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6
594-603

  • For years (he had been) checkmated (irretrievably caught) in the toils of (seeking) his fair one's favour and mated by his king.
  • سالها در بند وصل ماه خود  ** شاهمات و مات شاهنشاه خود 
  • In the end the seeker is a finder, for from patience joy is born. 595
  • عاقبت جوینده یابنده بود  ** که فرج از صبر زاینده بود 
  • One day his friend said, “Come to-night, for I have cooked haricot beans for thee.
  • گفت روزی یار او که امشب بیا  ** که بپختم از پی تو لوبیا 
  • Sit in such and such a room till midnight, that at midnight I may come unsought.”
  • در فلان حجره نشین تا نیم‌شب  ** تا بیایم نیم‌شب من بی طلب 
  • The man offered sacrifice and distributed loaves, since the moon (of good fortune) had appeared to him from beneath the dust (of ill-luck).
  • مرد قربان کرد و نانها بخش کرد  ** چون پدید آمد مهش از زیر گرد 
  • At night the passionate lover seated himself in the room in hope of the tryst promised by that loyal friend.
  • شب در آن حجره نشست آن گرمدار  ** بر امید وعده‌ی آن یار غار 
  • (Just) after midnight his friend, the charmer of his heart, arrived (punctually) like those who are true to their promise. 600
  • بعد نصف اللیل آمد یار او  ** صادق الوعدانه آن دلدار او 
  • He found his lover lying asleep; (thereupon) he tore off a little piece of his (the lover's) sleeve
  • عاشق خود را فتاده خفته دید  ** اندکی از آستین او درید 
  • And put some walnuts in his lap, saying, “Thou art a child: take these and play a game of dice.”
  • گردگانی چندش اندر جیب کرد  ** که تو طفلی گیر این می‌باز نرد 
  • When at dawn the lover sprang up from sleep, he saw the (torn) sleeve and the walnuts.
  • چون سحر از خواب عاشق بر جهید  ** آستین و گردگانها را بدید