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  • هم ز لطف و جوش جان با ثمن  ** پرده‌ای بر روی جان شد شخص تن 
  • ’Tis from the purity and (ceaseless) agitation of the precious Spirit that the bodily figure has veiled the face of the Spirit.

  • پس مثل بشنو که در افواه خاست  ** که اینچ بر ماست ای برادر هم ز ماست 
  • Hearken, then, to the adage that issued from the mouths (of men)—“this which is (cast) upon us, O brother, is (derived) from us.”

  • زین حجاب این تشنگان کف‌پرست  ** ز آب صافی اوفتاده دوردست  3430
  • Because of this veil, these thirsty ones who are (so) fond of the foam have got out of reach of the pure Water.

  • آفتابا با چو تو قبله و امام  ** شب‌پرستی و خفاشی می‌کنیم 
  • “O (Divine) Sun, notwithstanding (that we have) a qibla (object of adoration) and Imám like Thee, we worship the night and behave in the manner of bats.

  • سوی خود کن این خفاشان را مطار  ** زین خفاشیشان بخر ای مستجار 
  • Make these bats to fly towards Thee and redeem them from this bat-like disposition, O Thou whose protection is implored!

  • این جوان زین جرم ضالست و مغیر  ** که بمن آمد ولی او را مگیر 
  • This youth (the Amír), by (committing) this sin, has gone astray and trespassed (against Thee), for he came to me (for help); but do not chastise him.”

  • در عماد الملک این اندیشه‌ها  ** گشته جوشان چون اسد در بیشه‌ها 
  • In the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk these thoughts were raging like a lion (rushing) through the jungles.

  • ایستاده پیش سلطان ظاهرش  ** در ریاض غیب جان طایرش  3435
  • His exterior (person) stood before the Sultan, (but) his soaring spirit was in the meadows of the Unseen.

  • چون ملایک او به اقلیم الست  ** هر دمی می‌شد به شرب تازه مست 
  • Like the angels, he was momently being intoxicated with fresh draughts (of spiritual wine) in the realm of Alast;

  • اندرون سور و برون چون پر غمی  ** در تن هم‌چون لحد خوش عالمی 
  • Inwardly (merry as) a wedding-feast, but outwardly like a man filled with sorrow; a delectable world (concealed) in a tomb-like body.

  • او درین حیرت بد و در انتظار  ** تا چه پیدا آید از غیب و سرار 
  • He was in this (state of) bewilderment and waiting to see what would appear from the (world of) things occult and mysterious,

  • اسپ را اندر کشیدند آن زمان  ** پیش خوارمشاه سرهنگان کشان 
  • (When) at that time the officers brought the horse along into the presence of the Khwárizmsháh.

  • الحق اندر زیر این چرخ کبود  ** آن‌چنان کره به قد و تگ نبود  3440
  • Verily beneath this azure sky there was no (other) colt like that in (tallness and comeliness of) figure and in fleetness.

  • می‌ربودی رنگ او هر دیده را  ** مرحب آن از برق و مه زاییده را 
  • Its colour (splendid appearance) dazzled every eye: (all would exclaim), “Hail to the (steed) born of the lightning and the moon!”

  • هم‌چو مه هم‌چون عطارد تیزرو  ** گوییی صرصر علف بودش نه جو 
  • It moved as swiftly as the moon and Mercury: you might say that its fodder was the sarsar wind, not barley.

  • ماه عرصه‌ی آسمان را در شبی  ** می‌برد اندر مسیر و مذهبی 
  • The moon traverses the expanse of heaven in one night during a single journey and course.

  • چون به یک شب مه برید ابراج را  ** از چه منکر می‌شوی معراج را 
  • Since the moon traversed the signs of the zodiac in one night, wherefore wilt thou disbelieve the Ascension (of the Prophet)?

  • صد چو ماهست آن عجب در یتیم  ** که به یک ایماء او شد مه دو نیم  3445
  • That wondrous orphan Pearl is as a hundred moons, for at a nod from him the moon became (split in) two halves.

  • آن عجب کو در شکاف مه نمود  ** هم به قدر ضعف حس خلق بود 
  • (Even) the marvel which he displayed in splitting the moon was only according to the measure of the weakness of the perception possessed by the (common) people.

  • کار و بار انبیا و مرسلون  ** هست از افلاک و اخترها برون 
  • The work and business of the prophets and (Divine) messengers is beyond the skies and the stars.

