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  • در تگ دریا گهر با سنگهاست ** فخرها اندر میان ننگهاست
  • At the bottom of the sea there are pearls (mingled) with pebbles: glories are (to be found) amidst shames.
  • پس بجوشیدند اسرائیلیان ** از پگه تا جانب میدان دوان
  • The Israelites, then, bestirred themselves mightily, running betimes towards the maydán.
  • چون بحیلتشان به میدان برد او ** روی خود ننمودشان بس تازه‌رو
  • When he (Pharaoh) by cunning had brought them into the maydán, he displayed his face to them, looking very fresh (cheerful and gay).
  • کرد دلداری و بخششها بداد ** هم عطا هم وعده‌ها کرد آن قباد
  • He showed fondness and gave presents: that Emperor bestowed both gifts and promises.
  • بعد از آن گفت از برای جانتان ** جمله در میدان بخسپید امشبان 870
  • After that, he said: “For your lives' sake, do ye all sleep in the maydán tonight!”
  • پاسخش دادند که خدمت کنیم ** گر تو خواهی یک مه اینجا ساکنیم
  • They answered him, saying, “We will do service (to thee): if thou desire, we will dwell here a month.”
  • بازگشتن فرعون از میدان به شهر شاد بتفریق بنی اسرائیل از زنانشان در شب حمل
  • How Pharaoh returned from the maydán to the city, glad at having parted the Israelites from their wives on the night of the conception (of Moses).
  • شه شبانگه باز آمد شادمان ** کامشبان حملست و دورند از زنان
  • At nightfall the King came back (to the city), rejoicing and saying (to himself), “The conception is to-night, and they are far from their wives.”
  • خازنش عمران هم اندر خدمتش ** هم به شهر آمد قرین صحبتش
  • ‘Imrán, his treasurer, also came to the city in attendance upon him as his companion.
  • گفت ای عمران برین در خسپ تو ** هین مرو سوی زن و صحبت مجو
  • He said, “O ‘Imrán, do thou sleep at this door. Beware! go not to thy wife or seek to lie with her.”
  • گفت خسپم هم برین درگاه تو ** هیچ نندیشم بجز دلخواه تو 875
  • He replied, “I will sleep at this portal of thine; I will think of naught but thy pleasure.”