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299-323

  • 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 

  • At morning they brought the wash-basin and a big package (of clothes, etc.), and according to the custom of bridegrooms Faraj went to the bath.
  • زود آوردند طاس و بوغ زفت  ** رسم دامادان فرج حمام رفت 

  • He went to the bath, sorely troubled in soul, laceratus culum tanquam panni fornacatorum (bath-stokers). [He went to the bath, sorely troubled in soul, (his) anus torn like the rags of bath-stokers.] 310
  • رفت در حمام او رنجور جان  ** کون دریده هم‌چو دلق تونیان 

  • From the bath he returned to the bridal chamber, a laughing-stock (to all): beside him sat the (Khwája's) daughter (dressed) like a bride.
  • آمد از حمام در گردک فسوس  ** پیش او بنشست دختر چون عروس 

  • Her mother (too) was sitting there to keep watch, lest he should make any attempt in the daytime.
  • مادرش آنجا نشسته پاسبان  ** که نباید کو کند روز امتحان 

  • He eyed her sulkily for awhile: then with both hands (spread) he gave her the ten (fingers).
  • ساعتی در وی نظر کرد از عناد  ** آنگهان با هر دو دستش ده بداد 

  • “May no one,” he exclaimed, “live in wedlock with a nasty evil-doing bride like thee!
  • گفت کس را خود مبادا اتصال  ** با چو تو ناخوش عروس بدفعال 

  • By day thy face is the face of fresh young ladies; noctu penis tuus turpis pejor est quam veretrum asini.” [By day thy face is the face of fresh young ladies; by night, your ugly penis (is) worse than the penis of an ass.”] 315
  • روز رویت روی خاتونان تر  ** کیر زشتت شب بتر از کیر خر 

  • Even so all the pleasures of this world are very delightful (when viewed) from a distance before the (actual) test.
  • هم‌چنان جمله نعیم این جهان  ** بس خوشست از دور پیش از امتحان 

  • Seen from a distance they appear (like refreshing) water, (but) when you approach (them) they are a mirage.
  • می‌نماید در نظر از دور آب  ** چون روی نزدیک باشد آن سراب 

  • She (the World) is a stinking hag, though by reason of her great blandishments she displays herself like a young bride.
  • گنده پیرست او و از بس چاپلوس  ** خویش را جلوه کند چون نو عروس 

  • Hark! Do not be deceived by her rouge, do not taste her sherbet which is mixed with poison!
  • هین مشو مغرور آن گلگونه‌اش  ** نوش نیش‌آلوده‌ی او را مچش 

  • Have patience (self-restraint), for patience is the key to joy, lest like Faraj you fall into a hundred (grievous) straits. 320
  • صبر کن کالصبر مفتاح الفرج  ** تا نیفتی چون فرج در صد حرج 

  • Her (the World's) bait is visible, (but) her trap is hidden: at first (sight) her favours seem sweet to you.
  • آشکارا دانه پنهان دام او  ** خوش نماید ز اولت انعام او 

  • Explaining that this self-delusion was not (peculiar) to that Hindú alone; on the contrary, every human being is afflicted with a similar self-delusion at every stage (of the journey), except those whom God has preserved.
  • در بیان آنک این غرور تنها آن هندو را نبود بلک هر آدمیی به چنین غرور مبتلاست در هر مرحله‌ای الا من عصم الله 

  • Since you are attached to those (worldly goods), oh, beware! How often (afterwards) will you sob piteously in repentance!
  • چون بپیوستی بدان ای زینهار  ** چند نالی در ندامت زار زار 

  • The names “princehood,” “vizierate,” and “kingship” (are enticing, but) hidden beneath them is death and pain and giving up the ghost.
  • نام میری و وزیری و شهی  ** در نهانش مرگ و درد و جان‌دهی