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بخش ۳ - فی خصاله و فضیلته / Section 3 - On His Qualities and His Virtue

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

عرش اگر بارگاه را زیبدشاه بهرامشاه را زیبد
If the Throne of God is fitting for a court,
It is fitting for King Bahramshah.
شه به پشت حقیقت اعجازنه ز روی گزاف و راه مجاز
The King, supported by the truth of miracles,
Not by way of exaggeration or metaphorical paths.
هست چرخ ارچه هرزه دوران نیستهست قطب ارچه تنگ میدان نیست
Though the heaven is not rotating in vain,
He is the axis, though the field is not narrow.
هست از این روی سال و ماه مقیمنه ز رای سخیف و طبع سقیم
For this reason, the year and month are established,
Not from weak judgment or a diseased nature.
روز و شب با نماز و با روزهپاسبانان بام پیروزه
Day and night, with prayer and fasting,
Are the guardians of the turquoise dome.
تا شود هم ز عدل و جاه ملککمر کوه چون کلاه ملک
So that through the justice and dignity of the king,
The belt of the mountain becomes like the cap of the king.
اجل از عدل اوست مرگ طلبخرد از علم اوست برگ طلب
Death itself seeks demise from his justice,
Wisdom seeks sustenance from his knowledge.
عدد نام اوست هرکه نبشتهشت بهرامشاه و هشت بهشت
Whoever writes the number of his name,
Finds eight Bahramshah and eight heavens.
بهر هم نامی شه خوش نامسرخ رویست بر فلک بهرام
For sharing the name of the well-reputed king,
Mars is red-faced with pride in the sky.
از پی شرع و ملک بسته کمربیش علم علی و عدل عمر
Having girded his loin for the sake of Sharia and the kingdom,
More so with the knowledge of Ali and the justice of Umar.
از پی دوستان به گاه جدالچون شود پشت دشمنش چون دال
For the sake of friends, in times of battle,
How the back of his enemy becomes bent like the letter Dal.
عزم او تیغ ملک را ظفرستحزم او تیر مرگ را سپرست
His resolve is victory for the sword of the kingdom,
His prudence is a shield against the arrow of death.
زیر حکمش برای جان و جهانصدهزاران دلست و یک فرمان
Under his command, for the sake of soul and world,
Are hundreds of thousands of hearts, yet a single decree.
سست پای از نهیب او سیحوننرم گردن به حکم او گردون
The Jaxartes river is slow-footed from his dread,
The heaven has a soft neck submissive to his decree.
بکند ار بخواهد از یک مشتشکم خصم طبل و مهرهٔ پشت
If he wishes, with a single blow of his fist,
He can make the enemy's belly a drum and smash his backbone.
برگ سازنده از دو دست چو میغمرگ سوزنده از زبان چو تیغ
Providing sustenance from his two hands like a cloud,
Bringing burning death from his tongue like a sword.
روح تازه شود ز دیدارشمرده زنده شود ز گفتارش
The soul is refreshed by his sight,
The dead is brought to life by his speech.
سیرت انبیاست سیرت اوحبذا سیرت و سریرت او
His character is the character of the prophets;
How wonderful are his character and inner nature!
مهدی وقت و عیسی حالستروز و شب در جدال دجال است
He is the Mahdi of the time and the Jesus of the present,
Day and night in battle with the Antichrist.
بهر بازوش از خط تقدیسظفر و فتح گشته حرز نبیش
For his arm, from the line of sanctification,
Victory and conquest have become his prophetic amulet.
سیرت او روان صورت چینسطوت او ستون خیمهٔ دین
His character is the soul of the form of China,
His majesty is the pillar of the tent of religion.
من چه گویم که خود در احکامشدولت از چرخ داد پیغامش
What can I say? For indeed in his decrees,
Fortune brought him a message from the heavens,
که چو تو خسروی ز بهر سریرکم نشاند قضا و حکم قدیر
That a king like you for the throne,
Destiny and the decree of the Almighty have rarely seated.
عرش و کرسی که است از اندازه شروز روزی کم است از آوازه ش
The Throne and the Footstool are small compared to his stature,
The day's daily bread is less than his fame.
گرز او را فلک خمیده کشدرایتش را فلک به دیده کشد
The sky bears his mace with a bent back,
The sky rubs his banner on its eyes in reverence.
چرخ بیند چو بازوی چیرشرخت بر گاو برنهد شیرش
When the sphere of heaven sees his dominant arm,
Its Lion packs its baggage upon the Bull.
شه چو شد بر شکار شیران چیرشیر گردون شود ز شیری سیر
When the king prevails in hunting lions,
The celestial lion becomes sated with lionhood.
اخترانی که حال گردانندتیغ او را اجل گیا دانند
The stars that change the states of things,
Deem his sword to be the herb of death.
تیغ او بر عدوست رستاخیزشیر شمشیر او بدید گریز
His sword is resurrection to the enemy,
The lion fled upon seeing his sword.
سایهٔ تیغ شاه بر چیپالهست پیوسته مهمترین اهوال
The shadow of the king's sword over Jaipal
Is constantly the most momentous of terrors.
آفت جان دشمن آن تیغستراست گویی که مرگ را میغست
That sword is the plague of the enemy's soul;
Truly you would say it is the cloud of death.
گویی اهل وجود و اهل عدمهست در تیغ شاه هر دو به هم
You would say the people of existence and the people of non-existence
