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بخش ۵۳ - التمثیل فی حفظ اسرارالملوک / Section 53 - The Allegory of Keeping the Secrets of Kings

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

بود مردی علیل از ورمیوز ورم برنیامدیش دمی
There was a sick man, suffering from a swelling,
And from the swelling he could not draw a breath.
رفت روزی به نزد داناییزیرکی پر خرد توانایی
One day he went to a wise man,
A clever, intelligent, and capable man.
گفت بنگر که از چه معلولمکز خور و خواب و عیش معزولم
He said, 'Look at what ails me,
That I am deprived of food, sleep, and life.'
مجسش چون بدید مرد حکیمگفت ایمن نشین ز انده و بیم
When the wise doctor checked his pulse,
He said, 'Sit securely, free from grief and fear.
نیست در باطن تو هیچ خللمی نبینم ز هیچ نوع علل
There is no defect within your body,
I see no kind of illness.'
مرد گفتا که باز گویم حالکز چه افتاد بر من این اهوال
The man said, 'Let me tell you my state,
Why these terrors have befallen me.
رازدار ملوک و پادشهمبا مزاج ملون و تبهم
I am the secret-keeper of kings and the emperor,
With a changing temperament and imagination.
شه سکندر دهد همه کاممکه ورا من گزیده حجامم
King Alexander grants all my desires,
Because I am his chosen cupper.
لیک رازیست در دلم پیوستروز و شب جان نهاده بر کف دست
But there is a secret constantly in my heart,
Day and night I hold my life in the palm of my hand.
نتوانم گشاد راز نهانکه از آن بیم سر بود به زمان
I cannot reveal this hidden secret,
For fear that my head would be taken in a moment.
سال و مه مستمند و غمگینمبیش از این نیست راه و آیینم
Months and years I am miserable and sorrowful,
My path and custom is nothing more than this.'
گفت مرد حکیم رو تنهابی علایق نهان سوی صحرا
The wise man said, 'Go alone,
Without any attachments, secretly to the wilderness.
چاهساری ببین خراب شدهگشته مطموس و خشک از آب شده
Find a ruined well,
That has become filled in and dry of water.
اندر آن چاه گوی راز دلتتا بیاساید این سرشته گلت
Into that well, speak the secret of your heart,
So that your clay-made body may find rest.'
مرد پند حکیم چون بشنیدهمچنان کرد از آنکه چاره ندید
When the man heard the wise man's advice,
He did just that, as he saw no other remedy.
شد به صحرا برون نه دانا مرداز پی دفع رنج و راحت فرد
The man went out to the wilderness,
Seeking to repel the pain and find solitary comfort.
دید چاهی خراب و خالی جایدرد خود را در آن شناخت دوای
He saw a ruined well, an empty place,
He recognized it as the cure for his pain.
سر سوی چاه کرد و گفت ای چاهراز من را نگاه دار نگاه
He put his head to the well and said, 'O well,
Keep my secret safe, keep it safe.
شه سکندر دو گوش همچو خراندارد اینست راز، دار نهان
King Alexander has two ears like a donkey;
This is the secret, keep it hidden.'
باز گفت این سخن سه بار و برفتبنگر او را که چون گرفت آکفت
He repeated these words three times and departed,
Look at him, how he was relieved of his burden.
زان کهن چاه نی بنی بر رستشد قوی نی بن و برآمد چست
From that old well, a reed grew,
The reed stalk became strong and grew up sturdy.
دید مردی شبان در آن چه نیببرید آن نی و شمردش فی
A shepherd saw the reed in that well,
He cut the reed and considered it a prize.
کرد نایی از آن نی تازهراز دل را که داند اندازه
He made a flute from that fresh reed,
Who can measure the secret of the heart?
نای چون در دمید کرد آوازبا خلایق که فاش کردم راز
When he blew into the flute, it sang out,
To the people: 'I have revealed the secret!
شه سکندر دو گوش خر داردخلق از این راز او خبر دارد
King Alexander has the two ears of a donkey,
The people now have news of his secret!'
فاش گشت این سخن به گرد جهانمرد حجام را برید زبان
This tale became known across the world,
And they cut off the tongue of the cupper man.
تا بدانی که راز بهروزانبتر از جمر و آتش سوزان
So that you may know that the secret of the fortunate,
Is worse than embers and burning fire.
عالمی پر ز آتش و تف و دودبهتر از یک سخن که راز تو بود
A world full of fire, heat, and smoke,
Is better than one word that was your secret.

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