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دفتر اول - بخش ۱۴۲ - رفتن گرگ و روباه در خدمت شیر به شکار / Book One - Section 142 - The Going of the Wolf and the Fox in the Service of the Lion to Hunt

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

شیر و گرگ و روبهی بهر شکاررفته بودند از طلب در کوهسار
A lion, a wolf, and a fox had gone hunting,
impelled by seeking, into the mountains,
تا به پشت همدگر بر صیدهاسخت بر بندند بار قیدها
so that, with one another's backing, upon the prey
they might tightly load the burdens of fetters.
هر سه با هم اندر آن صحرای ژرفصیدها گیرند بسیار و شگرف
All three together in that deep wilderness
caught many remarkable kinds of game.
گرچه زیشان شیر نر را ننگ بودلیک کرد اکرام و همراهی نمود
Although such company was a disgrace to the male lion,
yet he honored them and accompanied them.
این چنین شه را ز لشکر زحمتستلیک همره شد جماعت رحمتست
For such a king, an army is a burden,
yet he became their companion, for community is mercy.
این چنین مه را ز اختر ننگهاستاو میان اختران بهر سخاست
For such a moon, the stars are disgraces,
yet he is among the stars out of generosity.
امر شاورهم پیمبر را رسیدگرچه رایی نیست رایش را ندید
The command 'consult them' came to the Prophet,
although no counsel equals his counsel.
در ترازو جو رفیق زر شدستنه از آن که جو چو زر جوهر شدست
In the balance, barley has become companion to gold,
not because barley has become gold in substance.
روح قالب را کنون همره شدستمدتی سگ حارس درگه شدست
The spirit has now become companion to the body;
for a while, the dog has become guardian of the gate.
چونک رفتند این جماعت سوی کوهدر رکاب شیر با فر و شکوه
When this company went toward the mountain,
in the retinue of the lion, with pomp and majesty,
گاو کوهی و بز و خرگوش زفتیافتند و کار ایشان پیش رفت
they found a wild ox, a goat, and a large hare,
and their affair prospered.
هر که باشد در پی شیر حرابکم نیاید روز و شب او را کباب
Whoever follows a battling lion
will not lack kebab by day or night.
چون ز که در بیشه آوردندشانکشته و مجروح و اندر خون کشان
When they brought them from the mountain into the plain,
slain and wounded and dragged in blood,
گرگ و روبه را طمع بود اندر آنکه رود قسمت به عدل خسروان
the wolf and fox had greed for it,
hoping the division would proceed according to kingly justice.
عکس طمع هر دوشان بر شیر زدشیر دانست آن طمعها را سند
The reflection of both their greeds struck the lion;
the lion knew the proof of those greedy thoughts.
هر که باشد شیر اسرار و امیراو بداند هر چه اندیشد ضمیر
Whoever is the lion of secrets and the commander
knows whatever the inward mind thinks.
هین نگه دار ای دل اندیشه خودل ز اندیشهٔ بدی در پیش او
Take care, O thought-prone heart:
guard your heart from evil thought before him.
داند و خر را همی راند خموشدر رخت خندد برای روی پوش
He knows, and silently keeps driving the donkey;
he laughs in your face as a covering.
شیر چون دانست آن وسواسشانوا نگفت و داشت آن دم پاسشان
When the lion knew their obsessive whisperings,
he did not speak out, and for that moment spared them.
لیک با خود گفت بنمایم سزامر شما را ای خسیسان گدا
But he said to himself: I will show you what you deserve,
O mean beggars.
مر شما را بس نیامد رای منظنتان اینست در اعطای من
Was my judgment not enough for you?
Is this what you suspect about my giving?
ای عقول و رایتان از رای مناز عطاهای جهان آرای من
O you whose intellects and judgments come from my judgment,
from my world-adorning gifts,
نقش با نقاش چه سگالد دگرچون سگالش اوش بخشید و خبر
what can the image deliberate apart from the painter,
when he gave it deliberation and awareness?
این چنین ظن خسیسانه به منمر شما را بود ننگان زمن
This base suspicion of me
was a disgrace for you before me.
ظانین بالله ظن السؤ راگر نبرم سر بود عین خطا
Those who think evil thoughts of God:
if I do not cut off their heads, it would be sheer error.
وا رهانم چرخ را از ننگتانتا بماند در جهان این داستان
I will free the heavens from your disgrace,
so that this story may remain in the world.
شیر با این فکر می زد خنده فاشبر تبسمهای شیر ایمن مباش
The lion was laughing openly with this thought:
do not feel safe before the lion's smiles.
مال دنیا شد تبسمهای حقکرد ما را مست و مغرور و خلق
The smiles of God became worldly wealth;
they made us, the creatures, drunk, deluded, and worldly.
فقر و رنجوری بهستت ای سندکان تبسم دام خود را بر کند
Poverty and illness are better for you, O reliable one,
for that smile tears out its own snare.

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