Are both gathered together in the king's sword.
عدد کشتگان تیغ ملکذره ای تیغ با ستیغ ملک
The number of those slain by the king's sword—
A tiny particle of his sword with the peak of the king's glory.
ذره ای تیغ شاه با صولتعدد خلق کشت در خلقت
A tiny speck of the king's majestic sword
Slew a multitude of creatures in creation.
گه بخندد به دست شاه درونگاه بر دشمنانش گرید خون
Sometimes it laughs in the hand of the king,
Sometimes it weeps blood upon his enemies.
از تف بیلک شه کشورشاه مرغان بیفکند شهپر
From the heat of the king's arrow,
The king of birds sheds its primary feathers.
ور سر گرز او زمین سپردجوشن ماهی ثری بدرد
And if the head of his mace treads upon the earth,
It tears the armor of the fish of the abyss.
نیزه را شاه اگر بجنباندمرگ آسوده را برنجاند
If the king shakes his spear,
He troubles death itself, which was otherwise at peace.
هرکه او خصم شهریار بودمور گردد اگرچه مار بود
Whoever is an enemy of the king,
Becomes an ant, even if he were a serpent.
برگرد ار بخواهد او آسانآسمان را طبق طبق به سنان
He can easily turn the heavens layer by layer
With his spearhead, if he so desires.
تیغ هم نام او چو کین توزدکین گذاری ز تیغش آموزد
When the sword of his namesake wages war,
It learns the art of vengeance from his sword.
خنجر او چو قاف کاف شودقاف از آن بوی نافه ناف شود
When his dagger becomes 'Qaf' and 'Kaf',
Mount Qaf becomes a navel of musk from its scent.
ز ابر شمشیر ملک بارندهچمن ملک را نگارنده
From the cloud of the king's raining sword,
The meadow of the kingdom is adorned.
گر بخواهد ز تیغ موسی وارخشک رودی کند ز دریا بار
If he wishes, with his Moses-like sword,
He can make a dry path out of the ocean.
برکشد دست شاه دین پرورناخن پای دشمن از رگ سر
The hand of the religion-protecting king can pull
The toenail of the enemy through the vein of his head.
برکشد عکس تیغ سینه درشدلق کیمخت کرگدن ز سرش
The reflection of his chest-tearing sword strips
The shagreen leather garment of the rhinoceros from its head.
خنجرش روی روز و ملک افروزبیلکش رای سوز و ایلک دوز
His dagger illumines the face of the day and the kingdom,
His arrow destroys judgment and pierces the Turkish ruler.
از سنانش آنکه جنگ رای کندهمه تن پر دهن چو نای کند
Whoever wages war against his spearhead,
Has his entire body turned into mouths, like a flute.
گرز او تا بدید بر هامونمهره باش است گردن گردون
Since the neck of the heaven saw his mace on the plain,
It is a broken collarbone.
زخم گرزش نمود در یک دمکشته و گور کرده هر دو به هم
The blow of his mace displayed in a single instant
The slain and the buried, both together.
صفت گرزش ار کنند اداکوه را دم فرو شود ز صدا
If they describe the qualities of his mace,
The mountain's breath is choked by the echo.
مرکبش چون جز از پی حق نیستاشهب و ادهم است ابلق نیست
Since his steed is only for the sake of Truth,
It is grey and black, not piebald.
روز میدان چو در دل آرد رایسر قاورن کند چو دست از پای
On the day of battle, when he resolves in his heart,
He severs the head of Qavurd like limbs.
هیبت گرز و تیر او در جنگچون کند سوی دشمنان آهنگ
The dread of his mace and arrows in war,
When he marches towards the enemies.
دست و تیغش قضا شمار و قدرتیر و رمحش بسان شمس و قمر
His hand and sword are the arbiters of destiny and decree,
His arrow and spear are like the sun and the moon.
چون تگ اشبهش به تاز آمدعرب اندر عجم فراز آمد
When the gallop of his grey steed began,
The Arab drew close to the Persian.
زانکه باد دبور یک تگ اوستدود آتش ز رشک یک رگ اوست
For the west wind is but a single gallop of his,
And the smoke of fire is from the envy of one of his veins.
مهد او بر فراز پیل جموحکوه جودیست بر سفینهٔ نوح
His litter atop the stubborn elephant
Is like Mount Judi upon Noah's Ark.
چون به خصمش پیامی آمد ازودم فرو رفت و جان برآمد ازو
When a message came from him to his enemy,
The enemy's breath was held and his soul departed.
جان که از پیش تیغ او گذردهمچو زنگی در آینه نگرد
The soul that passes before his sword
Beholds itself like a dark-faced Ethiopian looking in a mirror.
همت شاه چون به خیز آمداز شبش روز رستخیز آمد
When the king's resolve was aroused,
From his night arose the day of resurrection.
آنکه با تیغهای هند نژادهند را همچو طبع خویش گشاد
He who with Indian-born swords
Conquered India, matching his own temperament.
روم و چین را چو وقت آن آیدچون دل و دست خویش بگشاید
When the time comes for Rome and China,
He will open them as he opens his own heart and hand.
لوهووری ز بس که غم بودراست ماتم سرای آدم بود
Lahore, out of excessive grief,
Was truly the mourning house of Adam.
نکند قصد هیچ خصم زبونکه ز مردار کس نریزد خون
He does not target any weak foe,
For no one spills the blood of a corpse.
خصمش از بیم او گه پیکارنقش روی سپر کند زنهار
His enemy, out of fear of him in battle,
Begs for quarter like an image painted on a shield.

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