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1740-1749

  • “Yes,” he replied; “there was (the sorrow of) separation, but the journey was very blessed and fortunate for me, 1740
  • گفت آری بد فراق الا سفر ** بود بر من بس مبارک مژده‌ور
  • For the Caliph gave me ten robes of honour—may a hundred praises and laudations (ever) accompany him!”
  • که خلیفه داد ده خلعت مرا ** که قرینش باد صد مدح و ثنا
  • He was reciting expressions of gratitude and praise till he carried gratitude beyond bound and limit.
  • شکرها و حمدها بر می‌شمرد ** تا که شکر از حد و اندازه ببرد
  • Then they said to him, “Thy wretched guise bears witness to thy mendacity.
  • پس بگفتندش که احوال نژند ** بر دروغ تو گواهی می‌دهند
  • (Thou art) naked, bare-headed, consumed (with afflictions): thou hast stolen (these) expressions of gratitude or learned (them by rote).
  • تن برهنه سر برهنه سوخته ** شکر را دزدیده یا آموخته
  • Where are the signs of the gratitude and praise due to thy prince on thy unplenished head and feet? 1745
  • کو نشان شکر و حمد میر تو ** بر سر و بر پای بی توفیر تو
  • If thy tongue is weaving (making up) praise of that king, (yet) thy seven members are complaining (of him).
  • گر زبانت مدح آن شه می‌تند ** هفت اندامت شکایت می‌کند
  • In the generosity of that king and sultan of munificence was there not (room for) a pair of shoes and trousers for thee?”
  • در سخای آن شه و سلطان جود ** مر ترا کفشی و شلواری نبود
  • He replied, “I gave away what he bestowed: the prince left nothing undone in the way of solicitude.
  • گفت من ایثار کردم آنچ داد ** میر تقصیری نکرد از افتقاد
  • I received all the presents from the prince and distributed them among the orphans and the poor.
  • بستدم جمله عطاها از امیر ** بخش کردم بر یتیم و بر فقیر