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دفتر ششم - بخش ۶۶ - تمامی قصهٔ آن فقیر و نشان جای آن گنج / Book Six - Section 66 - The Conclusion of the Story of That Poor Man and the Sign of the Location of That Treasure

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اندر آن رقعه نبشته بود این
که برون شهر گنجی دان دفین

آن فلان قبه که در وی مشهدست
پشت او در شهر و در در فدفدست

پشت با وی کن تو رو در قبله آر
وانگهان از قوس تیری بر گذار

چون فکندی تیر از قوس ای سعاد
بر کن آن موضع که تیرت اوفتاد

پس کمان سخت آورد آن فتی
تیر پرانید در صحن فضا

زو تبر آورد و بیل او شاد شاد
کند آن موضع که تیرش اوفتاد

کند شد هم او و هم بیل و تبر
خود ندید از گنج پنهانی اثر

هم چنین هر روز تیر انداختی
لیک جای گنج را نشناختی

چونک این را پیشه کرد او بر دوام
فجفجی در شهر افتاد و عوام

English translation

On that piece of paper it was written: 'Know that outside the city there is a buried treasure. That certain dome wherein is a shrine, its back is towards the city, and its door towards the open plain. Turn your back to it, face the Qibla, and then shoot an arrow from a bow. When you have shot the arrow from the bow, O lucky one, dig up that place where your arrow fell.' Then that youth brought a stiff bow, and shot an arrow into the open space. He brought a pickaxe and a shovel, full of joy, and dug the place where his arrow fell. Both he and his shovel and pickaxe became exhausted, but he did not see any sign of the hidden treasure. He kept shooting arrows like this every day, but he could not discover the place of the treasure. Since he made this his continuous occupation, a rumor spread in the city, and the common people found out.

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