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3152-3161

  • Others had the headache (were sorely grieved) on account of his weakness, (while) he, from the intoxicating effect of the sorcery, was unconscious of himself.
  • دیگران از ضعف وی با درد سر ** او ز سکر سحر از خود بی‌خبر
  • This world had become (as) a prison to the king, while this son (of his) was laughing at their tears.
  • این جهان بر شاه چون زندان شده ** وین پسر بر گریه‌شان خندان شده
  • The king became exceedingly desperate in the struggle (to save his son): day and night he was offering sacrifice and giving alms (but without avail),
  • شاه بس بیچاره شد در برد و مات ** روز و شب می‌کرد قربان و زکات
  • For whatever remedy the father might apply, (the son's) love for the old hag would always increase. 3155
  • زانک هر چاره که می‌کرد آن پدر ** عشق کمپیرک همی‌شد بیشتر
  • Then it became clear to him that that (infatuation) was absolutely a (Divine) mystery, and that thenceforth his (only) remedy was supplication.
  • پس یقین گشتش که مطلق آن سریست ** چاره او را بعد از این لابه گریست
  • He was prostrating himself in prayer, saying, “It beseems Thee to command: to whom but God belongeth the command over God's kingdom?
  • سجده می‌کرد او که هم فرمان تراست ** غیر حق بر ملک حق فرمان کراست
  • But this poor wretch is burning like aloes-wood: take his hand (help him), O Merciful and Loving One!”
  • لیک این مسکین همی‌سوزد چو عود ** دست گیرش ای رحیم و ای ودود
  • (So did he pray) until, because of the “O Lord! O Lord!” and lamentation of the king, a master-magician came from the road into his presence.
  • تا ز یا رب یا رب و افغان شاه ** ساحری استاد پیش آمد ز راه
  • How the king's prayer for the deliverance of his son from the witch of Kábul was granted.
  • مستجاب شدن دعای پادشاه در خلاص پسرش از جادوی کابلی
  • He had heard from afar the news that that boy had been captivated by an old woman, 3160
  • او شنیده بود از دور این خبر ** که اسیر پیرزن گشت آن پسر
  • A crone who in witchery was unrivalled and secure from likeness and duality.
  • کان عجوزه بود اندر جادوی ** بی‌نظیر و آمن از مثل و دوی