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دفتر ششم - بخش ۱۳۱ - باز آمدن به شرح قصهٔ شاه‌زاده و ملازمت او در حضرت شاه / Book Six - Section 131 - Returning to the Exposition of the Story of the Prince and His Attendance in the Presence of the King

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شاه زاده پیش شه حیران اینهفت گردون دیده در یک مشت طین
The prince was bewildered before the king by this:
he saw the seven heavens in a handful of clay.
هیچ ممکن نه ببحثی لب گشودلیک جان با جان دمی خامش نبود
It was in no way possible for him to open his lips in discussion,
but soul was not for one moment silent from soul.
آمده در خاطرش کین بس خفیستاین همه معنیست پس صورت ز چیست
It occurred to his mind: 'This is very hidden;
this is all spiritual meaning (ma'ni), so whence is the outward form (surat)?
صورتی از صورتت بیزار کنخفته ای هر خفته را بیدار کن
O form, make (me) weary of thy form!
O sleeper, awaken every sleeper!
آن کلامت می رهاند از کلاموان سقامت می جهاند از سقام
That speech of thine delivers (us) from speech,
and that sickness of thine makes (us) escape from sickness.'
پس سقام عشق جان صحتسترنجهااش حسرت هر راحتست
Therefore the sickness of love is the health of the soul:
its pains are the object of envy to every ease.
ای تن اکنون دست خود زین جان بشوور نمی شویی جز این جانی بجو
O body, wash thy hands of this soul now;
or if thou wilt not wash (them), seek a soul other than this.
حاصل آن شه نیک او را می نواختاو از آن خورشید چون مه می گداخت
In short, that king was caressing him well:
he was melting like the moon from (the heat of) that sun.
آن گداز عاشقان باشد نموهم چو مه اندر گدازش تازه رو
That melting of lovers is growth:
like the moon, he is fresh-faced in his melting.
جمله رنجوران دوا دارند امیدنالد این رنجور کم افزون کنید
All sick people hope for a cure;
this sick one cries: 'Increase (my sickness)!'
خوش تر از این سم ندیدم شربتیزین مرض خوش تر نباشد صحتی
I have not seen a sweeter draught than this poison:
there is no health sweeter than this disease.
زین گنه بهتر نباشد طاعتیسالها نسبت بدین دم ساعتی
There is no obedience better than this sin:
years, compared with this moment, are but an hour.
مدتی بد پیش این شه زین نسقدل کباب و جان نهاده بر طبق
For a time he was before this king in this fashion,
his heart roasted (with love) and his soul laid upon a dish.
گفت شه از هر کسی یک سر بریدمن ز شه هر لحظه قربانم جدید
He said: 'The king cuts off one head from every one;
(but) from the king I receive a new sacrifice every moment.
من فقیرم از زر از سر محتشمصد هزاران سر خلف دارد سرم
I am poor in gold, (but) rich in head(s):
my head has hundreds of thousands of heads in succession.
با دو پا در عشق نتوان تاختنبا یکی سر عشق نتوان باختن
With two feet one cannot gallop in love;
with one head one cannot play the game of love.
هر کسی را خود دو پا و یک سرستبا هزاران پا و سر تن نادرست
Every one indeed has two feet and one head:
a body with thousands of feet and heads is rare.
زین سبب هنگامه ها شد کل هدرهست این هنگامه هر دم گرم تر
For this reason all (other) uproars became entirely in vain:
this uproar is becoming hotter every moment.
معدن گرمیست اندر لامکانهفت دوزخ از شرارش یک دخان
The mine of heat is in the Placeless (space):
seven Hells are (but) a single smoke from its spark.

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