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385-394

  • چون امیران از حسد جوشان شدند  ** عاقبت بر شاه خود طعنه زدند  385
  • When the Amírs boiled over with envy (of Ayáz), at last they taunted their King,

  • کین ایاز تو ندارد سی خرد  ** جامگی سی امیر او چون خورد 
  • Saying, “This Ayáz of thine has not thirty intellects: how should he consume the salary of thirty Amírs?”

  • شاه بیرون رفت با آن سی امیر  ** سوی صحرا و کهستان صیدگیر 
  • The King, accompanied by the thirty Amírs, went out to hunt in the desert and mountain-land.

  • کاروانی دید از دور آن ملک  ** گفت امیری را برو ای متفک 
  • The monarch descried a caravan in the distance: he said to an Amír, “Go, man of weak judgement,

  • رو بپرس آن کاروان را بر رصد  ** کز کدامین شهر اندر می‌رسد 
  • Go and ask that caravan at the custom-house from what city they are arriving.”

  • رفت و پرسید و بیامد که ز ری  ** گفت عزمش تا کجا درماند وی  390
  • He went and asked and returned, saying, “From Rayy.” “Whither bound?” asked the King. He (the Amír) was unable (to reply).

  • دیگری را گفت رو ای بوالعلا  ** باز پرس از کاروان که تا کجا 
  • (Then) he said to another (Amír), “Go, noble lord, and ask whither the caravan is bound.”

  • رفت و آمد گفت تا سوی یمن  ** گفت رختش چیست هان ای موتمن 
  • He went and returned and said, “For Yemen.” “Ha,” said the King, “what is their merchandise, O trusty one?”

  • ماند حیران گفت با میری دگر  ** که برو وا پرس رخت آن نفر 
  • He (the Amír) remained (silent) in perplexity. (Then) the King said to another Amír, “Go and inquire (what is) the merchandise of those people.”

  • باز آمد گفت از هر جنس هست  ** اغلب آن کاسه‌های رازیست 
  • He came back and said, “It is of every sort; the greater part consists of cups made in Rayy.”