He replied, “I heard in the country that the king had proclaimed on every highway
گفت من در ده شنیدم آنک شاه ** زد منادی بر سر هر شاه‌راه
That he required some one to run to Samarcand in three days and would bestow (his) treasures (on the courier).
که کسی خواهم که تازد در سه روز ** تا سمرقند و دهم او را کنوز
I hurried to you in order to say that I am not able to do it.
من شتابیدم بر تو بهر آن ** تا بگویم که ندارم آن توان
For one like me such agility is impossible: at all events do not expect this of me.”
این چنین چستی نیاید از چو من ** باری این اومید را بر من متن
“Curse your hurry!” cried the king; “for (in consequence of it) a hundred confusions have arisen in the city.2545
گفت شه لعنت برین زودیت باد ** که دو صد تشویش در شهر اوفتاد
(Is it only) for this trifle, O half-baked fool, (that) you have set fire to this meadow and hay?”
از برای این قدر خام‌ریش ** آتش افکندی درین مرج و حشیش
(This is) like (the behaviour of) these raw (ignorant) persons (who come) with drum and banner, saying, “We are couriers (speeding) in (the path of spiritual) poverty and non-existence,”
هم‌چو این خامان با طبل و علم ** که الاقانیم در فقر و عدم
(Who) boast far and wide of being Shaykhs and make out that they have (attained to) the rank of Báyazíd,
لاف شیخی در جهان انداخته ** خویشتن را بایزیدی ساخته
And, having (as they claim) travelled away from themselves and become united (with God), open a conventicle (for disciples) in the abode of pretension.
هم ز خود سالک شده واصل شده ** محفلی واکرده در دعوی‌کده
(While) the bridegroom's house is full of turmoil and trouble, the girl's family know nothing about it.2550
خانه‌ی داماد پرآشوب و شر ** قوم دختر را نبوده زین خبر