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3168-3177

  • O God, let this ra’ís (high dignitary) and chosen (minister) of our king teach Thee how to care for Thy slave.’
  • بنده پروردن بیاموز ای خدا  ** زین رئیس و اختیار شاه ما 
  • He (the dervish) was needy and naked and without food: (’twas) in winter (and) he was trembling exceedingly from the (cold) air.
  • بود محتاج و برهنه و بی‌نوا  ** در زمستان لرز لرزان از هوا 
  • That man (who was) beside himself (with cold and hunger) committed an impertinence: from grossness (of disposition) he displayed an (impious) audacity. 3170
  • انبساطی کرد آن از خود بری  ** جراتی بنمود او از لمتری 
  • He relied on the thousands (infinite number) of (God's) gifts, saying (to himself) that the gnostic has become God's boon-companion.
  • اعتمادش بر هزاران موهبت  ** که ندیم حق شد اهل معرفت 
  • If the king's boon-companion take a liberty, (yet) do not thou behave so, who hast not the same support.
  • گر ندیم شاه گستاخی کند  ** تو مکن آنک نداری آن سند 
  • God gave the waist, and the waist is better than the belt: if any one give (thee) a tiara, (yet) He gave the head (that bears it).
  • حق میان داد و میان به از کمر  ** گر کسی تاجی دهد او داد سر 
  • (The dervish continued his reproaches) till a certain day when the king accused the Khwája (of dishonesty) and bound him hand and foot,
  • تا یکی روزی که شاه آن خواجه را  ** متهم کرد و ببستش دست و پا 
  • (While) he put those slaves to the rack, saying, ‘Show (to me) at once the Khwája's buried treasure; 3175
  • آن غلامان را شکنجه می‌نمود  ** که دفینه‌ی خواجه بنمایید زود 
  • Tell me his secret; O ye rascals, or I will cut your throats and (cut out) your tongues.’
  • سر او با من بگویید ای خسان  ** ورنه برم از شما حلق و لسان 
  • He tortured them during a (whole) month: (’twas) the rack, torment, and anguish by day and by night.
  • مدت یک ماهشان تعذیب کرد  ** روز و شب اشکنجه و افشار و درد