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حکایت بوتیمار / The Tale of the Heron

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

پس درآمد زود بوتیمار پیشگفت: ای مرغان من و تیمار خویش!
Then the heron swiftly stepped forward,
Saying: 'O birds, I am content with my own sorrow!
بر لب دریاست خوش تر جای مننشنود هرگز کسی آوای من
My most pleasant place is on the shore of the sea,
No one ever hears my voice.
از کم آزاری من هرگز دمیکس نیازارد ز من در عالمی
Because of my harmlessness, never for a single moment,
Does anyone in the world suffer harm from me.
بر لب دریا نشینم دردمنددائما اندوهگین و مستمند
I sit on the shore of the sea, pained,
Constantly sorrowful and destitute.
زآرزوی آب، دل، پر خون کنمچون دریغ آید، نجوشم، چون کنم
From the longing for water, I fill my heart with blood,
Since I feel regret, I do not drink; what can I do?
چون نیم من اهل دریا، ای عجببر لب دریا بمیرم خشک لب
Since I am not a creature of the sea, oh wonder!
I would die on the shore of the sea with dry lips.
گر چه دریا می زند صد گونه جوشمن نیارم کرد از او یک قطره نوش
Although the sea boils in a hundred ways,
I do not dare to drink a single drop from it.
گر ز دریا کم شود یک قطره آبزآتش غیرت دلم گردد کباب
If a single drop of water decreases from the sea,
My heart would roast from the fire of jealousy.
چون منی را عشق دریا بس بوددر سرم این شیوه سودا بس بود
For someone like me, the love of the sea is enough,
In my head, this manner of melancholy is enough.
جز غم دریا نخواهم این زمانتاب سیمرغم نباشد الامان
I desire nothing but the sorrow of the sea at this time,
I do not have the endurance for the Simorgh, alas.
آنک او را قطرهٔ آب ست اصلکی تواند یافت از سیمرغ وصل؟
He whose essence is but a drop of water,
How can he attain union with the Simorgh?'
هدهدش گفت: ای ز دریا بی خبر!هست دریا پر نهنگ و جانور
The hoopoe said to him: 'O you who are ignorant of the sea!
The sea is full of crocodiles and beasts.
گاه تلخ است آب او را، گاه شورگاه آرام است او را، گاه زور
Sometimes its water is bitter, sometimes salty;
Sometimes it is calm, sometimes violent.
منقلب چیز است و ناپاینده همگه شونده، گاه بازآینده هم
It is a changing thing and also impermanent,
Sometimes receding, sometimes returning as well.
بس بزرگان را که کشتی کرد خردبس که در گرداب او افتاد و مرد
Many great ones whose ships it has crushed,
Many who have fallen into its whirlpool and died.
هرک چون غواص ره دارد در اواز غم جان دم نگه دارد در او
Whoever makes their way into it like a diver,
Must hold their breath in it out of fear for their life.
ور زند در قعر دریا دم کسیمرده از بن با سر افتد چون خسی
And if anyone takes a breath at the bottom of the sea,
They fall completely dead, headfirst like a weed.
از چنین کس کاو وفاداری نداشتهیچ کس اومید دلداری نداشت
From such a one who possessed no loyalty,
No one ever had hope of finding comfort.
گر تو از دریا نیایی با کنارغرقه گرداند تو را پایان کار
If you do not step away from the sea to the shore,
It will drown you at the end of the affair.
می زند او خود ز شوق دوست جوشگاه در موج است و گاهی در خروش
It boils itself out of longing for the Friend,
Sometimes in waves and sometimes roaring.
او چو خود را می نیابد کام دلتو نیابی هم از او آرام دل
Since it cannot find its own heart's desire,
You will not find peace of heart from it either.
هست دریا چشمه ای از کوی اوتو چرا قانع شدی بی روی او؟
The sea is but a spring from His alleyway,
Why have you become content without His face?'

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