English    Türkçe    فارسی   

5
2367-2376

  • گفت بسپارش به من تو روز چند  ** تا شود در آخر شه زورمند 
  • “Hand him over to me,” said the other, “for a few days, that in the King's stable he may grow strong.”
  • خر بدو بسپرد و آن رحمت‌پرست  ** در میان آخر سلطانش بست 
  • He handed the ass over to him, and that merciful man tethered him in the Sultan's stable.
  • خر ز هر سو مرکب تازی بدید  ** با نوا و فربه و خوب و جدید 
  • The ass saw on every side (of him) Arab horses, well-fed and fat and handsome and glossy;
  • زیر پاشان روفته آبی زده  ** که به وقت وجو به هنگام آمده  2370
  • (He saw the ground) swept (clean) under their feet and sprinkled with water; the straw coming at the (proper) time, and the barley at the hour (when it was expected).
  • خارش و مالش مر اسپان را بدید  ** پوز بالا کرد کای رب مجید 
  • He saw the horses curry-combed and rubbed down. (Then) he lifted up his muzzle, crying, “O glorious Lord,
  • نه که مخلوق توم گیرم خرم  ** از چه زار و پشت ریش و لاغرم 
  • Am not I Thy creature? I grant that I am an ass, (but) wherefore am I wretched, with sores on my back, and lean?
  • شب ز درد پشت و از جوع شکم  ** آرزومندم به مردن دم به دم 
  • At night, because of the pain in my back and the (pangs of) hunger in my belly, I am always wishing to die.
  • حال این اسپان چنین خوش با نوا  ** من چه مخصوصم به تعذیب و بلا 
  • These horses are so happy and prosperous: why am I singled out for torment and tribulation?”
  • ناگهان آوازه‌ی پیگار شد  ** تازیان را وقت زین و کار شد  2375
  • Suddenly came the rumour of war: ’twas the time for the Arab horses to be saddled and brought into action.
  • زخمهای تیر خوردند از عدو  ** رفت پیکانها دریشان سو به سو 
  • They were wounded with arrows by the foe: the barbs entered them on every side.