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  • Putabat enim illum susurrum ab angue exortum esse qui sese e storea vehementer sublevaret. [His suspicion (was) that this grating sound was from a snake that was violently moving (out) from (beneath) the straw mat.]
  • وهم آن کز مار باشد این صریر  ** که همی‌جنبد بتندی از حصیر 

  • Puellam risus occupat propter libidinem Klalífae debilem et libidinem illius ducis validissimam. Khalífa puellae risum animadvertit. [How laughter took hold of the maidservant because of the weakness of the Caliph’s lust and the strength of the captain’s lust, and how the Caliph understood the maidservant’s laughter.]
  • خنده گرفتن آن کنیزک را از ضعف شهوت خلیفه و قوت شهوت آن امیر و فهم کردن خلیفه از خنده‌ی کنیزک 

  • Femina languorem ejus vidit; rem mirando in cachinnos ivit: risus eam occupavit. [The woman saw his softness; from astonishment, she started to burst out laughing: laughter took hold of her.]
  • زن بدید آن سستی او از شگفت  ** آمد اندر قهقهه خنده‌ش گرفت 

  • Venit in mentem virilatas ducis fortissimi qui leonem interfecit dum membrum (virile) ejus tale est. [She remembered the virility of the (courageous) Captain who killed the lion, with his (male) organ like that.]
  • یادش آمد مردی آن پهلوان  ** که بکشت او شیر و اندامش چنان 

  • The woman's laughter overpowered (her) and was prolonged: she tried hard (to suppress it) but her lips would not shut.
  • غالب آمد خنده‌ی زن شد دراز  ** جهد می‌کرد و نمی‌شد لب فراز 

  • She kept laughing violently like beng-eaters: her laughter overpowered (all considerations of) gain or loss. 3950
  • سخت می‌خندید هم‌چون بنگیان  ** غالب آمد خنده بر سود و زیان 

  • Everything that she thought of (only) increased her laughter, as (when) a flood-gate is suddenly opened.
  • هرچه اندیشید خنده می‌فزود  ** هم‌چو بند سیل ناگاهان گشود 

  • Weeping and laughter and sorrow and joy of heart—know that each one (of them) has an independent source.
  • گریه و خنده غم و شادی دل  ** هر یکی را معدنی دان مستقل 

  • Each one has a (particular) store-house: know, O brother, that the key thereof is in the hand of the Opener.
  • هر یکی را مخزنی مفتاح آن  ** ای برادر در کف فتاح دان 

  • Her laughter was never ceasing: then the Caliph became enraged and fierce.
  • هیچ ساکن می‌نشد آن خنده زو  ** پس خلیفه طیره گشت و تندخو 

  • He quickly drew his scimitar from its sheath and said, “Declare the secret cause of thy laughter, O foul (woman)! 3955
  • زود شمشیر از غلافش بر کشید  ** گفت سر خنده واگو ای پلید 

  • From this laughter a suspicion has come into my heart: tell the truth, thou canst not cajole me.
  • در دلم زین خنده ظنی اوفتاد  ** راستی گو عشوه نتوانیم داد 

  • And if thou deceive me with falsehoods or idly utter glib excuses,
  • ور خلاف راستی بفریبیم  ** یا بهانه‌ی چرب آری تو به دم 

  • I shall know, (for) there is light in my heart: thou must tell everything that ought to be told.
  • من بدانم در دل من روشنیست  ** بایدت گفتن هر آنچ گفتنیست 

  • Know that in the heart of kings there is a mighty moon, though sometimes it is overclouded by forgetfulness.
  • در دل شاهان تو ماهی دان سطبر  ** گرچه گه گه شد ز غفلت زیر ابر 

  • In the heart there is a lamp with which one goes about (as a rule); at times of anger and concupiscence it is put under the basin. 3960
  • یک چراغی هست در دل وقت گشت  ** وقت خشم و حرص آید زیر طشت 

  • That clairvoyance accompanies me just now: unless thou tell that which ’tis thy duty to tell,
  • آن فراست این زمان یار منست  ** گر نگویی آنچ حق گفتنست 

  • I will sever thy neck with this scimitar: evasion will not avail thee at all.
  • من بدین شمشیر برم گردنت  ** سود نبود خود بهانه کردنت 

  • And if thou tell the truth, I will set thee free: I will not violate the duty I owe to God, I will make thee glad.”
  • ور بگویی راست آزادت کنم  ** حق یزدان نشکنم شادت کنم 

  • At the same moment he placed seven Qur’áns one on the top of another and swore an oath and thus confirmed (his promise).
  • هفت مصحف آن زمان برهم نهاد  ** خورد سوگند و چنین تقریر داد 

  • How the girl disclosed the secret to the Caliph in fear of (having her head cut off by) a blow of the sword, and how she was forced (to speak) by the Caliph (who said), “Give a true account of the cause of thy laughter or else I will kill thee.”
  • فاش کردن آن کنیزک آن راز را با خلیفه از زخم شمشیر و اکراه خلیفه کی راست گو سبب این خنده را و گر نه بکشمت 

  • When the woman became (found herself) helpless, she related what had happened (concerning) the manliness of that Rustam who was the son of a hundred Záls. 3965
  • زن چو عاجز شد بگفت احوال را  ** مردی آن رستم صد زال را 

  • She described to the Caliph, point by point, the bride-chamber that was (prepared for her) on the route (of the march),
  • شرح آن گردک که اندر راه بود  ** یک به یک با آن خلیفه وا نمود 

  • His killing the lion and returning to the tent pene erecto tanquam cornu rhinocerotis; [His killing the lion and returning to the tent with the penis erect like the horn of a rhinoceros;]
  • شیر کشتن سوی خیمه آمدن  ** وان ذکر قایم چو شاخ کرگدن 

  • Contra, hujus (membri) ambitiosi debilatatem quod ob unum muris susurrum succidit. [(And) again, the weakness of the ambitious one (the male organ) that collapsed (as though) dead because of the rustling of a mouse.]
  • باز این سستی این ناموس‌کوش  ** کو فرو مرد از یکی خش خشت موش 

  • God is ever making the hidden things manifest: since they will grow up, do not sow bad seed.
  • رازها را می‌کند حق آشکار  ** چون بخواهد رست تخم بد مکار 

  • Rain and clouds and fire and this sun are ever bringing up the hidden things from the earth. 3970
  • آب و ابر و آتش و این آفتاب  ** رازها را می برآرد از تراب