou whose sword is like the sun he replied, “alas, ‘tis a great pity to break it.

  • قیمتش بگذار بین تاب و لمع  ** که شدست این نور روز او را تبع 
  • Let alone its value, mark its splendour and brilliancies: this (shining) daylight has become second to it.

  • دست کی جنبد مرا در کسر او  ** که خزینه‌ی شاه را باشم عدو 
  • How should my hand make a movement to break it? How should I be an enemy to the King’s treasure-house?”

  • شاه خلعت داد ادرارش فزود  ** پس دهان در مدح عقل او گشود 
  • The King gave him a robe of honour and increased his stipend, and then opened his mouth in praise of his (the chamberlain’s) intelligence;

  • بعد یک ساعت به دست میر داد  ** در را آن امتحان کن باز داد 
  • After a short time he who was making the trial again handed the pearl to the Minister of Justice (Mir-i dád).

  • او همین گفت و همه میران همین  ** هر یکی را خلعتی داد او ثمین  4050
  • He said the same, and all the (other) Amirs said the same: he (the King) bestowed a costly robe of honour on every one (of them). .

  • جامگیهاشان همی‌افزود شاه  ** آن خسیسان را ببرد از ره به جاه 
  • The King was raising their salaries, (but in truth) he brought those base wretches from the Way (of salvation) to the pit (of perdition).