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  • Deem (both) checkmate and victory (to proceed) from the King, O spouse: do not deem them to be from us, do not jeer at us.
  • مات و برد از شاه می‌دان ای عروس ** آن مدان از ما مکن بر ما فسوس
  • That of which this Pharaoh is afraid came into being at the moment when I lay with thee.
  • آنچ این فرعون می‌ترسد ازو ** هست شد این دم که گشتم جفت تو
  • How after having lain with her ‘Imrán charged his wife to pretend that she had not visited him.
  • وصیت کردن عمران جفت خود را بعد از مجامعت کی مرا ندیده باشی
  • Do not reveal aught of these things, do not breathe a word, lest there come upon me and thee a hundred sorrows.
  • وا مگردان هیچ ازینها دم مزن ** تا نیاید بر من و تو صد حزن
  • In the end the effects of this will be made manifest, forasmuch as the signs have (already) appeared, O beloved.”
  • عاقبت پیدا شود آثار این ** چون علامتها رسید ای نازنین
  • Forthwith from the direction of the maydán loud cries were (heard) coming from the people, and the air was filled (with noise). 890
  • در زمان از سوی میدان نعره‌ها ** می‌رسید از خلق و پر می‌شد هوا
  • Thereupon the King, in terror, sprang forth bare-footed (from his chamber), saying, “Hark, what are these tumults?
  • شاه از آن هیبت برون جست آن زمان ** پابرهنه کین چه غلغلهاست هان
  • What is the noise and uproar from the direction of the maydán, in fear whereof genie and demon are fleeing in dismay?”
  • از سوی میدان چه بانگست و غریو ** کز نهیبش می‌رمد جنی و دیو
  • ‘Imrán said, “May our King live (long)! The people of Israel are rejoicing on account of thee.
  • گفت عمران شاه ما را عمر باد ** قوم اسرائیلیانند از تو شاد
  • Because of the bounty of the King they are making merry and dancing and clapping their hands.”
  • از عطای شاه شادی می‌کنند ** رقص می‌آرند و کفها می‌زنند
  • He (Pharaoh) said, “Maybe it is this, but it makes me very suspicious and anxious. 895
  • گفت باشد کین بود اما ولیک ** وهم و اندیشه مرا پر کرد نیک
  • How Pharaoh was frightened by the noise.
  • ترسیدن فرعون از آن بانگ
  • This sound hath marred my soul and aged me with bitter pain and grief.”
  • این صدا جان مرا تغییر کرد ** از غم و اندوه تلخم پیر کرد
  • The King was pacing to and fro, all night he was even as a woman in the hour of childbirth.
  • پیش می‌آمد سپس می‌رفت شه ** جمله شب او همچو حامل وقت زه
  • Every moment he would say, “O ‘Imrán, these clamours have upset me mightily.”
  • هر زمان می‌گفت ای عمران مرا ** سخت از جا برده است این نعره‌ها
  • Poor ‘Imrán had not the courage to relate his intercourse with his wife,
  • زهره نه عمران مسکین را که تا ** باز گوید اختلاط جفت را
  • How the wife of ‘Imrán had stolen to his side, so that the star of Moses appeared. 900
  • که زن عمران به عمران در خزید ** تا که شد استاره‌ی موسی پدید
  • Whenever any prophet enters into the womb, his star becomes conspicuous in the sky.
  • هر پیمبر که در آید در رحم ** نجم او بر چرخ گردد منتجم
  • The appearance of the star of Moses, on whom be peace, in the sky and the outcry of the astrologers in the maydán.
  • پیدا شدن استاره‌ی موسی علیه السلام بر آسمان و غریو منجمان در میدان
  • His star appeared in the sky, to the confusion of Pharaoh and his plots and devices.
  • بر فلک پیدا شد آن استاره‌اش ** کوری فرعون و مکر و چاره‌اش
  • Day broke: he (Pharaoh) said to him (‘Imrán), “O ‘Imrán, go, inform thyself concerning that uproar and noise.”
  • روز شد گفتش که ای عمران برو ** واقف آن غلغل و آن بانگ شو
  • ‘Imrán rode to the maydán and said, “What uproar was this? The King of kings has not slept.”
  • راند عمران جانب میدان و گفت ** این چه غلغل بود شاهنشه نخفت
  • Every astrologer, with head bare and garment rent, kissed the earth (before him), like mourners. 905
  • هر منجم سر برهنه جامه‌پاک ** همچو اصحاب عزا بوسیده خاک
  • Their voices were choked with lamentation, like mourners, and their guise (dishevelled).
  • همچو اصحاب عزا آوازشان ** بد گرفته از فغان و سازشان
  • They had plucked out their beards and hair; their faces were torn; they had cast earth on their heads, and their eyes were filled with blood.
  • ریش و مو بر کنده رو بدریدگان ** خاک بر سر کرده خون‌پر دیدگان
  • He (‘Imrán) said, “Is it well (with you)? What is this perturbation and emotion? Does the unlucky year give an evil sign?”
  • گفت خیرست این چه آشوبست و حال ** بد نشانی می‌دهد منحوس سال
  • They offered excuses and said, “O Amír, the hand of His predestination hath made us captive.
