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4028-4052

  • مرده‌ای باشم به من حق بنگرد  ** به از آن زنده که باشد دور و رد 
  • (If) I be a dead man and (if) God look on me (with favour), (my case is) better than (that of) the living man who is far (from God) and rejected (by Him).

  • مغز مردی این شناس و پوست آن  ** آن برد دوزخ برد این در جنان 
  • Recognise this (abandonment of sensuality) to be the kernel of manliness, and that (indulgence in sensuality) to be the husk: the latter leads to Hell, the former to Paradise.

  • حفت الجنه مکاره را رسید  ** حفت النار از هوا آمد پدید  4030
  • (The Tradition) “Paradise is encompassed with things disliked” has come (down to us); “Hell-fire is encompassed with sensual desire” has been declared.

  • ای ایاز شیر نر دیوکش  ** مردی خر کم فزون مردی هش 
  • “O Ayáz, fierce demon-killing lion, (thou in whom) the manliness of the ass is inferior (subjugated), the manliness of Reason superior (predominant),

  • آنچ چندین صدر ادراکش نکرد  ** لعب کودک بود پیشت اینت مرد 
  • That which so many eminent persons did not apprehend was to thee child's play: lo, here is the (true) man!

  • ای به دیده لذت امر مرا  ** جان سپرده بهر امرم در وفا 
  • O thou who hast felt the delight of (obeying) my command and hast loyally devoted thy life for the sake of my command,

  • داستان ذوق امر و چاشنیش  ** بشنو اکنون در بیان معنویش 
  • Now hearken to the tale of the savour and relish of (obeying) the (Divine) command (as related) in the (following) spiritual exposition thereof.”

  • دادن شاه گوهر را میان دیوان و مجمع به دست وزیر کی این چند ارزد و مبالغه کردن وزیر در قیمت او و فرمودن شاه او را کی اکنون این را بشکن و گفت وزیر کی این را چون بشکنم الی آخر القصه 
  • How the King (Mahmud), in the midst of (the company present in) the Diwán and assembly-place, put a pearl in the hand of the Vizier and asked him what it was worth; and how the Vizier gave an extremely high estimate of its value; and when the King commanded hi to break it, answered, “How should I break it?” and so forth.

  • شاه روزی جانب دیوان شتافت  ** جمله ارکان را در آن دیوان بیافت  4035
  • One day the King hastened to the Diwán: in the Diwán he found all the courtiers (assembled).

  • گوهری بیرون کشید او مستنیر  ** پس نهادش زود در کف وزیر 
  • He produced a radiant pearl and immediately put it in the palm of the Vizier.

  • گفت چونست و چه ارزد این گهر  ** گفت به ارزد ز صد خروار زر 
  • “How about this pearl?” he asked, “and what is it worth?” He replied, “ is worth more than a hundred ass-loads of gold.”

  • گفت بشکن گفت چونش بشکنم  ** نیک‌خواه مخزن و مالت منم 
  • He said, “Break it!” “How should I break it?” he replied: “I am a well-wisher to thy treasury and riches.

  • چون روا دارم که مثل این گهر  ** که نیاید در بها گردد هدر 
  • How should I deem it allowable that a priceless pearl like this should go to waste?”

  • گفت شاباش و بدادش خلعتی  ** گوهر از وی بستد آن شاه و فتی  4040
  •  “Well said!” exclaimed the King and presented him with a dress of honour; the generous King took the pearl from him,

  • کرد ایثار وزیر آن شاه جود  ** هر لباس و حله کو پوشیده بود 
  • (But) the munificent monarch bestowed on the Vizier every garment and robe that he wore.

  • 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).

  • این چنین گفتند پنجه شصت امیر  ** جمله یک یک هم به تقلید وزیر 
  • All the fifty or sixty Amirs, one by one, spoke like this in imitation of the Vizier.