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  • عاقبت پیدا شود آثار این ** چون علامتها رسید ای نازنین
  • In the end the effects of this will be made manifest, forasmuch as the signs have (already) appeared, O beloved.”

  • در زمان از سوی میدان نعره‌ها ** می‌رسید از خلق و پر می‌شد هوا 890
  • Forthwith from the direction of the maydán loud cries were (heard) coming from the people, and the air was filled (with noise).

  • شاه از آن هیبت برون جست آن زمان ** پابرهنه کین چه غلغلهاست هان
  • Thereupon the King, in terror, sprang forth bare-footed (from his chamber), saying, “Hark, what are these tumults?

  • از سوی میدان چه بانگست و غریو ** کز نهیبش می‌رمد جنی و دیو
  • What is the noise and uproar from the direction of the maydán, in fear whereof genie and demon are fleeing in dismay?”

  • گفت عمران شاه ما را عمر باد ** قوم اسرائیلیانند از تو شاد
  • ‘Imrán said, “May our King live (long)! The people of Israel are rejoicing on account of thee.

  • از عطای شاه شادی می‌کنند ** رقص می‌آرند و کفها می‌زنند
  • Because of the bounty of the King they are making merry and dancing and clapping their hands.”

  • گفت باشد کین بود اما ولیک ** وهم و اندیشه مرا پر کرد نیک 895
  • He (Pharaoh) said, “Maybe it is this, but it makes me very suspicious and anxious.

  • ترسیدن فرعون از آن بانگ
  • How Pharaoh was frightened by the noise.

  • این صدا جان مرا تغییر کرد ** از غم و اندوه تلخم پیر کرد
  • This sound hath marred my soul and aged me with bitter pain and grief.”

  • پیش می‌آمد سپس می‌رفت شه ** جمله شب او همچو حامل وقت زه
  • The King was pacing to and fro, all night he was even as a woman in the hour of childbirth.

  • هر زمان می‌گفت ای عمران مرا ** سخت از جا برده است این نعره‌ها
  • Every moment he would say, “O ‘Imrán, these clamours have upset me mightily.”

  • زهره نه عمران مسکین را که تا ** باز گوید اختلاط جفت را
  • Poor ‘Imrán had not the courage to relate his intercourse with his wife,

  • که زن عمران به عمران در خزید ** تا که شد استاره‌ی موسی پدید 900
  • How the wife of ‘Imrán had stolen to his side, so that the star of Moses appeared.

  • هر پیمبر که در آید در رحم ** نجم او بر چرخ گردد منتجم
  • Whenever any prophet enters into the womb, his star becomes conspicuous in the sky.

  • پیدا شدن استاره‌ی موسی علیه السلام بر آسمان و غریو منجمان در میدان
  • The appearance of the star of Moses, on whom be peace, in the sky and the outcry of the astrologers in the maydán.

  • بر فلک پیدا شد آن استاره‌اش ** کوری فرعون و مکر و چاره‌اش
  • His star appeared in the sky, to the confusion of Pharaoh and his plots and devices.

  • روز شد گفتش که ای عمران برو ** واقف آن غلغل و آن بانگ شو
  • Day broke: he (Pharaoh) said to him (‘Imrán), “O ‘Imrán, go, inform thyself concerning that uproar and noise.”

  • راند عمران جانب میدان و گفت ** این چه غلغل بود شاهنشه نخفت
  • ‘Imrán rode to the maydán and said, “What uproar was this? The King of kings has not slept.”

  • هر منجم سر برهنه جامه‌پاک ** همچو اصحاب عزا بوسیده خاک 905
  • Every astrologer, with head bare and garment rent, kissed the earth (before him), like mourners.

  • همچو اصحاب عزا آوازشان ** بد گرفته از فغان و سازشان
  • Their voices were choked with lamentation, like mourners, and their guise (dishevelled).

  • ریش و مو بر کنده رو بدریدگان ** خاک بر سر کرده خون‌پر دیدگان
  • They had plucked out their beards and hair; their faces were torn; they had cast earth on their heads, and their eyes were filled with blood.

  • گفت خیرست این چه آشوبست و حال ** بد نشانی می‌دهد منحوس سال
  • He (‘Imrán) said, “Is it well (with you)? What is this perturbation and emotion? Does the unlucky year give an evil sign?”

  • عذر آوردند و گفتند ای امیر ** کرد ما را دست تقدیرش اسیر
  • They offered excuses and said, “O Amír, the hand of His predestination hath made us captive.

  • این همه کردیم و دولت تیره شد ** دشمن شه هست گشت و چیره شد 910
  • We have done all this, and (now) Fortune is darkened: the King's enemy has come into being and has prevailed.

  • شب ستاره‌ی آن پسر آمد عیان ** کوری ما بر جبین آسمان
  • During the night the star of that boy became clearly visible, to our confusion, on the front of heaven.

  • زد ستاره‌ی آن پیمبر بر سما ** ما ستاره‌بار گشتیم از بکا
  • The star of that prophet shot up in the sky: we, from weeping, began to shed stars (glistening tears).”

  • با دل خوش شاد عمران وز نفاق ** دست بر سر می‌بزد کاه الفراق
  • ‘Imrán, with a right glad heart and from hypocrisy, was beating his hands on his head and crying, “Alas, all is lost.”