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  • Who have set their hearts on that wine at one smell (of it), and have broken the jar of this world's wine;— 825
  • که به بوی دل در آن می بسته‌اند ** خم باده‌ی این جهان بشکسته‌اند

  • Except, maybe, them that are in despair and far (from God), (outcasts) like infidels hidden (buried) in graves,
  • جز مگر آنها که نومیدند و دور ** همچو کفاری نهفته در قبور

  • (Them that) have lost all hope of both worlds and have sown thorns without end.
  • ناامید از هر دو عالم گشته‌اند ** خارهای بی‌نهایت کشته‌اند

  • Therefore they (Hárút and Márút), because of their feelings of intoxication, said, “Alas, we would rain upon the earth, like clouds;
  • پس ز مستیها بگفتند ای دریغ ** بر زمین باران بدادیمی چو میغ

  • We would spread in this place of injustice (a carpet of) justice and equity and devotions and faithfulness.”
  • گستریدیمی درین بی‌داد جا ** عدل و انصاف و عبادات و وفا

  • This they said, and the Divine decree was saying (to them), “Stop! Before your feet there is many an unseen pitfall.” 830
  • این بگفتند و قضا می‌گفت بیست ** پیش پاتان دام ناپیدا بسیست

  • Beware, do not run boldly into the desert of woe! Beware, do not push on blindly into the Karbalá (of tribulation),
  • هین مدو گستاخ در دشت بلا ** هین مران کورانه اندر کربلا

  • For because of the hair and bones of the perished the travellers' feet find no way.
  • که ز موی و استخوان هالکان ** می‌نیابد راه پای سالکان

  • The whole way is (covered with) bones and hair and sinews: many is the thing that the sword of Vengeance hath made nothing.
  • جمله‌ی راه استخوان و موی و پی ** بس که تیغ قهر لاشی کرد شی

  • God hath said that (His) servants (who are) attended by (His) help walk on the earth quietly and meekly.
  • گفت حق که بندگان جفت عون ** بر زمین آهسته می‌رانند و هون

  • How should a bare-footed man go into the thorn-thicket save with halting and reflection and cautiously? 835
  • پا برهنه چون رود در خارزار ** جز بوقفه و فکرت و پرهیزگار

  • The Decree was saying this (to them), but their ears were closed in the (muffling) veil of their hotheadedness.
  • این قضا می‌گفت لیکن گوششان ** بسته بود اندر حجاب جوششان

  • (All) eyes and ears have been closed, except for them that have escaped from themselves.
  • چشمها و گوشها را بسته‌اند ** جز مر آنها را که از خود رسته‌اند

  • Who but Grace shall open the eyes? Who but Love shall allay the (Divine) Wrath?
  • جز عنایت که گشاید چشم را ** جز محبت که نشاند خشم را

  • Truly, may no one in the world have toil without (God's) prospering (it)! And God best knoweth the right course.
  • جهد بی توفیق خود کس را مباد ** در جهان والله اعلم بالسداد

  • The Story of Pharaoh's dream of the coming of Moses, on whom be peace, and how he took thought to relieve himself (of the threatened danger).
  • قصه‌ی خواب دیدن فرعون آمدن موسی را علیه السلام و تدارک اندیشیدن

  • Inasmuch as Pharaoh's toil was unblest (by God), whatsoever he would stitch, that (stitching) was (in effect an act of) ripping asunder. 840
  • جهد فرعونی چو بی توفیق بود ** هرچه او می‌دوخت آن تفتیق بود

  • He had a thousand astrologers at his beck, and also a countless multitude of dream-interpreters and magicians.
  • از منجم بود در حکمش هزار ** وز معبر نیز و ساحر بی‌شمار

  • There was shown to him in a dream the coming of Moses, who would destroy Pharaoh and his kingdom.
  • مقدم موسی نمودندش بخواب ** که کند فرعون و ملکش را خراب

  • He said to the interpreters and astrologers, “How may (the fulfilment of) the ill-boding phantasm and dream be warded off?”
  • با معبر گفت و با اهل نجوم ** چون بود دفع خیال و خواب شوم

  • They all said to him, “We will contrive something, we will waylay the birth (of Moses), like brigands.”
  • جمله گفتندش که تدبیری کنیم ** راه زادن را چو ره‌زن می‌زنیم

  • (They waited) till the night arrived on which the begetting (of Moses) took place; those Pharaoh's men deemed it advisable, 845
  • تا رسید آن شب که مولد بود آن ** رای این دیدند آن فرعونیان

  • Early on that day, to bring forth the King's banquet and throne towards the maydán (public arena outside of the city),
  • که برون آرند آن روز از پگاه ** سوی میدان بزم و تخت پادشاه

  • (Proclaiming), “Welcome, O all ye Israelites! The King calls you from that place (where ye are),
  • الصلا ای جمله اسرائیلیان ** شاه می‌خواند شما را زان مکان

  • That he may show unto you his face unveiled, and do kindness unto you for the sake of the (Divine) recompense”;
  • تا شما را رو نماید بی نقاب ** بر شما احسان کند بهر ثواب

  • For to those captives there was naught but farness (from Pharaoh's presence): the sight of Pharaoh was not permitted (to them).
  • کان اسیران را بجز دوری نبود ** دیدن فرعون دستوری نبود

  • If they fell in with him on the road, they would lie (flat) on their faces on account of the law. 850
  • گر فتادندی به ره در پیش او ** بهر آن یاسه بخفتندی برو

