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  • 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 

  • This new springtide after the fall of the leaves is a proof of the existence of the Resurrection.
  • این بهار نو ز بعد برگ‌ریز  ** هست برهان وجود رستخیز 

  • In spring the secrets are revealed: whatsoever this Earth has eaten is exposed to view.
  • در بهار آن سرها پیدا شود  ** هر چه خوردست این زمین رسوا شود 

  • It shoots up from her mouth and lips in order that she may bring to light her hidden mind and way.
  • بر دمد آن از دهان و از لبش  ** تا پدید آید ضمیر و مذهبش 

  • The secret of the root of every tree and its nutriment—the whole of that is plainly shown forth on its (leafy) top.
  • سر بیخ هر درختی و خورش  ** جملگی پیدا شود آن بر سرش 

  • Every sorrow whereby thou art (made) sore in heart is the headache arising from the wine that thou hast drunk; 3975
  • هر غمی کز وی تو دل آزرده‌ای  ** از خمار می بود کان خورده‌ای 

  • But how shouldst thou know from which wine that headache has arisen (and become) manifest?
  • لیک کی دانی که آن رنج خمار  ** از کدامین می بر آمد آشکار 

  • This crop-sickness (headache) is the blossom of that seed (only) he that is sagacious and wise will recognise it.
  • این خمار اشکوفه‌ی آن دانه است  ** آن شناسد کاگه و فرزانه است 

  • The bough and its blossom do not resemble the seed: how should semen resemble the body of man?
  • شاخ و اشکوفه نماند دانه را  ** نطفه کی ماند تن مردانه را 

  • The matter (of which anything is composed) does not resemble the product: when did the seed (ever) resemble the tree (that sprang from it)?
  • نیست مانندا هیولا با اثر  ** دانه کی ماننده آمد با شجر 

  • Semen is (the product) of bread, (but) how should it be like bread? Man is (the product) of semen, (but) how should he be like it? 3980
  • نطفه از نانست کی باشد چو نان  ** مردم از نطفه‌ست کی باشد چنان 

  • The Jinní is (created) from fire, (but) how should he resemble fire? The cloud is (produced) from vapour, but it is not like vapour.
  • جنی از نارست کی ماند به نار  ** از بخارست ابر و نبود چون بخار 

  • Jesus was produced from the breath of Gabriel, (but) when was he (ever) like him in form or comparable (to him in that respect)?
  • از دم جبریل عیسی شد پدید  ** کی به صورت هم‌چو او بد یا ندید 

  • Adam is (made) of earth, (but) how should he resemble earth? No grape resembles the vine.
  • آدم از خاکست کی ماند به خاک  ** هیچ انگوری نمی‌ماند به تاک 

  • How should robbery look like the foot of the gallows? How should piety be like the everlasting abode (Paradise)?
  • کی بود دزدی به شکل پای‌دار  ** کی بود طاعت چو خلد پایدار 

  • No origin resembles its product; therefore thou canst not know the origin of (thy) pain and headache. 3985
  • هیچ اصلی نیست مانند اثر  ** پس ندانی اصل رنج و درد سر 

  • But this punishment is not without an origin: how should God inflict pain without any sin (having been committed)?
  • لیک بی‌اصلی نباشدت این جزا  ** بی‌گناهی کی برنجاند خدا 

  • That which is the origin and bringer-on of that (painful) thing—if it (the painful thing) does not resemble it, still it is (produced) from it.
  • آنچ اصلست و کشنده‌ی آن شی است  ** گر نمی‌ماند بوی هم از وی است 

  • Know, then, that thy pain is the result of some lapse (and that) this woe with which thou art stricken arises from some lust.
  • پس بدان رنجت نتیجه‌ی زلتیست  ** آفت این ضربتت از شهوتیست