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  • The penury which arises from contentment and piety is distinct from the poverty and penury of the base.
  • قلتی کان از قناعت وز تقاست ** آن ز فقر و قلت دونان جداست

  • If that one (the beggar) find a single groat, he bows his head (in homage), while this one (the righteous man) in his lofty aspiration recoils from a treasure of gold.
  • حبه‌ای آن گر بیابد سر نهد ** وین ز گنج زر به همت می‌جهد

  • The king who from cupidity is betaking himself to everything unlawful— the man of noble mind calls him a beggar.” 3135
  • شه که او از حرص قصد هر حرام ** می‌کند او را گدا گوید همام

  • She (the prince's mother) said, “Where are his cities and castles (to furnish) the wedding-outfit, or (where are his means of) scattering gems and pieces of gold?”
  • گفت کو شهر و قلاع او را جهاز ** یا نثار گوهر و دینار ریز

  • He (the king) said, “Begone! Whosoever prefers to care for religion, God cuts off from him all remaining cares.”
  • گفت رو هر که غم دین برگزید ** باقی غمها خدا از وی برید

  • The king prevailed and gave (in marriage) to him (his son) a maiden of goodly nature, belonging to the family of a righteous man.
  • غالب آمد شاه و دادش دختری ** از نژاد صالحی خوش جوهری

  • Verily, she had none to rival her in loveliness: her face was brighter than the sun at morn.
  • در ملاحت خود نظیر خود نداشت ** چهره‌اش تابان‌تر از خورشید چاشت

  • Such was the maiden's beauty; and her qualities were such that, on account of their excellence, they are not (to be) contained in (any) description. 3140
  • حسن دختر این خصالش آنچنان ** کز نکویی می‌نگنجد در بیان

  • Make religion thy prey, that in consequence (as a corollary) there may come (to thee) beauty and riches and power and advantageous fortune.
  • صید دین کن تا رسد اندر تبع ** حسن و مال و جاه و بخت منتفع

  • Know that the next world, in respect of ownership, is (like) files of camels: the present world is its corollary, like the (camels') hair and dung.
  • آخرت قطار اشتر دان به ملک ** در تبع دنیاش هم‌چون پشم و پشک

  • (If) thou choose the hair, the camel will not be thine, and if the camel be thine, what value has the hair?
  • پشم بگزینی شتر نبود ترا ** ور بود اشتر چه قیمت پشم را

  • When the marriage (matrimonial alliance) with the family of the uncontentious righteous folk was achieved (successfully arranged) by the king,
  • چون بر آمد این نکاح آن شاه را ** با نژاد صالحان بی مرا

  • By (Divine) destiny a decrepit old witch, who was in love with the handsome and generous prince— 3145
  • از قضا کمپیرکی جادو که بود ** عاشق شه‌زاده‌ی با حسن و جود

  • An old woman of Kábul—bewitched him with a sorcery of which the magic of Babylon (itself) would be envious.
  • جادوی کردش عجوزه‌ی کابلی ** کی برد زان رشک سحر بابلی

  • The prince fell in love with the ugly hag, so that he abandoned his bride and the wedding.
  • شه بچه شد عاشق کمپیر زشت ** تا عروس و آن عروسی را بهشت

  • A black devil and woman of Kábul suddenly waylaid (seduced) the prince.
  • یک سیه دیوی و کابولی زنی ** گشت به شه‌زاده ناگه ره‌زنی

  • That stinking ninety years old hag left to the prince neither wisdom nor understanding. [That ninety years old hag whose vulva is stinking left to the prince neither wisdom nor understanding.]
  • آن نودساله عجوزی گنده کس ** نه خرد هشت آن ملک را و نه نس

  • For a (whole) year the prince was captivated: the sole of the hag's shoe was the place where he bestowed his kisses. 3150
  • تا به سالی بود شه‌زاده اسیر ** بوسه‌جایش نعل کفش گنده پیر

  • Association with the hag was mowing (consuming) him, till through wasting away (only) half a spirit remained (in him).
  • صحبت کمپیر او را می‌درود ** تا ز کاهش نیم‌جانی مانده بود

  • Others had the headache (were sorely grieved) on account of his weakness, (while) he, from the intoxicating effect of the sorcery, was unconscious of himself.
  • دیگران از ضعف وی با درد سر ** او ز سکر سحر از خود بی‌خبر

  • This world had become (as) a prison to the king, while this son (of his) was laughing at their tears.
  • این جهان بر شاه چون زندان شده ** وین پسر بر گریه‌شان خندان شده

  • The king became exceedingly desperate in the struggle (to save his son): day and night he was offering sacrifice and giving alms (but without avail),
  • شاه بس بیچاره شد در برد و مات ** روز و شب می‌کرد قربان و زکات

  • For whatever remedy the father might apply, (the son's) love for the old hag would always increase. 3155
  • زانک هر چاره که می‌کرد آن پدر ** عشق کمپیرک همی‌شد بیشتر

  • Then it became clear to him that that (infatuation) was absolutely a (Divine) mystery, and that thenceforth his (only) remedy was supplication.
  • پس یقین گشتش که مطلق آن سریست ** چاره او را بعد از این لابه گریست

  • He was prostrating himself in prayer, saying, “It beseems Thee to command: to whom but God belongeth the command over God's kingdom?
  • سجده می‌کرد او که هم فرمان تراست ** غیر حق بر ملک حق فرمان کراست