  • عذر آوردند و گفتند ای امیر ** کرد ما را دست تقدیرش اسیر
  • We have done all this, and (now) Fortune is darkened: the King's enemy has come into being and has prevailed. 910
  • این همه کردیم و دولت تیره شد ** دشمن شه هست گشت و چیره شد
  • During the night the star of that boy became clearly visible, to our confusion, on the front of heaven.
  • شب ستاره‌ی آن پسر آمد عیان ** کوری ما بر جبین آسمان
  • The star of that prophet shot up in the sky: we, from weeping, began to shed stars (glistening tears).”
  • زد ستاره‌ی آن پیمبر بر سما ** ما ستاره‌بار گشتیم از بکا
  • ‘Imrán, with a right glad heart and from hypocrisy, was beating his hands on his head and crying, “Alas, all is lost.”
  • با دل خوش شاد عمران وز نفاق ** دست بر سر می‌بزد کاه الفراق
  • ‘Imrán feigned to be wrathful and grim, he went (amongst them) senseless and witless, like madmen.
  • کرد عمران خویش پر خشم و ترش ** رفت چون دیوانگان بی عقل و هش
  • He feigned to be ignorant and pushed forward and addressed to the company (of astrologers) words exceeding rough. 915
  • خویشتن را اعجمی کرد و براند ** گفته‌های بس خشن بر جمع خواند
  • He made himself out to be bitterly annoyed and grieved, he played (with) reversed dice.
  • خویشتن را ترش و غمگین ساخت او ** نردهای بازگونه باخت او
  • He said to them, “Ye have deceived my King, ye have not refrained from treachery and covetousness.
  • گفتشان شاه مرا بفریفتید ** از خیانت وز طمع نشکیفتید
  • Ye roused the King (to go) towards the maydán, ye let our King's honour go to waste.
  • سوی میدان شاه را انگیختید ** آب روی شاه ما را ریختید
  • Ye put your hands on your breasts in warrant, saying, ‘We will set the King free from cares.’”
  • دست بر سینه زدیت اندر ضمان ** شاه را ما فارغ آریم از غمان
  • The King too heard (how the astrologers excused themselves) and said, “O traitors, I will hang you up without quarter. 920
  • شاه هم بشنید و گفت ای خاینان ** من بر آویزم شما را بی امان
  • I exposed myself to derision, I squandered riches on my enemies,
  • خویش را در مضحکه انداختم ** مالها با دشمنان در باختم
  • To the end that to-night all the Israelites might remain far away from meeting with their wives.
  • تا که امشب جمله اسرائیلیان ** دور ماندند از ملاقات زنان
  • Wealth and honour are gone, and all is done in vain: is this (true) friendship and (are these) the deeds of the noble?
  • مال رفت و آب رو و کار خام ** این بود یاری و افعال کرام
  • For years ye have been taking stipends and robes of honour and devouring kingdoms as ye pleased.
  • سالها ادرار و خلعت می‌برید ** مملکتها را مسلم می‌خورید
  • Was this (the only result of) your judgement and wisdom and astrology? Ye are lickspittles and deceivers and ill-omened. 925
  • رایتان این بود و فرهنگ و نجوم ** طبل‌خوارانید و مکارید و شوم
  • I will rend you to pieces and set you ablaze, I will tear off your noses and ears and lips.
  • من شما را بر درم و آتش زنم ** بینی و گوش و لبانتان بر کنم
  • I will make you fuel for the fire, I will make your past pleasure unsweet to you.”
  • من شما را هیزم آتش کنم ** عیش رفته بر شما ناخوش کنم
  • They prostrated themselves and said, “O Khedive, if (this) one time the Devil has prevailed against us,
  • سجده کردند و بگفتند ای خدیو ** گر یکی کرت ز ما چربید دیو
  • (Yet) for years we have warded off afflictions: the imagination is dumbfounded by that which we have done.
  • سالها دفع بلاها کرده‌ایم ** وهم حیران زانچ ماها کرده‌ایم
  • (Now) it (the prevention of this calamity) has eluded us, and his conception has occurred: semen ejus exsiliit et in uterum irrepsit; [(Now) it (the prevention of this calamity) has eluded us, and his conception has occurred: his semen spurted forth and crept into the womb;] 930
  • فوت شد از ما و حملش شد پدید ** نطفه‌اش جست و رحم اندر خزید
  • But (we crave) pardon for this, (and) we shall watch the day of birth, O King and Sovereign.
  • لیک استغفار این روز ولاد ** ما نگه داریم ای شاه و قباد
  • We shall observe (by the stars) the day of his nativity, that this event may not escape and evade us.
  • روز میلادش رصد بندیم ما ** تا نگردد فوت و نجهد این قضا
  • If we do not keep watch for this, kill us, O thou to whose judgement (our) thoughts and intelligence are slaves.”
  • گر نداریم این نگه ما را بکش ** ای غلام رای تو افکار و هش
  • For nine months he was counting day after day, lest the arrow of the Decree that transfixes its enemy should fly (from the bow).
  • تا بنه مه می‌شمرد او روز روز ** تا نپرد تیر حکم خصم‌دوز
  • When (the world of) space makes an assault upon (the world of) non-spatiality, it falls headlong and drinks its own blood. 935
  • بر قضا هر کو شبیخون آورد ** سرنگون آید ز خون خود خورد