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284-308

  • “Have patience,” said the Khwája: “tell him, ‘We will break off (the match) with him (the prospective bridegroom) and give her to you,’
  • گفت خواجه صبر کن با او بگو  ** که ازو ببریم و بدهیمش به تو 

  • That perchance I may banish this (hope) from his mind: watch and see how I will thwart him. 285
  • تا مگر این از دلش بیرون کنم  ** تو تماشا کن که دفعش چون کنم 

  • Gladden his heart and say, ‘Know for sure that our daughter is really your (destined) spouse.
  • تو دلش خوش کن بگو می‌دان درست  ** که حقیقت دختر ما جفت تست 

  • O goodly wooer, we didn't know (that you desired her): (now), since we know (that), you are the most worthy.
  • ما ندانستیم ای خوش مشتری  ** چونک دانستیم تو اولیتری 

  • Our fire is in our own hearth: Laylá (the bride) is ours, and you are our Majnún (bridegroom).’
  • آتش ما هم درین کانون ما  ** لیلی آن ما و تو مجنون ما 

  • (Tell him this) in order that happy fancies and thoughts may affect him: sweet thoughts make a man fat.
  • تا خیال و فکر خوش بر وی زند  ** فکر شیرین مرد را فربه کند 

  • An animal is made fat, but (only) by fodder; man is fattened by honour and eminence. 290
  • جانور فربه شود لیک از علف  ** آدمی فربه ز عزست و شرف 

  • Man is fattened through his ear; an animal is fattened through its gullet and by eating and drinking.”
  • آدمی فربه شود از راه گوش  ** جانور فربه شود از حلق و نوش 

  • The mistress said, “Such a vile disgrace! How indeed shall my lips move in this matter?
  • گفت آن خاتون ازین ننگ مهین  ** خود دهانم کی بجنبد اندرین 

  • Why should I talk drivel like this for his sake? Let the devilish traitor die!”
  • این چنین ژاژی چه خایم بهر او  ** گو بمیر آن خاین ابلیس‌خو 

  • “Nay,” replied the Khwája, “have no fear, but wheedle him, in order that his illness may depart from him by virtue of this sweet flattery.
  • گفت خواجه نی مترس و دم دهش  ** تا رود علت ازو زین لطف خوش 

  • Charge me with the task of thwarting him, O beloved, and let that spinner of fine yarns regain his health.” 295
  • دفع او را دلبرا بر من نویس  ** هل که صحت یابد آن باریک‌ریس 

  • When the mistress had spoken in this strain to the invalid, on account of his swagger there was no room for him on the earth.
  • چون بگفت آن خسته را خاتون چنین  ** می‌نگنجید از تبختر بر زمین 

  • He grew stout and fat and red(-cheeked), and bloomed like a red rose and gave a thousand thanks.
  • زفت گشت و فربه و سرخ و شکفت  ** چون گل سرخ هزاران شکر گفت 

  • Now and again he would say, “O my mistress, (I am afraid) lest this may be a deception and trick.”
  • که گهی می‌گفت ای خاتون من  ** که مبادا باشد این دستان و فن 

  • The Khwája gave a party and a feast, saying (to his guests), “I am making a match for Faraj,”
  • خواجه جمعیت بکرد و دعوتی  ** که همی‌سازم فرج را وصلتی 

  • So that the company chaffed and quizzed (him) and said, “May your marriage be blessed, O Faraj!” 300
  • تا جماعت عشوه می‌دادند و گان  ** که ای فرج بادت مبارک اتصال 

  • With the result that the promise seemed to Faraj more sure, and his illness vanished entirely and radically.
  • تا یقین‌تر شد فرج را آن سخن  ** علت از وی رفت کل از بیخ و بن 

  • Afterwards, on the wedding-night, he (the Khwája) artfully dyed (the hands and feet of) a youth with henna, like (those of) a woman.
  • بعد از آن اندر شب گردک به فن  ** امردی را بست حنی هم‌چو زن 

  • He decorated his fore-arms like (those of) a bride: then he displayed to him (Faraj) a hen, but (actually) he gave him a cock;
  • پر نگارش کرد ساعد چون عروس  ** پس نمودش ماکیان دادش خروس 

  • (For) he dressed the sturdy youth in the veil and robes of beautiful brides.
  • مقنعه و حله‌ی عروسان نکو  ** کنگ امرد را بپوشانید او 

  • Quo tempore mos est sponsam cum conjuge in thalamo relinquere, (paterfamilias) candelam statim exstinxit: manebat Indus coram tali adulescente robusto et aspero. [He (the Khwája) immediately extinguished the candle (at) the time of (conjugal) privacy: the Hindu was left (alone) with such a rough and strong-bodied (young) man.] 305
  • شمع را هنگام خلوت زود کشت  ** ماند هندو با چنان کنگ درشت 

  • Indulus clamorem et ululatum tollebat, (sed) tympanistarum causa nemo extra (thalamum) audiebat. [The little Hindú was screaming and crying out, (but) no one heard from without (the bedchamber) because of (the noise of) the tambourine-players.]
  • هندوک فریاد می‌کرد و فغان  ** از برون نشنید کس از دف‌زنان 

  • Tympana pulsata, manus complosae, virorum et feminarum clamores clamorem illius (pueri) clamitantis celabant. [The pounding of tambourines, (clapping of) hands, and the loud shouts of men and women masked the screams of that screamer.]
  • ضرب دف و کف و نعره‌ی مرد و زن  ** کرد پنهان نعره‌ی آن نعره‌زن 

  • (Adulescens) istum Indulum comprimebat usque ad diluculum: coram cane quid fiat sacco farinae?) [He (the youth) squeezed the little Hindú until the (break of) day: how is a bag of flour (to remain untorn) before a (hungry) dog?]
  • تا به روز آن هندوک را می‌فشارد  ** چون بود در پیش سگ انبان آرد