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دفتر ششم - بخش ۶۸ - نومید شدن آن پادشاه از یافتن آن گنج و ملول شدن او از طلب آن / Book Six - Section 68 - The King becoming hopeless of finding that treasure and becoming weary of seeking it

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چونک تعویق آمد اندر عرض و طولشاه شد زان گنج دل سیر و ملول
When delay came in breadth and length,
the King became sick at heart and weary of that treasure.
دشتها را گز گز آن شه چاه کندرقعه را از خشم پیش او فکند
The King dug wells yard by yard across the plains;
in anger, he threw the map down before him.
گفت گیر این رقعه کش آثار نیستتو بدین اولیتری کت کار نیست
He said, 'Take this map, for it yields no results;
you are more suited to this, since you have no work.
نیست این کار کسی کش هست کارکه بسوزد گل بگردد گرد خار
This is not the work of someone who has a job (responsibilities),
that he should burn the rose and wander around the thorn.
نادر افتد اهل این ماخولیامنتظر که روید از آهن گیا
Rarely is there anyone prone to this melancholy (delusion),
waiting for grass to grow from iron!
سخت جانی باید این فن را چو توتو که داری جان سخت این را بجو
A tough soul (stubbornness) is needed for this craft, like you;
you, who have a tough soul, seek this out!
گر نیابی نبودت هرگز ملالور بیابی آن به تو کردم حلال
If you don't find it, you will never be weary;
and if you find it, I have made it lawful to you.'
عقل راه ناامیدی کی رودعشق باشد کان طرف بر سر دود
When does the intellect walk the path of hopelessness?
It is Love that runs headlong in that direction!
لاابالی عشق باشد نی خردعقل آن جوید کز آن سودی برد
Love is reckless, not reason;
the intellect seeks that from which it can derive a profit.
ترک تاز و تن گداز و بی حیادر بلا چون سنگ زیر آسیا
(Love is) a marauder, body-consuming, and shameless,
in affliction, like the nether millstone.
سخت رویی که ندارد هیچ پشتبهره جویی را درون خویش کشت
It is hard-faced (steadfast) and has no backing;
it has killed the seeking of profit within itself.
پاک می بازد نباشد مزدجوآنچنان که پاک می گیرد ز هو
It stakes everything purely and does not seek a wage,
just as it receives purely from God.
می دهد حق هستیش بی علتیمی سپارد باز بی علت فتی
God gives him his existence without a cause;
the generous youth surrenders it back without a cause.
که فتوت دادن بی علتستپاک بازی خارج هر ملتست
For generosity is giving without a cause;
purely staking all is outside every religion (creed).
زانک ملت فضل جوید یا خلاصپاک بازانند قربانان خاص
Because religion seeks grace or salvation,
(but) the pure gamblers are the special sacrifices.
نی خدا را امتحانی می کنندنی در سود و زیانی می زنند
They do not put God to the test,
nor do they knock at the door of profit and loss.

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