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  • آنک بر دیوار افتد آفتاب  ** آن‌چنان نبود کز آب و اضطراب 
  • (The radiance of) the sun falling on a wall is not the same as (when it is reflected) from water and quivering movement.

  • چون دمی حیران شد از وی شاه فرد  ** روی خود سوی عماد الملک کرد  3455
  • After the peerless king had been astounded by (gazing at) it (the horse) for a moment, he turned his face to the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk,

  • کای اچی بس خوب اسپی نیست این  ** از بهشتست این مگر نه از زمین 
  • Saying, “O vizier, is not this an exceedingly beautiful horse? Surely it belongs to Paradise, not to the earth.”

  • پس عماد الملک گفتش ای خدیو  ** چون فرشته گردد از میل تو دیو 
  • Thereupon the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk said to him, “O emperor, a demon is made angelic by thy (fond) inclination.

  • در نظر آنچ آوری گردید نیک  ** بس گش و رعناست این مرکب ولیک 
  • That on which thou lookest (fondly) becomes (appears good (to thee). This steed is very handsome and graceful, and yet

  • هست ناقص آن سر اندر پیکرش  ** چون سر گاوست گویی آن سرش 
  • The head is a blemish in its (elegant) form: you might say that its head is like the head of an ox.”

  • در دل خوارمشه این دم کار کرد  ** اسپ را در منظر شه خوار کرد  3460
  • These words worked on the heart of the Khwárizmsháh and caused the horse to be cheap in the king's sight.

  • چون غرض دلاله گشت و واصفی  ** از سه گز کرباس یابی یوسفی 
  • When prejudice becomes a go-between and describer (of beauty), you may get (buy) a Joseph for three ells of linen.

  • چونک هنگام فراق جان شود  ** دیو دلال در ایمان شود 
  • When the hour arrives for the spirit's parting (from the body), the Devil becomes a broker (depreciator) of the pearl of Faith,

  • پس فروشد ابله ایمان را شتاب  ** اندر آن تنگی به یک ابریق آب 
  • And then in that (moment of) sore distress the fool hastily sells his faith for a jug of water;