  • تو برون رو هم ز افلاک و دوار  ** وانگهان نظاره کن آن کار و بار 
  • Do thou also go beyond (transcend) the skies and the revolving (orb), and then contemplate that work and business.

  • در میان بیضه‌ای چون فرخ‌ها  ** نشنوی تسبیح مرغان هوا 
  • (Whilst) thou art inside the egg, like chicks, thou canst not hear the glorification of God by the birds of the (supermundane) air.

  • معجزات این‌جا نخواهد شرح گشت  ** ز اسپ و خوارمشاه گو و سرگذشت  3450
  • The miracles (of the Prophet) will not be set forth here: tell of the horse and the Khwárizmsháh and what happened.

  • آفتاب لطف حق بر هر چه تافت  ** از سگ و از اسپ فر کهف یافت 
  • Whatsoever the sun of God's grace shines upon, whether it be dog or horse, gains (is endowed with) the glory of the Cave;

  • تاب لطفش را تو یکسان هم مدان  ** سنگ را و لعل را داد او نشان 
  • Yet deem not the radiance of His grace to be uniform: it has given a sign (distinctive character) to the pebble and the ruby.

  • لعل را زان هست گنج مقتبس  ** سنگ را گرمی و تابانی و بس 
  • From that (radiance) the ruby has a borrowed treasure, (while) the pebble has only heat and brightness.

  • 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;

  • وان خیالی باشد و ابریق نی  ** قصد آن دلال جز تخریق نی 
  • But ’tis a (mere) phantom and not (really) a jug: the aim of the broker (the Devil) is naught but trickery.

  • این زمان که تو صحیح و فربهی  ** صدق را بهر خیالی می‌دهی  3465
  • At this (present) time, when you are healthy and fat, you are giving up the Truth for a phantom.

  • می‌فروشی هر زمانی در کان  ** هم‌چو طفلی می‌ستانی گردگان 
  • You are constantly selling the pearls of the (spiritual) mine and taking walnuts (in exchange), like a child;

  • پس در آن رنجوری روز اجل  ** نیست نادر گر بود اینت عمل 
  • Therefore it is no wonder if you act in this (same) way in the (mortal) sickness of your day of doom (death).

  • در خیالت صورتی جوشیده‌ای  ** هم‌چو جوزی وقت دق پوسیده‌ای 
  • You have concocted an idea (a vain notion) in your fancy: when you are rattled (tested) like a walnut, you are (proved to be) rotten.

  • هست از آغاز چون بدر آن خیال  ** لیک آخر می‌شود هم‌چون هلال 
  • In the beginning that phantom resembles the full-moon, but in the end it will become like the new-moon.

  • گر تو اول بنگری چون آخرش  ** فارغ آیی از فریب فاترش  3470
  • If you regard its first (state) as being (really) like its last (state), you will be quit of its feeble deception.

  • جوز پوسیده‌ست دنیا ای امین  ** امتحانش کم کن از دورش ببین 
  • This world is a rotten walnut: O man of trust, do not make trial of it, (but) behold it from afar.

  • شاه دید آن اسپ را با چشم حال  ** وآن عمادالملک با چشم مل 
  • The king viewed the horse with regard to the present, while the ‘Imádu ’l- Mulk (viewed it) with regard to the future.

  • چشم شه دو گز همی دید از لغز  ** چشم آن پایان‌نگر پنجاه گز 
  • The king's eye, because of (its) distortion, saw (only) two ells, (but) the eye of him who regarded the end saw fifty ells.

  • آن چه سرمه‌ست آنک یزدان می‌کشد  ** کز پس صد پرده بیند جان رشد 
  • What a (wondrous) collyrium is that which God applies (to the spiritual eye), so that the spirit discerns the truth behind a hundred curtains!

  • چشم مهتر چون به آخر بود جفت  ** پس بدان دیده جهان را جیفه گفت  3475
  • Since the Chief's (the Prophet's) eye was ever fixed on the end, by reason of (seeing with) that eye he called the world a carcase.

  • زین یکی ذمش که بشنود او وحسپ  ** پس فسرد اندر دل شه مهر اسپ 
  • On hearing only this single (word of) blame from him (the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk), the love (that was) in the king's heart for the horse became chilled.

  • چشم خود بگذاشت و چشم او گزید  ** هوش خود بگذاشت و قول او شنید 
  • He abandoned his own eye and preferred his (the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk's) eye: he abandoned his own intelligence and hearkened to his (the other's) words.