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بخش ۴۰ - در صفت دف / Section 40 - In Description of the Daf

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یکی صورت درآمد ماه پیکرنهاده همچو گردون پای بر سر
A moon-faced form stepped forward,
Having placed its foot upon its head like the heavens.
رخی مانند ماه آسمان داشتولیک از پنج ماه نوفغان داشت
It had a face like the moon of heaven,
Yet it raised a lament from five moons.
تپانچه بر رخ چون ماه میخوردچنان کز درد آن فریاد میکرد
A slap was struck upon its moon-like face,
Such that it cried out in pain from it.
چنان میتافت رویش از برون دستکه از چستی بچنبر می برون جست
Its face shone so from the back of the hand,
That in its agility it leaped out of the hoop.
چو آوازش بچنبر جان برآوردسر بسیار کس در چنبر آورد
When its voice breathed life into the hoop,
It brought the heads of many into the hoop.
چو گردون چنبری گشت آشکارهجلاجل چنبرش همچون ستاره
When it appeared hoop-like like the heavens,
The jingles of its hoop were like stars.
سه چیز مختلف او را تن آمدز حیوان ونبات و معدن آمد
Three different things became its body:
It came from animal, plant, and mineral.
دو روی و چار گوشش بود و سرنهبسی زد حلقه از هر سوی و درنه
It had two faces and four corners but no head,
It knocked on many rings from every side, but had no entry.
چو می بنواخت از مهر دلش دوستازان شادی نمیگنجید در پوست
When the beloved played it with the heart's love,
It could not contain itself in its skin out of joy.
اگرچه دید روی دوست بیروننیامد پیش او از پوست بیرون
Although it saw the face of the beloved outside,
It did not come out of its skin in front of him.
اگرچه پوست از آهو رسیدشولی شیرافگنی نیکو رسیدش
Although its skin came to it from a deer,
A fine lion-conquering quality came upon it.
چو آن بی پا و سر برداشت آوازنمیدانست کس از پای، سر، باز
When that footless and headless one raised its voice,
No one could distinguish head from foot.
چو آواز خوشش بیهوش میداشتخوش آوازی خود را گوش میداشت
While its sweet voice held everyone in ecstasy,
It was listening to its own beautiful singing.
بهر پرده رهش پیوسته بودیولکین پردهٔ او بسته بودی
Its path was connected to every musical mode,
Yet its own veil remained closed.
نگاری ماهروی از پرده برخاستبزد آن کوژ را در پردهٔ راست
A moon-faced beauty arose from the curtain,
And struck that curved one in the right mode.

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