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بخش ۴ - الحكایة ‌و التمثیل / Section 4 - The Tale and the Parable

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

بود شاهی را غلامی سیمبرهم ادب از پای تا سر هم هنر
A king had a silver-bodied slave,
Full of courtesy and skill from head to toe.
چون بخندیدی لب گلرنگ اوگلشکر گشتی فراخ از تنگ او
When his rose-colored lips smiled,
Rose-sugar became abundant from his narrow mouth.
ماه را خورشید رویش مایه دادمهر را زلف سیاهش سایه داد
The sun of his face gave substance to the moon,
His black tresses cast a shadow over the sun.
دام مشکینش چوشست انداختیجان بهای و دل ز دست انداختی
When he threw his musky snare like a fishing hook,
You would cast away the price of your soul and heart.
راستی از بس کژی کان شست بودصیدش از هفتاد فرقت شست بود
Truthfully, from the sheer curvature that hook possessed,
His prey was sixty out of the seventy sects.
ابروی او در کژی طاق آمدهراستی محراب عشاق آمده
His eyebrow, in its curvature, was an arch,
In truth, it became the prayer niche (mihrab) of lovers.
مردمی چشم او در جادوئیترک تازش در میان هندوئی
The pupil of his eye in its magic,
Made a Turkic raid within a Hindu (black eye).
از میانش بود دل در هیچ و بسوز دهانش روح در ضیق النفس
From his waist, the heart was in nothingness and that is all,
And from his mouth, the spirit suffered shortness of breath.
لعل او را وصف کردن راه نیستزانکه کس از آب خضر آگاه نیست
There is no way to describe his ruby (lips),
For no one is aware of the Water of Khidr.
این غلام دلربای جان فزایپیش شاه خویش استادی بپای
This heart-ravishing, soul-increasing slave,
Was standing on his feet before his king.
از قضا روزی مگر در پیش شاهکرد بسیاری همی در خود نگاه
By chance, one day before the king,
He kept looking at himself a great deal.
شاه حالی دشنهٔ زد بر دلشجان بداد و آن جهان شد منزلش
The king instantly struck a dagger into his heart;
He gave up his life, and the next world became his abode.
پس زفان در خشم او بگشاد شاهگفت تا چندی کنی بر خود نگاه
Then the king, in his anger, loosened his tongue,
Saying, 'How long will you look at yourself?
گه علم میبینی و بازوی خویشگه نظاره میکنی بر موی خویش
Sometimes you look at your banner and your own arm,
Sometimes you gaze upon your own hair.
گه کنی در پا و در موزه نگاهگه نهی از پیش و گاه از پس کلاه
Sometimes you look at your feet and boots,
Sometimes you tilt your hat forward and backward.
گه شوی مشغول در انگشتریخودپرستی تو و یا خدمت گری
Sometimes you become preoccupied with your ring.
Are you a self-worshipper, or a servant?
چون چنین تو عاشق خویش آمدیبهر خدمت از چه در پیش آمدی
Since you have become such a lover of yourself,
Why did you come forward to serve?
ترک خدمت گیر و خود را میپرستبعدازین برخیز و با خود کن نشست
Abandon service and worship yourself;
After this, arise and sit with yourself.
دعوی خدمت کنی با شهریارخود ز عشق خویش باشی بی قرار
You claim to serve the sovereign,
Yet you are restless with love for yourself.
گرچه خود را سخت بخرد میکنیدر حقیقت خدمت خود میکنی
Although you consider yourself very wise,
In reality, you are serving yourself.
من ز تو بر مینگیرم یک نظرتو زخود دیدن نمیآئی بسر
I do not take a single glance away from you,
While you never cease looking at yourself.
مردم دیده چو خود بینی نکردجای خود جز دیده میبینی نکرد
Since the pupil of the eye did not engage in self-seeing,
It made its place nowhere but the eye, you see.
کار نزدیکان خطر دارد بسیچون تواند جست نزدیکی کسی
The affairs of those drawn near hold much danger;
How can just anyone seek nearness?'

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