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  • The king rose up and went to him at night and said to him, “O king of beauteous countenance,
  • آن ملک برخاست شب شد پیش او  ** گفته او را ای ملیک خوب‌رو 

  • Thou art the Joseph of the age. Two empires have become entirely subject to thee—(one), of the territories (under thy sway), and (the other), of Beauty. 3990
  • یوسف وقتی دو ملکت شد کمال  ** مر ترا رام از بلاد و از جمال 

  • Men are enslaved by thy sword, while women are the chattels of thy cloudless moon.
  • گشته مردان بندگان از تیغ تو  ** وان زنان ملک مه بی‌میغ تو 

  • (If) thou wilt dwell with me, ’twill be my fortune: by union with thee my soul will be made (equal to) a hundred (enraptured) souls.
  • پیش ما باشی تو بخت ما بود  ** جان ما از وصل تو صد جان شود 

  • Both I (myself) and my kingdom are thine to hold as thine own, O thou who in high aspiration hast abandoned kingdoms!”
  • هم من و هم ملک من مملوک تو  ** ای به همت ملک‌ها متروک تو 

  • He reasoned with him for a long time, and he (Imra’u ’l-Qays) kept silence, (till) suddenly he unveiled the mystery.
  • فلسفه گفتش بسی و او خموش  ** ناگهان وا کرد از سر روی‌پوش 

  • Think what (secrets) of love and passion he (must have) whispered into his ear! Immediately he made him a crazy wanderer like himself. 3995
  • تا چه گفتش او به گوش از عشق و درد  ** هم‌چو خود در حال سرگردانش کرد 

  • He (the king of Tabúk) took his hand and accompanied him: he too renounced his throne and (royal) belt.
  • دست او بگرفت و با او یار شد  ** او هم از تخت و کمر بیزار شد 

  • These two kings went to distant lands: not once (only) has Love committed this crime.
  • تا بلاد دور رفتند این دو شه  ** عشق یک کرت نکردست این گنه 

  • It (Love) is honey for the grown-up and milk for children: for every boat it is (like) the last bale (which causes the boat to founder).
  • بر بزرگان شهد و بر طفلانست شیر  ** او بهر کشتی بود من الاخیر 

  • Besides these two, many kings, (kings) beyond number, hath Love torn from their kingdoms and families.
  • غیر این دو بس ملوک بی‌شمار  ** عشقشان از ملک بربود و تبار 

  • The souls of these three princes also were roaming around China in every direction, like birds picking up grain. 4000
  • جان این سه شه‌بچه هم گرد چین  ** هم‌چو مرغان گشته هر سو دانه‌چین 

  • They durst not open their lips to utter the thoughts hidden (in their hearts), because it was a perilous and grave secret.
  • زهره نی تا لب گشایند از ضمیر  ** زانک رازی با خطر بود و خطیر 

  • A hundred thousand heads (go) for a farthing at the moment (when) Love strings his bow in anger.
  • صد هزاران سر بپولی آن زمان  ** عشق خشم آلوده زه کرده کمان 

  • Even without anger, at the time when he is well-pleased, Love is always accustomed to kill recklessly.
  • عشق خود بی‌خشم در وقت خوشی  ** خوی دارد دم به دم خیره‌کشی 

  • This is (his habit) at the moment when he is contented: how shall I describe (what he does) when he is angered?
  • این بود آن لحظه کو خشنود شد  ** من چه گویم چونک خشم‌آلود شد 

  • But may the soul's pasture be the ransom for his (Love's) lion who is killed by this Love and his scimitar! 4005
  • لیک مرج جان فدای شیر او  ** کش کشد این عشق و این شمشیر او 

  • (’Tis) a killing better than a thousand lives: (all) sovereignties are mortally enamoured of this servitude.
  • کشتنی به از هزاران زندگی  ** سلطنت‌ها مرده‌ی این بندگی 

  • They (the princes) were telling each other their secrets allusively in low tones with a hundred fears and precautions.
  • با کنایت رازها با هم‌دگر  ** پست گفتندی به صد خوف و حذر 

  • None but God was the confidant of their secret, their sighs were breathed to Heaven alone.
  • راز را غیر خدا محرم نبود  ** آه را جز آسمان هم‌دم نبود 

  • They were using certain mystical terms among themselves in order to convey information.
  • اصطلاحاتی میان هم‌دگر  ** داشتندی بهر ایراد خبر 

  • The vulgar have learned this birds' language and (by means of it) have acquired prestige and authority. 4010
  • زین لسان الطیر عام آموختند  ** طمطراق و سروری اندوختند 

  • That terminology is (only) the image (imitation) of the bird's voice: the uninitiated man is ignorant of the (inward) state of the birds.
  • صورت آواز مرغست آن کلام  ** غافلست از حال مرغان مرد خام 

  • Where is the Solomon who knows the birds' song? The demon, though he seize the kingdom (of Solomon), is an alien.
  • کو سلیمانی که داند لحن طیر  ** دیو گرچه ملک گیرد هست غیر 

  • The demon in the likeness of Solomon stood (in Solomon's place): he knows how to deceive, but he does not possess (the knowledge denoted by the words) we have been taught.
  • دیو بر شبه سلیمان کرد ایست  ** علم مکرش هست و علمناش نیست