1Cademy - بخش ۳۶ - به آب نیل درآمدن یوسف علیه السلام و غبار سفر از خود شستن و به قصد بارگاه پادشاه مصر در هودج نشستن / Section 36 - Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him, Enters the Nile, Washes the Dust of the Journey from Himself, and Sits in a Howdah Bound for the Court of the King of Egypt

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بخش ۳۶ - به آب نیل درآمدن یوسف علیه السلام و غبار سفر از خود شستن و به قصد بارگاه پادشاه مصر در هودج نشستن / Section 36 - Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him, Enters the Nile, Washes the Dust of the Journey from Himself, and Sits in a Howdah Bound for the Court of the King of Egypt

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به چارم روز موعود یوسف خور
چو زد از ساحل نیل فلک سر

به یوسف گفت مالک کای دلارای
تو همچون خور کنار نیل کن جای

ز خود کن گرد ره را شست و شویی
ز خاکت نیل را ده آبرویی

به حکم مالک آن خورشید تابان
به سوی نیل شد حالی شتابان

به زیر پیرهن برد از برون دست
سمن را پرده نیلوفری بست

کلاه زرفشان از فرق بنهاد
ز زرین بیضه خود زاغ شب زاد

کشید آنگه چنان پیراهن از فرق
که جیبش غرب مه شد دامنش شرق

نمود آن دوش و بر از عطف دامن
چنان کز دور گردون صبح روشن

ازار نیلگون بسته به تعجیل
چو سیمین سروری آمد بر لب نیل

ز چرخ نیلگون برخاست فریاد
که شد نیل از قدوم آن مه آباد

به جای نیل من بودی چه بودی
ز پا بوسش من آسودی چه بودی

بر آن شد خور که خود را افکند پیش
به رود نیل ریزد چشمه خویش

نبیند چشمه خود چون سزایش
طفیل نیل شوید دست و پایش

به دریا پا نهاد از سوی ساحل
چو مه در برج آبی ساخت منزل

به طلعت بود خورشید جهانتاب
چو نیلوفر فرو رفت اندر آن آب

تنش در آب چون عریان درآمد
به تن آب روان را جان درآمد

گشاد از هم مسلسل گیسوان را
به رخ زنجیر بست آب روان را

مهیا ساخت بهر صید خواهی
معنبر دامی از مه تا به ماهی

گهی می ریخت آب از دست بر سر
ز پروین ماه را می بست زیور

گهی می داد از کف مالش گل
ز پنجه شانه می زد شاخ سنبل

چو گرد از روی و چرک از تن فرو شست
چو سروی از کنار نیل بر رست

ز مفرش دار مالک پیرهن خواست
به جلباب سمن گل را بیاراست

کشید آنگه به بر دیبای زرکش
به چندین نقش های خوش منقش

به زرین تاج مه را قدر بشکست
کمربند مرصع بر میان بست

فرو آویخت زلفین دلاویز
هوای مصر ازان شد عنبر آمیز

بدان خوبیش در هودج نشاندند
به قصد قصر شه مرکب براندند

نمود از قصر بیرون تختگاهی
که شاه آنجا کشیدی رخت گاهی

به پیشش خیل خوبان صف کشیده
پی دیدار یوسف آرمیده

فراز تخت هودج را نهادند
جهانی چشم بر هودج ستادند

قضا را بود ز ابر تیره آن روز
نهفته آفتاب عالم افروز

به یوسف گفت مالک کای دلارام
ز هودج نه به سوی تختگه گام

تو خورشیدی ز عارض پرده بگشای
ز نور خویش عالم را بیارای

چو یوسف برج هودج را بپرداخت
چو خور بر چشم مردم پرتو انداخت

گمان شد ناظران را کافتاب است
که طالع گشته از نیلی سحاب است

نظر کردند در مهر جهانتاب
بدانستند کز وی نیست آن تاب

هنوز او در پس ابر است مستور
ز روی یوسف است آن تابش نور

ز حیرت کف زنان اهل نظاره
فغان برداشتند از هر کناره

که یا رب کیست این فرخنده اختر
که هم ماه است ازو شرمنده هم خور

بتان مصر سر در پیش ماندند
ز لوحش حرف نسخ خویش خواندند

بلی هر جا شود مهر آشکارا
سها را جز نهان بودن چه یارا

English translation

On the promised fourth day, Joseph the sun, As the sun of heaven raised its head above the Nile's bank, Malik said to Joseph, O heart-stealing beauty, Take your place beside the Nile, like the sun. Wash the dust of the road from yourself, And through your dust confer honor upon the Nile's water. At Malik's command, that radiant sun At once hastened toward the Nile. He slipped his hand beneath his shirt from outside And wrapped the jasmine-white body in a lotus-colored veil. He removed the gold-scattering cap from his head, And from its golden egg his night-born raven emerged. Then he drew the shirt over his head in such a way That its collar became the moon's west and its hem the east. From the fold of the garment he revealed those shoulders and that breast, Like the bright dawn appearing from the distant firmament. Hastily fastening a blue loincloth, The silver-limbed lord came to the bank of the Nile. A cry arose from the blue heavens: The Nile has flourished through the footsteps of that moon. What would it be if I were in the Nile's place? What would it be if I found ease by kissing his feet? The sun resolved to cast itself before him And pour its own fountain into the River Nile. Since it did not deem its own spring worthy of him, It would wash his hands and feet through the Nile's good fortune. He stepped into the river from the bank, Like the moon taking its dwelling in the watery zodiacal sign. In countenance he was the world-illuminating sun, Yet like a water lily he sank into that water. When his body entered the water unclothed, His body gave a soul to the flowing water. He loosened his chainlike tresses, And bound the flowing water in chains before his face. For anyone desiring a catch, he prepared An amber-scented snare stretching from the moon to the fish. At times he poured water from his hand upon his head, Adorning the moon with ornaments from the Pleiades. At times he rubbed the rose with his palm, Combing the hyacinth branch with his five fingers. When he had washed the dust from his face and the grime from his body, He rose from the Nile's bank like a cypress. He asked Malik's keeper of the furnishings for a shirt, And adorned the rose of his jasmine body with a robe. Then he donned gold-brocaded silk, Embellished with many lovely designs. With a golden crown he diminished the moon's esteem, And fastened a jeweled belt around his waist. He let his two enchanting tresses hang down, And the air of Egypt became fragrant with ambergris. In all that beauty, they seated him in a howdah And drove the mount toward the king's palace. Outside the palace there appeared a royal pavilion Where the king would sometimes set down his baggage. Before him ranks of beauties stood arrayed, Waiting to behold Joseph. They placed the howdah atop the dais, And a whole world fixed its eyes upon it. As fate would have it, dark clouds filled that day, Concealing the world-illuminating sun. Malik said to Joseph, O heart's repose, Step down from the howdah toward the royal pavilion. You are a sun: remove the veil from your face, And adorn the world with your own light. When Joseph departed the tower of the howdah, Like the sun he cast radiance upon the people's eyes. The onlookers imagined that it was the sun Rising from a blue cloud. They looked toward the world-illuminating sun And realized that such brilliance did not come from it. It was still hidden behind the cloud; That shining light came from Joseph's face. Clapping their hands in astonishment, the spectators Raised cries from every side: O Lord, who is this auspicious star Before whom both moon and sun are ashamed? The idols of Egypt bowed their heads, Reading upon his tablet the decree of their own effacement. Indeed, wherever the sun becomes manifest, What power has the faint star Suha but to remain concealed?

Updated 2026-07-18

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