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1151-1160

  • This heart is thy seal—and take heed lest the seal fall a prey to the demon!
  • خاتم تو این دلست و هوش دار ** تا نگردد دیو را خاتم شکار
  • (For) then the demon possessing the seal will always exercise the sway of Solomon over thee: beware (of him), and peace (be with thee)!
  • پس سلیمانی کند بر تو مدام ** دیو با خاتم حذر کن والسلام
  • O heart, that sway of Solomon is not abrogated : in thy head and inmost consciousness is one that exercises the sway of Solomon.
  • آن سلیمانی دلا منسوخ نیست ** در سر و سرت سلیمانی کنیست
  • The demon too exercises the sway of Solomon for a time, but how should every weaver weave satin?
  • دیو هم وقتی سلیمانی کند ** لیک هر جولاهه اطلس کی تند
  • He (the weaver of common cloth) moves his hand like his (the satin-weaver’s) hand, but there is a good difference between the two of them: 1155
  • دست جنباند چو دست او ولیک ** در میان هر دوشان فرقیست نیک
  • Story of the poet and how the king gave him a reward and how the vizier, whose name was Bu ’l-Hasan, made it many times greater.
  • قصه‌ی شاعر و صله دادن شاه و مضاعف کردن آن وزیر بوالحسن نام
  • A poet brought a poem before the king in hope of (receiving) robes of honour and bounty and rank.
  • شاعری آورد شعری پیش شاه ** بر امید خلعت و اکرام و جاه
  • The king was munificent: he ordered him (to receive) a thousand (dinars) of red gold and bounties and largesse.
  • شاه مکرم بود فرمودش هزار ** از زر سرخ و کرامات و نثار
  • Then the vizier said to him, “This is (too) little: bestow (on him) a gift of ten thousand (dinars), that he may depart (satisfied).
  • پس وزیرش گفت کین اندک بود ** ده هزارش هدیه وا ده تا رود
  • From a poet like him intellect (displays itself); from thee, whose hand is like the ocean (in bounty), the (sum of) ten thousand (dinars) which I mentioned is little.”
  • از چنو شاعر نس از تو بحردست ** ده هزاری که بگفتم اندکست
  • He argued and reasoned with the king until the tithe on the threshed grain was made up out of the unthreshed ears of corn (which remain on the threshing-floor). 1160
  • فقه گفت آن شاه را و فلسفه ** تا برآمد عشر خرمن از کفه