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(۵) حکایت نوشروان عادل با پیر بازیار / (5) The Tale of the Just Nushirvan and the Old Farmer

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فرس می راند نوشروان چو تیریبه ره در، چون کمانی دید پیری
Nushirvan was riding his horse like an arrow,
On the road, he saw an old man bent like a bow.
درختی چند می بنشاند آن پیرشهش گفتا چو کردی موی چون شیر
That old man was planting several trees,
The king said to him, 'Since your hair has become white as milk,
چو روزی چند را باقی نمانیدرخت اینجا چرا در می نشانی
Since you will not remain for many more days,
Why are you planting trees here?'
بشاه آن پیر گفتا حجتت بسچو کشتند از برای ما بسی کس
The old man said to the king, 'Your reasoning is sufficient;
Since many planted for our sake,
که تا امروز ازینجا بهره داریمبرای دیگران ما هم بکاریم
So that we might benefit from it today,
We too should plant for others.
بوسع خود بباید رفت گامیکه در هر گام می باید نظامی
One must walk a step according to one's capacity,
For in every step, order is required.'
خوش آمد شاه را گفتار آن پیرکفی پر کرد زر گفتا که این گیر
The king was pleased by the old man's speech,
He filled his hand with gold and said, 'Take this.'
بدو آن پیر گفت ای شاه پیروزدرخت من ببار آمد هم امروز
The old man said to him, 'O victorious king,
My tree has borne fruit this very day!
چه گر شد عمر من افزون ز هفتادازین کشتم تو دانی بد نیفتاد
What does it matter if my age has exceeded seventy?
You know well that this planting of mine did not turn out badly.
نداد این کشت ده سال انتظارمکه هم امروز زر آورد بارم
This planting did not make me wait ten years,
For this very day, it yielded a harvest of gold.'
چو شه را خوشتر آمد این جوابشزمین وده بدو بخشید و آبش
Since this answer pleased the king even more,
He bestowed upon him the land, the village, and its water.
ترا امروز باید کرد کاریکه بی کارت نخواهد بود باری
You must perform a deed today,
For without a deed, you will have no fruit.
قدم در راه دین باید نهادنرعونت بر زمین باید نهادن
You must set foot upon the path of faith,
You must cast arrogance upon the ground.
اگر مردی محاسن همچو مردانطهارت جای را جاروب گردان
If you are a man, with the virtues of men,
Sweep the place of purity.
نداری شرم با این زور بازونهادن سنگ خود را در ترازو
Do you not feel shame, with such strength in your arm,
To place your own stone on the scale?
تو کم باشی ز سگ بشنو سخن راگر از سگ بیش دانی خویشتن را
You are lesser than a dog, listen to this word,
If you consider yourself greater than a dog.

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