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2539-2588

  • This King of Tirmid was apprehensive of (being attacked by) him, and his apprehension was increased by the artifice of Dalqak.
  • این شه ترمد ازو در وهم بود  ** وز فن دلقک خود آن وهمش فزود 

  • He said, “Be quick! Tell (me) what is the matter. Who is the cause of your being so perturbed and agitated?” 2540
  • گفت زوتر بازگو تا حال چیست  ** این چنین آشوب و شور تو ز کیست 

  • He replied, “I heard in the country that the king had proclaimed on every highway
  • گفت من در ده شنیدم آنک شاه  ** زد منادی بر سر هر شاه‌راه 

  • That he required some one to run to Samarcand in three days and would bestow (his) treasures (on the courier).
  • که کسی خواهم که تازد در سه روز  ** تا سمرقند و دهم او را کنوز 

  • I hurried to you in order to say that I am not able to do it.
  • من شتابیدم بر تو بهر آن  ** تا بگویم که ندارم آن توان 

  • For one like me such agility is impossible: at all events do not expect this of me.”
  • این چنین چستی نیاید از چو من  ** باری این اومید را بر من متن 

  • “Curse your hurry!” cried the king; “for (in consequence of it) a hundred confusions have arisen in the city. 2545
  • گفت شه لعنت برین زودیت باد  ** که دو صد تشویش در شهر اوفتاد 

  • (Is it only) for this trifle, O half-baked fool, (that) you have set fire to this meadow and hay?”
  • از برای این قدر خام‌ریش  ** آتش افکندی درین مرج و حشیش 

  • (This is) like (the behaviour of) these raw (ignorant) persons (who come) with drum and banner, saying, “We are couriers (speeding) in (the path of spiritual) poverty and non-existence,”
  • هم‌چو این خامان با طبل و علم  ** که الاقانیم در فقر و عدم 

  • (Who) boast far and wide of being Shaykhs and make out that they have (attained to) the rank of Báyazíd,
  • لاف شیخی در جهان انداخته  ** خویشتن را بایزیدی ساخته 

  • And, having (as they claim) travelled away from themselves and become united (with God), open a conventicle (for disciples) in the abode of pretension.
  • هم ز خود سالک شده واصل شده  ** محفلی واکرده در دعوی‌کده 

  • (While) the bridegroom's house is full of turmoil and trouble, the girl's family know nothing about it. 2550
  • خانه‌ی داماد پرآشوب و شر  ** قوم دختر را نبوده زین خبر 

  • (The bridegroom's people raise) an outcry, saying, “Half the affair is concluded: the conditions that are (necessary) on our side have been fulfilled.
  • ولوله که کار نیمی راست شد  ** شرطهایی که ز سوی ماست شد 

  • We have swept and garnished the rooms and have risen up (from our labour) intoxicated and glad with this ardent desire (to receive the bride).”
  • خانه‌ها را روفتیم آراستیم  ** زین هوس سرمست و خوش برخاستیم 

  • Has any message come from over there? “No.” Has any bird come hither from that roof? “No.”
  • زان طرف آمد یکی پیغام نی  ** مرغی آمد این طرف زان بام نی 

  • After (all) these missives (which ye have sent) one on the top of another, has any answer reached you from that neighbourhood?
  • زین رسالات مزید اندر مزید  ** یک جوابی زان حوالیتان رسید 

  • “No; but our Friend is acquainted with this (matter), because inevitably there is a way from heart to heart.” 2555
  • نی ولیکن یار ما زین آگهست  ** زانک از دل سوی دل لا بد رهست 

  • Why, then, is the way devoid of (any) answer to (your) letter from the Friend who is (the object of) your hope?
  • پس از آن یاری که اومید شماست  ** از جواب نامه ره خالی چراست 

  • There are a hundred signs (of response), (both) secret and manifest; but desist, do not lift the curtain from this door.
  • صد نشانست از سرار و از جهار  ** لیک بس کن پرده زین در بر مدار 

  • Return to the story of that foolish Dalqak who brought tribulation on himself by his silly meddling.
  • باز رو تا قصه‌ی آن دلق گول  ** که بلا بر خویش آورد از فضول 

  • Afterwards the vizier said to him (the king), “O Pillar of the Truth, hear a word from thy humble slave.
  • پس وزیرش گفت ای حق را ستن  ** بشنو از بنده‌ی کمینه یک سخن 

  • Dalqak came from the country on some (wicked) enterprise; (but now) his mind is changed and he has repented. 2560
  • دلقک از ده بهر کاری آمدست  ** رای او گشت و پشیمانش شدست 

  • He is making the old (corruption) new with water and oil (varnish), he is evading (punishment) by means of buffoonery.
  • ز آب و روغن کهنه را نو می‌کند  ** او به مسخرگی برون‌شو می‌کند 

  • He has displayed the scabbard and concealed the sword: he must be tortured without mercy.
  • غمد را بنمود و پنهان کرد تیغ  ** باید افشردن مرورا بی‌دریغ 

  • Unless you break the pistachio or walnut, it will neither reveal its heart (kernel) nor give any oil.
  • پسته را یا جوز را تا نشکنی  ** نی نماید دل نی بدهد روغنی 

