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4089-4098

  • A boy, who was the guardian of a cornfield, used to beat a tomtom in order to keep off the birds,
  • کودکی کو حارس کشتی بدی ** طبلکی در دفع مرغان می‌زدی
  • So that the birds, at (the sound of) the tomtom, were scared away from the field, and the field became safe from evil birds. 4090
  • تا رمیدی مرغ زان طبلک ز کشت ** کشت از مرغان بد بی خوف گشت
  • When the Sultan, the noble King Mahmúd, pitched a great tent in that neighbourhood as he passed on the way
  • چونک سلطان شاه محمود کریم ** برگذر زد آن طرف خیمه‌ی عظیم
  • With an army like the stars of heaven (in number), numerous and victorious, one that pierces the ranks (of the enemy) and takes possession of empire—
  • با سپاهی همچو استاره‌ی اثیر ** انبه و پیروز و صفدر ملک‌گیر
  • There was a camel that carried the kettle-drum: ’twas a Bactrian (camel), going in front (of the army) like a cock:
  • اشتری بد کو بدی حمال کوس ** بختیی بد پیش‌رو همچون خروس
  • Day and night he (the driver) used loudly to beat the big kettle-drum and the (ordinary) drum on its back in returning (from an expedition) and in setting out.
  • بانگ کوس و طبل بر وی روز و شب ** می‌زدی اندر رجوع و در طلب
  • That camel entered the cornfield, and the boy beat his tom--tom to protect the corn. 4095
  • اندر آن مزرع در آمد آن شتر ** کودک آن طبلک بزد در حفظ بر
  • An intelligent man said to him, ‘Don't beat the tomtom, for he (the camel) is well-seasoned by the drum; he is accustomed to it.
  • عاقلی گفتش مزن طبلک که او ** پخته‌ی طبلست با آنشست خو
  • What is thy little tomtom, child, to him, since he carries the Sultan's drum twenty times the size?’
  • پیش او چه بود تبوراک تو طفل ** که کشد او طبل سلطان بیست کفل
  • I am a lover, one who has been sacrificed to Naught: my soul is the band-stand for the drum of tribulation.
  • عاشقم من کشته‌ی قربان لا ** جان من نوبتگه طبل بلا