The prince knelt before the King, (while) ten announcers gave a description of his state.
شاه‌زاده پیش شه زانو زده ** ده معرف شارح حالش شده
Although the King knew it all long ago, yet the announcer was performing the duties of his office.
گرچه شه عارف بد از کل پیش پیش ** لیک می‌کردی معرف کار خویش
O sincere man, a single atom of the light of (mystic) knowledge within (thee) is better than a hundred announcers.
در درون یک ذره نور عارفی ** به بود از صد معرف ای صفی
To confine one's attention to the announcer is a mark of being debarred (from access to real knowledge) and of (being preoccupied with) conjecture and (mere) opinion.
گوش را رهن معرف داشتن ** آیت محجوبیست و حزر و ظن
He whose scout is his inward eye—his eye will behold with the very acme of clairvoyance.4405
آنک او را چشم دل شد دیدبان ** دید خواهد چشم او عین العیان
His soul is not content with traditional authority; nay, his feeling of (absolute) certainty comes from the inward eye.
با تواتر نیست قانع جان او ** بل ز چشم دل رسد ایقان او
Then the announcer opened his lips to describe his (the eldest brother's) plight in the presence of the elect King.
پس معرف پیش شاه منتجب ** در بیان حال او بگشود لب
He said, “O King, he is fallen a prey to thy beneficence: show kingly favour (to him), for he has no means of escape.
گفت شاها صید احسان توست ** پادشاهی کن که بی بیرون شوست
He has clutched the saddle-strap of this empire: stroke his distraught head with thy (royal) hand!”
دست در فتراک این دولت زدست ** بر سر سرمست او بر مال دست
The King replied, “This youth will obtain (from me) every high dignity and sovereignty that he seeks.4410
گفت شه هر منصبی و ملکتی ** که التماسش هست یابد این فتی