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2419-2443

  • David said to him, “Be silent! Go, abandon (your claim), and acquit this Moslem of (responsibility for) your cow.
  • گفت داودش خمش کن رو بهل ** این مسلمان را ز گاوت کن بحل
  • Inasmuch as God has thrown a veil over you (concealed your guilt), O youth, depart and keep silence and acknowledge the obligation of (giving thanks to God for His) concealment.” 2420
  • چون خدا پوشید بر تو ای جوان ** رو خمش کن حق ستاری بدان
  • He cried, “Oh, woe is me! What judgement is this, what justice? Wilt thou establish a new law on my account?
  • گفت وا ویلی چه حکمست این چه داد ** از پی من شرع نو خواهی نهاد
  • The fame of thy justice has gone so far that earth and heaven have become fragrant (with the scent thereof).
  • رفته است آوازه‌ی عدلت چنان ** که معطر شد زمین و آسمان
  • This wrong has never been done (even) to blind dogs; rock and mountain are burst asunder of a sudden by this iniquity.”
  • بر سگان کور این استم نرفت ** زین تعدی سنگ و که بشکافت تفت
  • In such fashion was he uttering reproaches publicly, crying, “Hark ye, ‘tis the time of injustice, hark ye!”
  • همچنین تشنیع می‌زد برملا ** کالصلا هنگام ظلمست الصلا
  • How David pronounced sentence against the owner of the cow, saying, “Give him (the defendant) the whole of your property.”
  • حکم کردن داود بر صاحب گاو کی جمله مال خود را به وی ده
  • After that, David said to him, “O contumacious man, give the whole of your wealth to him immediately; 2425
  • بعد از آن داود گفتش کای عنود ** جمله مال خویش او را بخش زود
  • Otherwise, your plight will become grievous. I tell you (this) in order that your crime may not be made manifest through him.”
  • ورنه کارت سخت گردد گفتمت ** تا نگردد ظاهر از وی استمت
  • He put dust on his head and tore his raiment, crying, “At every instant thou art adding an injury.”
  • خاک بر سر کرد و جامه بر درید ** که بهر دم می‌کنی ظلمی مزید
  • Once more he went on in this (strain of) reproach; then David called him to his presence,
  • یک‌دمی دیگر برین تشنیع راند ** باز داودش به پیش خویش خواند
  • And said, “Since ‘twas not your fortune (to be saved), O you whose fortune is blind, little by little your wickedness has come to light.
  • گفت چون بختت نبود ای بخت‌کور ** ظلمت آمد اندک اندک در ظهور
  • Cacavisti, then (you advance to) the high seat and the place of honour. Oh, may sticks and straw be withheld from such an ass as you are! [You have defecated (in a filthy manner), then (you advance to) the high seat and the place of honour. Oh, may sticks and straw be withheld from such an ass as you are!] 2430
  • ریده‌ای آنگاه صدر و پیشگاه ** ای دریغ از چون تو خر خاشاک و کاه
  • Begone! Your children and your wife have (now) become his slaves. Say no more!”
  • رو که فرزندان تو با جفت تو ** بندگان او شدند افزون مگو
  • He (the plaintiff) was dashing stones against his breast with both hands and running up and down in his folly.
  • سنگ بر سینه همی‌زد با دو دست ** می‌دوید از جهل خود بالا و پست
  • The people too began to blame (David), for they were unaware of the hidden (circumstances) of his (the plaintiff’s) action.
  • خلق هم اندر ملامت آمدند ** کز ضمیر کار او غافل بدند
  • How should one that is subject, like a straw, to (the wind of) sensuality know the oppressor from the oppressed?
  • ظالم از مظلوم کی داند کسی ** کو بود سخره‌ی هوا همچون خسی
  • He that cuts off the head of his wicked self—he (alone) finds the way to (discriminating) the oppressor from the oppressed. 2435
  • ظالم از مظلوم آنکس پی برد ** کو سر نفس ظلوم خود برد
  • Otherwise, that oppressor, which is the fleshly soul within (us), (being moved) by frenzy, is the adversary of every oppressed person.
  • ورنه آن ظالم که نفس است از درون ** خصم هر مظلوم باشد از جنون
  • A dog always attacks the poor; so far as it can, it inflicts wounds upon the poor.
  • سگ هماره حمله بر مسکین کند ** تا تواند زخم بر مسکین زند
  • Know that lions feel shame, (but) not dogs, because he (the lion) does not prey on his neighbours.
  • شرم شیران راست نه سگ را بدان ** که نگیرد صید از همسایگان
  • The mob, which slays the oppressed and worships the oppressor—their dog (carnal soul) sprang forth from ambush (and rushed) towards David.
  • عامه‌ی مظلوم‌کش ظالم‌پرست ** از کمین سگشان سوی داود جست
  • That party (of the people) turned their faces to David, saying, “O chosen prophet, who hast compassion on us, 2440
  • روی در داود کردند آن فریق ** کای نبی مجتبی بر ما شفیق
  • This is unworthy of thee, for this is a manifest injustice: thou hast abased an innocent man for naught.”
  • این نشاید از تو کین ظلمیست فاش ** قهر کردی بی‌گناهی را بلاش
  • How David, on whom be peace, resolved to summon the people to a certain plain, in older that he might disclose the mystery and make an end of all arguments.
  • عزم کردن داود علیه السلام به خواندن خلق بدان صحرا کی راز آشکارا کند و حجتها را همه قطع کند
  • He said, “O friends, the time has come that his hidden secret should he displayed.
  • گفت ای یاران زمان آن رسید ** کان سر مکتوم او گردد پدید
  • Arise,all(of you), that we may go forth, so that we may be come acquainted with that hidden secret.
  • جمله برخیزید تا بیرون رویم ** تا بر آن سر نهان واقف شویم