Then they kissed the earth and departed: they were waiting in expectation of the time and opportunity.
پس زمین را بوسه دادند و شدند ** انتظار وقت و فرصت می‌بدند
How the magicians from the cities assembled before Pharaoh and received robes of honour and laid their hands upon their breasts, (pledging themselves) to subdue his enemy (Moses), and saying, “Write this down against us.”
جمع آمدن ساحران از مداین پیش فرعون و تشریفها یافتن و دست بر سینه زدن در قهر خصم او کی این بر ما نویس
Those magicians came unto Pharaoh, and he gave them robes of honour exceedingly precious.1245
تا بفرعون آمدند آن ساحران ** دادشان تشریفهای بس گران
He made promises to them, and also gave them in advance slaves and horses and money and goods and provisions.
وعده‌هاشان کرد و پیشین هم بداد ** بندگان و اسپان و نقد و جنس و زاد
After that, he was saying, “Hark, O ye that are foremost (in your art), if ye prove superior in the trial,
بعد از آن می‌گفت هین ای سابقان ** گر فزون آیید اندر امتحان
I will scatter over you so many gifts that the veil of bounty and munificence will be rent.”
برفشانم بر شما چندان عطا ** که بدرد پرده‌ی جود و سخا
Then they said to him, “Through thy fortune, O King, we shall prevail, and his cause shall be ruined.
پس بگفتندش به اقبال تو شاه ** غالب آییم و شود کارش تباه
We are heroes and champions in this art: no one in the world can resist us.”1250
ما درین فن صفدریم و پهلوان ** کس ندارد پای ما اندر جهان
The mention of Moses has become a chain (obstruction) to the thoughts (of my readers), (for they think) that these are stories (of that) which happened long ago.