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2079-2088

  • (With such reflections) they were returning to the King, covered with dust and pale-faced and ashamed.
  • باز می‌گشتند سوی شهریار  ** پر ز گرد و روی زرد و شرمسار 

  • How the plotters returned from the chamber of Ayáz to the King with empty bags and overcome by shame, as those who thought ill of the prophets, on whom be peace, (shall be confounded) at the time when their (the prophets') innocence and holiness shall be made manifest; for (God hath said), “on the Day when (some) faces shall be white and (some) faces shall be black,” and He hath said, “and thou shalt see those who lied against God, their faces blackened.”
  • بازگشتن نمامان از حجره‌ی ایاز به سوی شاه توبره تهی و خجل هم‌چون بدگمانان در حق انبیا علیهم‌السلام بر وقت ظهور برائت و پاکی ایشان کی یوم تبیض وجوه و تسود وجوه و قوله تری الذین کذبوا علی الله وجوههم مسودة 

  • The King, (speaking) with a purpose, said, “What has happened? for your arms are empty of gold and purses; 2080
  • شاه قاصد گفت هین احوال چیست  ** که بغلتان از زر و همیان تهیست 

  • And if ye have concealed the pounds and pence, (then) where is the brightness of joy (that should appear) on cheeks and countenance?
  • ور نهان کردید دینار و تسو  ** فر شادی در رخ و رخسار کو 

  • Although the roots of every rooty (tree) are hidden, (yet) the leaves—their marks (upon) their faces—are green.
  • گرچه پنهان بیخ هر بیخ آورست  ** برگ سیماهم وجوهم اخضرست 

  • Lo, the lofty bough is proclaiming what the root has imbibed, whether it be poison or sugar.
  • آنچ خورد آن بیخ از زهر و ز قند  ** نک منادی می‌کند شاخ بلند 

  • If the root is leafless and without sap, what (then) are (signify) the green leaves on the bough?
  • بیخ اگر بی‌برگ و از مایه تهیست  ** برگهای سبز اندر شاخ چیست 

  • The earth lays a seal on the root's tongue, (but) the bough, its hand and foot, is bearing witness.” 2085
  • بر زبان بیخ گل مهری نهد  ** شاخ دست و پا گواهی می‌دهد 

  • All those trusted (officers) began to excuse themselves: they fell prostrate, like a shadow in the presence of the moon.
  • آن امینان جمله در عذر آمدند  ** هم‌چو سایه پیش مه ساجد شدند 

  • In excuse for that heat (hot-headedness) and boasting and egoism they went to the King with sword and winding-sheet,
  • عذر آن گرمی و لاف و ما و من  ** پیش شه رفتند با تیغ و کفن 

  • All of them biting their fingers from shame, and every one saying, “O King of the world,
  • از خجالت جمله انگشتان گزان  ** هر یکی می‌گفت کای شاه جهان