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2559-2568

  • Afterwards the vizier said to him (the king), “O Pillar of the Truth, hear a word from thy humble slave.
  • پس وزیرش گفت ای حق را ستن  ** بشنو از بنده‌ی کمینه یک سخن 
  • Dalqak came from the country on some (wicked) enterprise; (but now) his mind is changed and he has repented. 2560
  • دلقک از ده بهر کاری آمدست  ** رای او گشت و پشیمانش شدست 
  • He is making the old (corruption) new with water and oil (varnish), he is evading (punishment) by means of buffoonery.
  • ز آب و روغن کهنه را نو می‌کند  ** او به مسخرگی برون‌شو می‌کند 
  • He has displayed the scabbard and concealed the sword: he must be tortured without mercy.
  • غمد را بنمود و پنهان کرد تیغ  ** باید افشردن مرورا بی‌دریغ 
  • Unless you break the pistachio or walnut, it will neither reveal its heart (kernel) nor give any oil.
  • پسته را یا جوز را تا نشکنی  ** نی نماید دل نی بدهد روغنی 
  • Do not listen to this skilful defence of his; look at his trembling and his (pallid) colour.
  • مشنو این دفع وی و فرهنگ او  ** در نگر در ارتعاش و رنگ او 
  • God hath said, ‘Their mark is on their faces,’ for the mark is an informer and tell-tale. 2565
  • گفت حق سیماهم فی وجههم  ** زانک غمازست سیما و منم 
  • This ocular evidence is opposed to that story (told by Dalqak), for this (whole race of) mankind are moulded of evil.”
  • این معاین هست ضد آن خبر  ** که بشر به سرشته آمد این بشر 
  • “O Sáhib,” cried Dalqak, wailing and sobbing, “do not endeavour to shed the blood of this miserable wretch.
  • گفت دلقک با فغان و با خروش  ** صاحبا در خون این مسکین مکوش 
  • Many a thought and fancy that is not real and true comes into the mind, O Prince.
  • بس گمان و وهم آید در ضمیر  ** کان نباشد حق و صادق ای امیر