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  • خواست یاری گفت چون بیرون روی  ** پیش شه گردد امورت مستوی 
  • He besought him for help and said, “When you come out (of prison), your affairs will prosper with the king.
  • یاد من کن پیش تخت آن عزیز  ** تا مرا هم وا خرد زین حبس نیز 
  • Make mention of me before the throne of that mighty prince, that he may redeem (release) me also from this prison.”
  • کی دهد زندانیی در اقتناص  ** مرد زندانی دیگر را خلاص 
  • (But) how should a prisoner in captivity give release to another imprisoned man?
  • اهل دنیا جملگان زندانیند  ** انتظار مرگ دار فانیند 
  • All the people of this world are prisoners (waiting) in expectation of death in the abode that is passing away;
  • جز مگر نادر یکی فردانیی  ** تن بزندان جان او کیوانیی  3405
  • Except, to be sure, in the rare case of one who is single (fardání), one whose body is in the prison (of this world) and his spirit like Saturn (in the seventh heaven).
  • پس جزای آنک دید او را معین  ** ماند یوسف حبس در بضع سنین 
  • Therefore, in retribution for having regarded him (the fellow-prisoner) as a helper, Joseph was left in prison for several years.
  • یاد یوسف دیو از عقلش سترد  ** وز دلش دیو آن سخن از یاد برد 
  • The Devil erased from his mind the recollection of Joseph and removed from his memory those words (which Joseph had spoken).
  • زین گنه کامد از آن نیکوخصال  ** ماند در زندان ز داور چند سال 
  • In consequence of the sin which proceeded from that man of goodly qualities (Joseph), he was left in prison for several years by the (Divine) Judge,
  • که چه تقصیر آمد از خورشید داد  ** تا تو چون خفاش افتی در سواد 
  • Who said, “What failure was shown by the Sun of justice that thou shouldst fall, like a bat, into the blackness (of night)?
  • هین چه تقصیر آمد از بحر و سحاب  ** تا تو یاری خواهی از ریگ و سراب  3410
  • Hark, what failure was shown by the sea and the cloud that thou shouldst seek help from the sand and the mirage?