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3437-3461

  • Inwardly (merry as) a wedding-feast, but outwardly like a man filled with sorrow; a delectable world (concealed) in a tomb-like body.
  • اندرون سور و برون چون پر غمی  ** در تن هم‌چون لحد خوش عالمی 

  • He was in this (state of) bewilderment and waiting to see what would appear from the (world of) things occult and mysterious,
  • او درین حیرت بد و در انتظار  ** تا چه پیدا آید از غیب و سرار 

  • (When) at that time the officers brought the horse along into the presence of the Khwárizmsháh.
  • اسپ را اندر کشیدند آن زمان  ** پیش خوارمشاه سرهنگان کشان 

  • Verily beneath this azure sky there was no (other) colt like that in (tallness and comeliness of) figure and in fleetness. 3440
  • الحق اندر زیر این چرخ کبود  ** آن‌چنان کره به قد و تگ نبود 

  • Its colour (splendid appearance) dazzled every eye: (all would exclaim), “Hail to the (steed) born of the lightning and the moon!”
  • می‌ربودی رنگ او هر دیده را  ** مرحب آن از برق و مه زاییده را 

  • It moved as swiftly as the moon and Mercury: you might say that its fodder was the sarsar wind, not barley.
  • هم‌چو مه هم‌چون عطارد تیزرو  ** گوییی صرصر علف بودش نه جو 

  • The moon traverses the expanse of heaven in one night during a single journey and course.
  • ماه عرصه‌ی آسمان را در شبی  ** می‌برد اندر مسیر و مذهبی 

  • Since the moon traversed the signs of the zodiac in one night, wherefore wilt thou disbelieve the Ascension (of the Prophet)?
  • چون به یک شب مه برید ابراج را  ** از چه منکر می‌شوی معراج را 

  • That wondrous orphan Pearl is as a hundred moons, for at a nod from him the moon became (split in) two halves. 3445
  • صد چو ماهست آن عجب در یتیم  ** که به یک ایماء او شد مه دو نیم 

  • (Even) the marvel which he displayed in splitting the moon was only according to the measure of the weakness of the perception possessed by the (common) people.
  • آن عجب کو در شکاف مه نمود  ** هم به قدر ضعف حس خلق بود 

  • The work and business of the prophets and (Divine) messengers is beyond the skies and the stars.
  • کار و بار انبیا و مرسلون  ** هست از افلاک و اخترها برون 

  • Do thou also go beyond (transcend) the skies and the revolving (orb), and then contemplate that work and business.
  • تو برون رو هم ز افلاک و دوار  ** وانگهان نظاره کن آن کار و بار 

  • (Whilst) thou art inside the egg, like chicks, thou canst not hear the glorification of God by the birds of the (supermundane) air.
  • در میان بیضه‌ای چون فرخ‌ها  ** نشنوی تسبیح مرغان هوا 

  • The miracles (of the Prophet) will not be set forth here: tell of the horse and the Khwárizmsháh and what happened. 3450
  • معجزات این‌جا نخواهد شرح گشت  ** ز اسپ و خوارمشاه گو و سرگذشت 

  • Whatsoever the sun of God's grace shines upon, whether it be dog or horse, gains (is endowed with) the glory of the Cave;
  • آفتاب لطف حق بر هر چه تافت  ** از سگ و از اسپ فر کهف یافت 

  • Yet deem not the radiance of His grace to be uniform: it has given a sign (distinctive character) to the pebble and the ruby.
  • تاب لطفش را تو یکسان هم مدان  ** سنگ را و لعل را داد او نشان 

  • From that (radiance) the ruby has a borrowed treasure, (while) the pebble has only heat and brightness.
  • لعل را زان هست گنج مقتبس  ** سنگ را گرمی و تابانی و بس 

  • (The radiance of) the sun falling on a wall is not the same as (when it is reflected) from water and quivering movement.
  • آنک بر دیوار افتد آفتاب  ** آن‌چنان نبود کز آب و اضطراب 

  • After the peerless king had been astounded by (gazing at) it (the horse) for a moment, he turned his face to the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk, 3455
  • چون دمی حیران شد از وی شاه فرد  ** روی خود سوی عماد الملک کرد 

  • Saying, “O vizier, is not this an exceedingly beautiful horse? Surely it belongs to Paradise, not to the earth.”
  • کای اچی بس خوب اسپی نیست این  ** از بهشتست این مگر نه از زمین 

  • Thereupon the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk said to him, “O emperor, a demon is made angelic by thy (fond) inclination.
  • پس عماد الملک گفتش ای خدیو  ** چون فرشته گردد از میل تو دیو 

  • That on which thou lookest (fondly) becomes (appears good (to thee). This steed is very handsome and graceful, and yet
  • در نظر آنچ آوری گردید نیک  ** بس گش و رعناست این مرکب ولیک 

  • The head is a blemish in its (elegant) form: you might say that its head is like the head of an ox.”
  • هست ناقص آن سر اندر پیکرش  ** چون سر گاوست گویی آن سرش 

  • These words worked on the heart of the Khwárizmsháh and caused the horse to be cheap in the king's sight. 3460
  • در دل خوارمشه این دم کار کرد  ** اسپ را در منظر شه خوار کرد 

  • When prejudice becomes a go-between and describer (of beauty), you may get (buy) a Joseph for three ells of linen.
  • چون غرض دلاله گشت و واصفی  ** از سه گز کرباس یابی یوسفی