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  • Though he stave in the boat, do not speak a word; though he kill a child, do not tear thy hair.
  • گر چه کشتی بشکند تو دم مزن ** گر چه طفلی را کشد تو مو مکن‌‌

  • God has declared that his (the Pír's) hand is as His own, since He gave out (the words) the Hand of God is above their hands.
  • دست او را حق چو دست خویش خواند ** تا يد الله فوق أيدیهم براند

  • The Hand of God causes him (the child) to die and (then) brings him to life. What of life? He makes him a spirit everlasting.
  • دست حق میراندش زنده‌‌ش کند ** زنده چه بود جان پاینده‌‌ش کند

  • If any one, by rare exception, traversed this Way alone (without a Pír), he arrived (at his goal) through the help of the spiritual influence of the Pírs.
  • هر که تنها نادرا این ره برید ** هم به عون همت پیران رسید

  • The hand of the Pír is not withdrawn from the absent (those who are not under his authority): his hand is naught but the grasp of God. 2975
  • دست پیر از غایبان کوتاه نیست ** دست او جز قبضه‌‌ی الله نیست‌‌

  • Inasmuch as they give such a robe of honour to the absent, (what must they give their disciples?): undoubtedly the present are better than the absent.
  • غایبان را چون چنین خلعت دهند ** حاضران از غایبان لا شک بهند

  • Since they are bestowing (spiritual) food on the absent, see what bounties they must lay before the guest.
  • غایبان را چون نواله می‌‌دهند ** پیش مهمان تا چه نعمتها نهند

  • Where is one that girds himself (for service) before the king to (i.e. how far superior is he to) one that is outside the door?
  • کو کسی که پیش شه بندد کمر ** تا کسی که هست بیرون سوی در

  • When thou hast chosen thy Pír, be not faint-hearted, be not weak as water and crumbly as earth.
  • چون گزیدی پیر نازک دل مباش ** سست و ریزیده چو آب و گل مباش‌‌

  • If thou art enraged by every blow, then how wilt thou become a (clear) mirror without being polished? 2980
  • گر بهر زخمی تو پر کینه شوی ** پس کجا بی‌‌صیقل آیینه شوی‌‌

  • How the man of Qazwín was tattooing the figure of a lion in blue on his shoulders, and (then) repenting because of the (pain of the) needle-pricks.
  • کبودی زدن قزوینی بر شانگاه صورت شیر و پشیمان شدن او به سبب زخم سوزن‌‌

  • Hear from the narrator this story about the way and custom of the people of Qazwín.
  • این حکایت بشنو از صاحب بیان ** در طریق و عادت قزوینیان‌‌

  • They tattoo themselves in blue with the point of a needle on body and hand and shoulders, so as to suffer no injury.
  • بر تن و دست و کتفها بی‌‌گزند ** از سر سوزن کبودیها زنند

  • A certain man of Qazwín went to a barber and said, “Tattoo me (and) do it charmingly (artistically).”
  • سوی دلاکی بشد قزوینیی ** که کبودم زن بکن شیرینیی‌‌

  • “O valiant sir,” said he, “what figure shall I tattoo?” He answered, “Prick in the figure of a furious lion.
  • گفت چه صورت زنم ای پهلوان ** گفت بر زن صورت شیر ژیان‌‌

  • Leo is my ascendant: tattoo the form of a lion. Exert yourself, prick in plenty of the blue dye.” 2985
  • طالعم شیر است نقش شیر زن ** جهد کن رنگ کبودی سیر زن‌‌

  • “On what place,” he asked, “shall I tattoo you?” Said he, “Prick the design on my shoulder-blade.”
  • گفت بر چه موضعت صورت زنم ** گفت بر شانه‌‌گهم زن آن رقم‌‌

  • As soon as he began to stick in the needle, the pain of it settled in the shoulder,
  • چون که او سوزن فرو بردن گرفت ** درد آن در شانگه مسکن گرفت‌‌

  • And the hero fell a-moaning—“O illustrious one, you have killed me: what figure are you tattooing?”
  • پهلوان در ناله آمد کای سنی ** مر مرا کشتی چه صورت می‌‌زنی‌‌

  • “Why,” said he, “you bade me do a lion.” “What limb (of the lion),” asked the other, “did you begin with?”
  • گفت آخر شیر فرمودی مرا ** گفت از چه عضو کردی ابتدا

  • “I have begun at the tail,” said he. “O my dear friend,” he cried, “leave out the tail! 2990
  • گفت از دمگاه آغازیده‌‌ام ** گفت دم بگذار ای دو دیده‌‌ام‌‌

  • My breath is stopped by the lion's tail and rump: his rump has tightly closed (choked) my windpipe.
  • از دم و دمگاه شیرم دم گرفت ** دمگه او دمگهم محکم گرفت‌‌

  • Let the lion be without a tail, O lion-maker, for my heart is faint from the blows of the prong (the tattooer's needle).”
  • شیر بی‌‌دم باش گو ای شیر ساز ** که دلم سستی گرفت از زخم گاز

  • That person commenced to prick in (the blue) on another part (of the man's shoulder) without fear, without favour, without mercy.
  • جانب دیگر گرفت آن شخص زخم ** بی‌‌محابا بی‌‌مواسا بی‌‌ز رحم‌‌

  • He yelled—“Which of his members is this?” “This is his ear, my good man,” the barber replied.
  • بانگ کرد او کاین چه اندام است از او ** گفت این گوش است ای مرد نکو

  • “O Doctor,” said he, “let him have no ears: omit the ears and cut the frock short.” 2995
  • گفت تا گوشش نباشد ای حکیم ** گوش را بگذار و کوته کن گلیم‌‌