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  • The two (brothers) said to him, “In our souls are answers (to thy arguments), like stars in the sky.
  • آن دو گفتندش که اندر جان ما  ** هست پاسخ‌ها چو نجم اندر سما 

  • Unless we (answer and) speak, the game will not come out right; and if we speak, thy heart will be grieved.
  • گر نگوییم آن نیاید راست نرد  ** ور بگوییم آن دلت آید به درد 

  • We are like frogs in the water: ’tis painful to speak, while the result of silence is suffocation and illness.
  • هم‌چو چغزیم اندر آب از گفت الم  ** وز خموشی اختناقست و سقم 

  • If we speak not, (our) friendship (with thee) has no light (of truth); and if we speak, ’tis without leave (from thee).”
  • گر نگوییم آتشی را نور نیست  ** ور بگوییم آن سخن دستور نیست 

  • Straightway he sprang up, crying, “Farewell, O kinsmen: verily this world and all therein is but a passing enjoyment,” 4390
  • در زمان برجست کای خویشان وداع  ** انما الدنیا و ما فیها متاع 

  • And darted away like an arrow from the bow, so that there was no opportunity (for them) to speak at that time.
  • پس برون جست او چو تیری از کمان  ** که مجال گفت کم بود آن زمان 

  • He came intoxicated (with love) into the presence of the King of China and at once kissed the earth frenziedly (at his feet).
  • اندر آمد مست پیش شاه چین  ** زود مستانه ببوسید او زمین 

  • To the King their (his lovers') feelings, their passion and agitation, were (an) open (book) in every detail from first to last.
  • شاه را مکشوف یک یک حالشان  ** اول و آخر غم و زلزالشان 

  • The sheep are busy in their pasture, but the shepherd knows all about the sheep.
  • میش مشغولست در مرعای خویش  ** لیک چوپان واقفست از حال میش 

  • (Any one of those of whom the Prophet said), “Each of you is a shepherd,” knows which of the flock is feeding and which is (engaged) in combat. 4395
  • کلکم راع بداند از رمه  ** کی علف‌خوارست و کی در ملحمه 

  • Although apparently he was far from those ranks, yet he was (in their midst) like the tambourine at a wedding-feast.
  • گرچه در صورت از آن صف دور بود  ** لیک چون دف در میان سور بود 

  • (He was) well acquainted with the burning and flaming (passion) of those who came to his court, (but) in his wisdom he had ignored them and kept silence.
  • واقف از سوز و لهیب آن وفود  ** مصلحت آن بد که خشک آورده بود 

  • That exalted (monarch) was in the midst (depths) of their souls, but he had purposely feigned to be unfamiliar (with them).
  • در میان جانشان بود آن سمی  ** لک قاصد کرده خود را اعجمی 

  • The form (appearance) of the fire is beneath the kettle; the spirit (reality) of the fire is in the soul of the kettle.
  • صورت آتش بود پایان دیگ  ** معنی آتش بود در جان دیگ 

  • Its form is outside and its spirit inside: the spirit (real nature) of the soul's Beloved is (in the soul) like blood in the veins. 4400
  • صورتش بیرون و معنیش اندرون  ** معنی معشوق جان در رگ چو خون 

  • The prince knelt before the King, (while) ten announcers gave a description of his state.
  • شاه‌زاده پیش شه زانو زده  ** ده معرف شارح حالش شده 

  • Although the King knew it all long ago, yet the announcer was performing the duties of his office.
  • گرچه شه عارف بد از کل پیش پیش  ** لیک می‌کردی معرف کار خویش 

  • O sincere man, a single atom of the light of (mystic) knowledge within (thee) is better than a hundred announcers.
  • در درون یک ذره نور عارفی  ** به بود از صد معرف ای صفی 

  • To confine one's attention to the announcer is a mark of being debarred (from access to real knowledge) and of (being preoccupied with) conjecture and (mere) opinion.
  • گوش را رهن معرف داشتن  ** آیت محجوبیست و حزر و ظن 

  • He whose scout is his inward eye—his eye will behold with the very acme of clairvoyance. 4405
  • آنک او را چشم دل شد دیدبان  ** دید خواهد چشم او عین العیان 

  • His soul is not content with traditional authority; nay, his feeling of (absolute) certainty comes from the inward eye.
  • با تواتر نیست قانع جان او  ** بل ز چشم دل رسد ایقان او 

  • Then the announcer opened his lips to describe his (the eldest brother's) plight in the presence of the elect King.
  • پس معرف پیش شاه منتجب  ** در بیان حال او بگشود لب 

  • He said, “O King, he is fallen a prey to thy beneficence: show kingly favour (to him), for he has no means of escape.
  • گفت شاها صید احسان توست  ** پادشاهی کن که بی بیرون شوست 

  • He has clutched the saddle-strap of this empire: stroke his distraught head with thy (royal) hand!”
  • دست در فتراک این دولت زدست  ** بر سر سرمست او بر مال دست 

  • The King replied, “This youth will obtain (from me) every high dignity and sovereignty that he seeks. 4410
  • گفت شه هر منصبی و ملکتی  ** که التماسش هست یابد این فتی