  • Do not listen to this skilful defence of his; look at his trembling and his (pallid) colour.
  • مشنو این دفع وی و فرهنگ او  ** در نگر در ارتعاش و رنگ او 

  • God hath said, ‘Their mark is on their faces,’ for the mark is an informer and tell-tale. 2565
  • گفت حق سیماهم فی وجههم  ** زانک غمازست سیما و منم 

  • This ocular evidence is opposed to that story (told by Dalqak), for this (whole race of) mankind are moulded of evil.”
  • این معاین هست ضد آن خبر  ** که بشر به سرشته آمد این بشر 

  • “O Sáhib,” cried Dalqak, wailing and sobbing, “do not endeavour to shed the blood of this miserable wretch.
  • گفت دلقک با فغان و با خروش  ** صاحبا در خون این مسکین مکوش 

  • Many a thought and fancy that is not real and true comes into the mind, O Prince.
  • بس گمان و وهم آید در ضمیر  ** کان نباشد حق و صادق ای امیر 

  • Verily, some suspicion is a sin, O Vizier: injustice is not right, especially (when it is done) to a poor man.
  • ان بعض الظن اثم است ای وزیر  ** نیست استم راست خاصه بر فقیر 

  • The king does not chastise one who vexes him: wherefore should he chastise one who makes him laugh?” 2570
  • شه نگیرد آنک می‌رنجاندش  ** از چه گیرد آنک می‌خنداندش 

  • The words of the Sáhib (vizier) impressed the king, and he resolved to clear up this deceit and imposture.
  • گفت صاحب پیش شه جاگیر شد  ** کاشف این مکر و این تزویر شد 

  • “Take Dalqak to prison,” he said, “and pay no attention to his wheedling and hypocrisy.
  • گفت دلقک را سوی زندان برید  ** چاپلوس و زرق او را کم خرید 

  • Beat him, empty-bellied like a drum (as he is), that like a drum he may give us information.
  • می‌زنیدش چون دهل اشکم‌تهی  ** تا دهل‌وار او دهدمان آگهی 

  • (Whether) the drum is wet or dry or full or empty, its sound informs us of everything.
  • تر و خشک و پر و تی باشد دهل  ** بانگ او آگه کند ما را ز کل 

  • (Beat him) in order that he may be compelled to declare the secret, so that these (apprehensive) hearts will be reassured. 2575
  • تا بگوید سر خود از اضطرار  ** آنچنان که گیرد این دلها قرار 

  • Since the shining truth is (a cause of) tranquillity, the heart will not be calmed by lying words.
  • چون طمانینست صدق و با فروغ  ** دل نیارامد به گفتار دروغ 

  • Falsehood is like a (piece of stick or) straw, and the heart like a mouth: a straw never becomes (quietly) hidden in the mouth.
  • کذب چون خس باشد و دل چون دهان  ** خس نگردد در دهان هرگز نهان 

  • So long as it is there, he (who is annoyed by it) keeps moving his tongue, in order that thereby he may eject it from his mouth.
  • تا درو باشد زبانی می‌زند  ** تا به دانش از دهان بیرون کند 

  • Especially, when a straw (blown) by the wind falls into the eye, the eye begins to water and shut and open.
  • خاصه که در چشم افتد خس ز باد  ** چشم افتد در نم و بند و گشاد 

  • We, therefore, now kick (out) this (man of) straw, in order that our mouth and eye may be delivered from (the disquiet caused by) this straw.” 2580
  • ما پس این خس را زنیم اکنون لگد  ** تا دهان و چشم ازین خس وا رهد 

  • Dalqak said, “O King, be calm: do not scratch the face of clemency and forgiveness.
  • گفت دلقک ای ملک آهسته باش  ** روی حلم و مغفرت را کم‌خراش 

  • Why such an excessive haste to take revenge? I cannot fly away, I am in thy hand (power).
  • تا بدین حد چیست تعجیل نقم  ** من نمی‌پرم به دست تو درم 

  • ’Tis not right to be hasty in (the case of) correction that is (inflicted) for God's sake;
  • آن ادب که باشد از بهر خدا  ** اندر آن مستعجلی نبود روا 

  • (But as regards) that (of) which (the motive) is (ill) humour and casual anger, he (the corrector) is in a hurry (for fear) lest he should become content (reconciled).
  • وآنچ باشد طبع و خشم و عارضی  ** می‌شتابد تا نگردد مرتضی 

  • He is afraid that, if contentment come and his anger go, his revenge and the pleasure of (taking) it will be lost. 2585
  • ترسد ار آید رضا خشمش رود  ** انتقام و ذوق آن فایت شود 

  • False appetite makes haste to (devour) the food for fear of missing the pleasure: that is sickness indeed.
  • شهوت کاذب شتابد در طعام  ** خوف فوت ذوق هست آن خود سقام 

  • (If) the appetite be true, ’tis better to delay, in order that it (the food) may be digested without difficulty.
  • اشتها صادق بود تاخیر به  ** تا گواریده شود آن بی‌گره 

  • Wilt thou beat me for the purpose of averting a (dreaded) calamity, to the end that thou mayst see the crevice and block it up,
  • تو پی دفع بلایم می‌زنی  ** تا ببینی رخنه را بندش کنی