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1842-1866

  • I turn my face towards that hope, for Thou hast given me existence older than of old.
  • سوی آن اومید کردم روی خویش  ** که وجودم داده‌ای از پیش بیش 

  • Thou gavest (me) existence, free of cost, as a robe of honour: I have always relied upon that (generosity).”
  • خلعت هستی بدادی رایگان  ** من همیشه معتمد بودم بر آن 

  • When he recounts his sins and trespasses, the Pure Bounty begins to show munificence,
  • چون شمارد جرم خود را و خطا  ** محض بخشایش در آید در عطا 

  • Saying, “O angels, bring him back to Us, for his inward eye has (ever) been (turned) towards hope. 1845
  • کای ملایک باز آریدش به ما  ** که بدستش چشم دل سوی رجا 

  • Like one who recks of naught, We will set him free and cancel all his trespasses.
  • لاابالی وار آزادش کنیم  ** وآن خطاها را همه خط بر زنیم 

  • (To say) ‘I reck not’ is permitted to that One (alone) who loses nothing by perfidy and (gains nothing) by probity.
  • لا ابالی مر کسی را شد مباح  ** کش زیان نبود ز غدر و از صلاح 

  • We will kindle up a goodly fire of grace, in order that no sin and fault, great or small, may endure—
  • آتشی خوش بر فروزیم از کرم  ** تا نماند جرم و زلت بیش و کم 

  • Such a fire that the least spark of the flame thereof is consuming (all) sin and necessity and free-will.
  • آتشی کز شعله‌اش کمتر شرار  ** می‌بسوزد جرم و جبر و اختیار 

  • We will set fire to the tenement of Man and make the thorns (in it) a spiritual garden of roses. 1850
  • شعله در بنگاه انسانی زنیم  ** خار را گلزار روحانی کنیم 

  • We have sent from the Ninth Sphere (the highest Heaven) the elixir (namely), He will rectify for you your actions.”
  • ما فرستادیم از چرخ نهم  ** کیمیا یصلح لکم اعمالکم 

  • What in sooth is Adam's (Man's) sovereignty and power of choice beside the Light of the Everlasting Abode?
  • خود چه باشد پیش نور مستقر  ** کر و فر اختیار بوالبشر 

  • His speaking organ is a piece of flesh; the seat of his vision is a piece of fat;
  • گوشت‌پاره آلت گویای او  ** پیه‌پاره منظر بینای او 

  • The seat of his hearing consists of two pieces of bone; the seat of his (intellectual) perception is two drops of blood, that is to say, the heart.
  • مسمع او آن دو پاره استخوان  ** مدرکش دو قطره خون یعنی جنان 

  • Thou art a little worm and art stuffed with filth; (yet) thou hast made a (great) display of pomp in the world. 1855
  • کرمکی و از قذر آکنده‌ای  ** طمطراقی در جهان افکنده‌ای 

  • Thou wert (originally composed) of seed: relinquish egoism! O Ayáz, keep in mind that sheepskin jacket!
  • از منی بودی منی را واگذار  ** ای ایاز آن پوستین را یاد دار 

  • The Story of Ayáz and his having a chamber for his rustic shoon and sheepskin jacket; and how his fellow-servants thought he had a buried treasure in that room, because the door was so strong and the lock so heavy.
  • قصه‌ی ایاز و حجره داشتن او جهت چارق و پوستین و گمان آمدن خواجه تاشانس را کی او را در آن حجره دفینه است به سبب محکمی در و گرانی قفل 

  • Impelled by sagacity, Ayáz hung up his sheepskin jacket and rustic shoon.
  • آن ایاز از زیرکی انگیخته  ** پوستین و چارقش آویخته 

  • Every day he would go into the private chamber, (saying to himself), “These are thy shoon: do not regard thy (present) eminence.”
  • می‌رود هر روز در حجره‌ی خلا  ** چارقت اینست منگر درعلا 

  • They (his rivals) said to the King (Mahmúd), “He has a chamber, and in it there is gold and silver and a jar (of treasure).
  • شاه را گفتند او را حجره‌ایست  ** اندر آنجا زر و سیم و خمره‌ایست 

  • He admits no one into it: he always keeps the door locked.” 1860
  • راه می‌ندهد کسی را اندرو  ** بسته می‌دارد همیشه آن در او 

  • The King said, “Oh, I wonder what in sooth that servant (of mine) has that is hidden and concealed from me.”
  • شاه فرمود ای عجب آن بنده را  ** چیست خود پنهان و پوشیده ز ما 

  • Then he gave orders to a certain Amír, saying, “Go at midnight and open (the door) and enter the room.
  • پس اشارت کرد میری را که رو  ** نیم‌شب بگشای و اندر حجره شو 

  • Whatever you find is yours: plunder him, expose his secret to the courtiers.
  • هر چه یابی مر ترا یغماش کن  ** سر او را بر ندیمان فاش کن 

  • Notwithstanding such innumerable kindnesses and favours (as I have bestowed upon him), does he meanly hide silver and gold (from me)?
  • با چنین اکرام و لطف بی‌عدد  ** از لیمی سیم و زر پنهان کند 

  • He professes loyalty and love and enthusiasm—and then (after all) he is one who shows wheat and sells barley! 1865
  • می‌نماید او وفا و عشق و جوش  ** وانگه او گندم‌نمای جوفروش 

  • To any one who finds life in love, aught but (devoted) service would seem infidelity.”
  • هر که اندر عشق یابد زندگی  ** کفر باشد پیش او جز بندگی