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دفتر ششم - بخش ۱۵ - حکایت پاسبان کی خاموش کرد تا دزدان رخت تاجران بردند به کلی بعد از آن هیهای و پاسبانی می‌کرد / Book Six - Section 15 - The Story of the Watchman Who Kept Silent Until the Thieves Took All the Merchants' Goods, and After That He Started Shouting and Keeping Watch

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پاسبانی خفت و دزد اسباب بردرختها را زیر هر خاکی فشرد
A watchman fell asleep and a thief carried off the goods,
He pressed the baggage beneath the earth.
روز شد بیدار شد آن کارواندید رفته رخت و سیم و اشتران
It became day, that caravan awoke,
And saw the goods, silver, and camels gone.
پس بدو گفتند ای حارس بگوکه چه شد این رخت و این اسباب کو
Then they said to him, 'O watchman, tell us,
What happened to the goods and where is the baggage?'
گفت دزدان آمدند اندر نقابرختها بردند از پیشم شتاب
He said, 'Thieves came wearing masks,
They swiftly took the goods from before me.'
قوم گفتندش که ای چو تل ریگپس چه می کردی کیی ای مردریگ
The people said to him, 'O you who are like a mound of sand,
Then what were you doing? Who are you, O worthless man?'
گفت من یک کس بدم ایشان گروهبا سلاح و با شجاعت با شکوه
He said, 'I was but one person, and they were a group,
Armed, courageous, and formidable.'
گفت اگر در جنگ کم بودت امیدنعره ای زن کای کریمان برجهید
They said, 'If you had little hope in a fight,
You could have raised a cry, 'O noble ones, jump up!''
گفت آن دم کارد بنمودند و تیغکه خمش ورنه کشیمت بی دریغ
He said, 'At that moment they showed knives and swords,
Saying, 'Keep quiet, or we will kill you without hesitation!'
آن زمان از ترس بستم من دهاناین زمان هیهای و فریاد و فغان
At that time, out of fear, I closed my mouth;
At this time, [I offer] shouts, cries, and lamentations!
آن زمان بست آن دمم که دم زنماین زمان چندانک خواهی هی کنم
At that time, they stopped my breath so I could not breathe;
At this time, I will shout as much as you want!'
چونک عمرت برد دیو فاضحهبی نمک باشد اعوذ و فاتحه
Since the disgracing demon has stolen your life,
Saying 'I seek refuge' and the 'Fatihah' is tasteless.
گرچه باشد بی نمک اکنون حنینهست غفلت بی نمک تر زان یقین
Although sighing is tasteless now,
Negligence is certainly more tasteless than that.
هم چنین هم بی نمک می نال نیزکه ذلیلان را نظر کن ای عزیز
Even so, continue to lament, even if it is tasteless,
[Saying,] 'Look upon the abased, O Dear One!'
قادری بی گاه باشد یا به گاهاز تو چیزی فوت کی شد ای اله
You are the Powerful One, whether it is late or on time;
When was anything ever missed by You, O God?
شاه لا تاسوا علی ما فاتکمکی شود از قدرتش مطلوب گم
The King who says, 'Grieve not for what has escaped you' (Quran 57:23),
How can the desired object ever be lost from His power?

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