- His countenance pale with anguish and both lips blue. Then Solomon said, “Good sir, what is the matter?”
- رویش از غم زرد و هر دو لب کبود ** پس سلیمان گفت ای خواجه چه بود
- He replied, “Azrael cast on me such a look, so full of wrath and hate.”
- گفت عزراییل در من این چنین ** یک نظر انداخت پر از خشم و کین
- “Come,” said the king, “what (boon) do you desire now? Ask (it)!” “O protector of my life,” said he, “command the wind,
- گفت هین اکنون چه می‌‌خواهی بخواه ** گفت فرما باد را ای جان پناه
- To bear me from here to India. Maybe, when thy slave is come thither he will save his life.” 960
- تا مرا ز ینجا به هندستان برد ** بو که بنده کان طرف شد جان برد
- Lo, the people are fleeing from poverty: hence are they a mouthful for (a prey to) covetousness and expectation.
- نک ز درویشی گریزانند خلق ** لقمه‌‌ی حرص و امل ز آنند خلق
- The fear of poverty is like that (man's) terror: know thou that covetousness and striving are (like) India (in this tale).
- ترس درویشی مثال آن هراس ** حرص و کوشش را تو هندستان شناس
- He (Solomon) commanded the wind to bear him quickly over the water to the uttermost part of India.
- باد را فرمود تا او را شتاب ** برد سوی قعر هندستان بر آب
- Next day, at the time of conference and meeting, Solomon said to Azrael:
- روز دیگر وقت دیوان و لقا ** پس سلیمان گفت عزراییل را
- “Didst thou look with anger on that Moslem in order that he might wander (as an exile) far from his home?” 965
- کان مسلمان را بخشم از چه چنان ** بنگریدی تا شد آواره ز خان
- Azrael said, “When did I look (on him) angrily? I saw him as I passed by, (and looked at him) in astonishment,
- گفت من از خشم کی کردم نظر ** از تعجب دیدمش در رهگذر