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دفتر ششم - بخش ۵۶ - مضاحک گفتن درزی و ترک را از قوت خنده بسته شدن دو چشم تنگ او و فرصت یافتن درزی / Book Six - Section 56 - The Tailor Telling Jokes and the Turk's Narrow Eyes Shutting from the Force of Laughter, and the Tailor Finding an Opportunity

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ترک خندیدن گرفت از داستانچشم تنگش گشت بسته آن زمان
The Turk began to laugh at the tale,
His narrow eyes shut tight at that time.
پاره ای دزدید و کردش زیر راناز جز حق از همه احیا نهان
He stole a piece and hid it under his thigh,
Hidden from all living beings except God.
حق همی دید آن ولی ستارخوستلیک چون از حد بری غماز اوست
God saw it, but He is the Veiler of sins;
Yet when you exceed the limit, He exposes you.
ترک را از لذت افسانه اشرفت از دل دعوی پیشانه اش
From the delight of the tale, the Turk
Forgot his former claims from his heart.
اطلس چه دعوی چه رهن چیترک سرمستست در لاغ اچی
What satin? What claim? What pledge?
The Turk is intoxicated by the jokes of his brother.
لابه کردش ترک کز بهر خدالاغ می گو که مرا شد مغتذا
The Turk begged him, 'For God's sake,
Tell jokes, for they have become my nourishment.'
گفت لاغی خندمینی آن دغاکه فتاد از قهقهه او بر قفا
That cheat told a joke so funny
That from guffawing he fell on his back.
پاره ای اطلس سبک بر نیفه زدترک غافل خوش مضاحک می مزد
He swiftly tucked a piece of satin into his waistband;
The heedless Turk happily savored the jokes.
هم چنین بار سوم ترک خطاگفت لاغی گوی از بهر خدا
Thus, for the third time, the erring Turk
Said, 'Tell a joke for God's sake.'
گفت لاغی خندمین تر زان دو بارکرد او این ترک را کلی شکار
He told a joke funnier than the first two;
He made this Turk entirely his prey.
چشم بسته عقل جسته مولههمست ترک مدعی از قهقهه
Eyes shut, reason gone, bewildered,
The boastful Turk was drunk with guffawing.
پس سوم بار از قبا دزدید شاخکه ز خنده ش یافت میدان فراخ
Then for the third time he stole a piece from the coat,
For through his laughter, he found an open field.
چون چهارم بار آن ترک خطالاغ از آن استا همی کرد اقتضا
When for the fourth time that erring Turk
Demanded a joke from that master,
رحم آمد بر وی آن استاد راکرد در باقی فن و بیداد را
The master took pity on him
And abandoned the rest of his trickery and injustice.
گفت مولع گشت این مفتون درینبی خبر کین چه خسارست و غبین
He said, 'This infatuated man has become addicted to this,
Unaware of what a loss and fraud this is.'
بوسه افشان کرد بر استاد اوکه بمن بهر خدا افسانه گو
He showered kisses upon his master,
Saying, 'For God's sake, tell me a tale.'
ای فسانه گشته و محو از وجودچند افسانه بخواهی آزمود
O you who have become a tale and erased from existence!
How many tales will you wish to experience?
خندمین تر از تو هیچ افسانه نیستبر لب گور خراب خویش ایست
There is no tale more laughable than you;
Stand at the edge of your own ruined grave!
ای فرو رفته به گور جهل و شکچند جویی لاغ و دستان فلک
O you sunk in the grave of ignorance and doubt,
How long will you seek the jokes and tricks of the heavens?
تا بکی نوشی تو عشوهٔ این جهانکه نه عقلت ماند بر قانون نه جان
How long will you drink the deception of this world,
Which leaves neither your reason nor your soul in order?
لاغ این چرخ ندیم کرد و مردآب روی صد هزاران چون تو برد
The jokes of this heaven, the companion of pain and grief,
Have washed away the honor of hundreds of thousands like you.
می درد می دوزد این درزی عامجامهٔ صدسالگان طفل خام
It tears and sews, this common tailor,
The garments of centenarians and raw infants alike.
لاغ او گر باغها را داد دادچون دی آمد داده را بر باد داد
If its joke gave justice to the gardens,
When December came, it cast what it gave to the wind.
پیره طفلان شسته پیشش بهر کدتا به سعد و نحس او لاغی کند
Old infants sit before it to beg,
So that through its fortune and misfortune it may play a joke.

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