  • The law was this: no captive in or out of season shall behold the countenance of that Prince,
  • یاسه این بد که نبیند هیچ اسیر ** در گه و بیگه لقای آن امیر

  • And whenever on the road he hears the shout of the (royal) beadles, he shall turn his face towards a wall, that he may not see;
  • بانگ چاووشان چو در ره بشنود ** تا ببیند رو به دیواری کند

  • And if he see his face, he shall be guilty of a crime, and the worst punishment shall befall him.
  • ور ببیند روی او مجرم بود ** آنچ بتر بر سر او آن رود

  • They (the Israelites) had a greed for the inaccessible countenance, since Man is greedy for that which has been forbidden.
  • بودشان حرص لقای ممتنع ** چون حریصست آدمی فیما منع

  • How they summoned the Israelites to the maydán, as a device to prevent the begetting ofMoses, on whom be peace.
  • به میدان خواندن بنی اسرائیل برای حیله‌ی ولادت موسی علیه السلام

  • “O captives, go ye to the maydán, for there is hope (for you) of seeing (Pharaoh) and (experiencing) munificence from the King of kings.” 855
  • ای اسیران سوی میدانگه روید ** کز شهانشه دیدن و جودست امید

  • When the Israelites heard the glad news, they were thirsting and longing exceedingly for that (spectacle).
  • چون شنیدند مژده اسرائیلیان ** تشنگان بودند و بس مشتاق آن

  • They swallowed the trick and hastened in that direction and made themselves ready for the (promised) unveiling.
  • حیله را خوردند و آن سو تاختند ** خویشتن را بهر جلوه ساختند

  • Story.
  • حکایت

  • (’Twas) even as (when) here the crafty Moghul said, “I am seeking a certain one of the Egyptians.
  • همچنان کاینجا مغول حیله‌دان ** گفت می‌جویم کسی از مصریان

  • Bring the Egyptians together on this side, in order that he who is wanted may come to hand.”
  • مصریان را جمع آرید این طرف ** تا در آید آنک می‌باید بکف

  • Whenever any one came, he said, “’Tis not this one: oh, come in, sir, and sit in that corner,” 860
  • هر که می‌آمد بگفتا نیست این ** هین در آ خواجه در آن گوشه نشین

  • Till in this fashion they all were assembled, and they (the Moghuls) beheaded them by means of this trick.
  • تا بدین شیوه همه جمع آمدند ** گردن ایشان بدین حیلت زدند

  • (Through) the ill-starredness (which they incurred in consequence) of the fact that they would not obey God's summoner (and turn submissively) towards the call to prayer,
  • شومی آنک سوی بانگ نماز ** داعی الله را نبردندی نیاز

  • The invitation of the deceiver inveigled them. O righteous man, beware of the deceit of the Devil!
  • دعوت مکارشان اندر کشید ** الحذر از مکر شیطان ای رشید

  • Hearken to the cry of the poor and needy, lest thine ear receive (with approval) the cry of a cunning rogue.
  • بانگ درویشان و محتاجان بنوش ** تا نگیرد بانگ محتالیت گوش

  • (Even) if the beggars (dervishes) are covetous and depraved, (yet) seek the man of heart (the spiritual man) amongst the gluttons. 865
  • گر گدایان طامع‌اند و زشت‌خو ** در شکم‌خواران تو صاحب‌دل بجو

  • At the bottom of the sea there are pearls (mingled) with pebbles: glories are (to be found) amidst shames.
  • در تگ دریا گهر با سنگهاست ** فخرها اندر میان ننگهاست

  • The Israelites, then, bestirred themselves mightily, running betimes towards the maydán.
  • پس بجوشیدند اسرائیلیان ** از پگه تا جانب میدان دوان

  • When he (Pharaoh) by cunning had brought them into the maydán, he displayed his face to them, looking very fresh (cheerful and gay).
  • چون بحیلتشان به میدان برد او ** روی خود ننمودشان بس تازه‌رو

  • He showed fondness and gave presents: that Emperor bestowed both gifts and promises.
  • کرد دلداری و بخششها بداد ** هم عطا هم وعده‌ها کرد آن قباد

  • After that, he said: “For your lives' sake, do ye all sleep in the maydán tonight!” 870
  • بعد از آن گفت از برای جانتان ** جمله در میدان بخسپید امشبان

  • They answered him, saying, “We will do service (to thee): if thou desire, we will dwell here a month.”
  • پاسخش دادند که خدمت کنیم ** گر تو خواهی یک مه اینجا ساکنیم

  • How Pharaoh returned from the maydán to the city, glad at having parted the Israelites from their wives on the night of the conception (of Moses).
  • بازگشتن فرعون از میدان به شهر شاد بتفریق بنی اسرائیل از زنانشان در شب حمل

  • At nightfall the King came back (to the city), rejoicing and saying (to himself), “The conception is to-night, and they are far from their wives.”
  • شه شبانگه باز آمد شادمان ** کامشبان حملست و دورند از زنان

  • ‘Imrán, his treasurer, also came to the city in attendance upon him as his companion.
  • خازنش عمران هم اندر خدمتش ** هم به شهر آمد قرین صحبتش

  • He said, “O ‘Imrán, do thou sleep at this door. Beware! go not to thy wife or seek to lie with her.”
  • گفت ای عمران برین در خسپ تو ** هین مرو سوی زن و صحبت مجو