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بخش ۴۴ - مدح پادشاه به ترتیب کواکب و بروج دوازده‌گانه / Section 44 - Praise of the King in the Order of the Planets and the Twelve Zodiac Signs

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

آنکه بر مملکت ظهیرست اوخلق را در بهی بشیر است او
He who is the supporter of the kingdom,
He is the bringer of good tidings of goodness to the people.
عالم بر و آسمان آمانمایه و مادر نتیجهٔ جان
The world of piety and the heaven of security,
The source and mother of the result of the soul.
خلق را بر بهی بشیر شدهبر همه مملکت ظهیر شده
He has become the bringer of good news of goodness to the people,
He has become the supporter for the entire kingdom.
بر عمیدان مملکت سالارشاه را بر گزیده بر هر کار
The commander over the pillars of the kingdom,
Chosen by the king for every task.
معتمدگاه دخل و خرج جهانکرده از بر به جمله درج جهان
The trusted place of the income and expenditure of the world,
Having memorized all the scrolls of the world.
لذت روح دان خط خوبشنکند کس به حرف منسوبش
Consider his beautiful handwriting the delight of the soul,
No one can attribute a fault to his letters.
گشته از درج یک به یک پیداهمچو برج دوپیکر جوزا
Becoming visible one by one from the scroll,
Like the constellation of Gemini.
عقل گمره ز شکلهای رفیعروح واله ز نقشهای بدیع
The intellect lost due to its lofty shapes,
The soul bewildered by its wondrous patterns.
گر نه ار تنگ مانی است آن خطاز چه خطهای مقله گشت سقط
If that writing is not the Artang of Mani,
Why did the writings of Muqla become discarded?
با خطش خط خازن و بوابهمچو با آب صافیست سراب
With his writing, the writing of the treasurer and the gatekeeper,
Is like a mirage compared to clear water.
انس روحست نقطه های خطشچون گشاد از رخ درر سقطش
The intimacy of the soul is the dots of his writing,
When he reveals the pearls from his face.
چشم بد دور سخت با معنی ستهمچو ار تنگ خامهٔ مانیست
May the evil eye be far, it is very meaningful,
It is like the Artang of Mani's pen.
لفظ و معنی به یکدگر جفتستزان خرد بر خطش برآشفتست
Word and meaning are coupled together,
Thus the intellect is agitated by his writing.
شود آنگه که او گرفت قلمتارک عرش پیش او چو قدم
When he takes up the pen,
The crown of the throne becomes like a footstep before him.
کاغذ نامه همچو روضهٔ نورصورت حرف زلف بر رخ حور
The paper of the letter is like a garden of light,
The form of the letter is like a lock of hair on a Houri's face.
در بلاغت ز سرعت قلمشآب آتش فروز گشت دمش
In eloquence, due to the speed of his pen,
His breath became a fire-kindling water.
باد بی بد نتیجهٔ دل اوستداد بی دد دریچهٔ دل اوست
The flawless wind is the product of his heart,
The justice without cruelty is the window of his heart.
دین ودنیی مسلم دم اوستزانکه دل کعبهٔ معظم اوست
Religion and the world are submitted to his breath,
Because the heart is his honored Kaaba.
صادر و وارد عطاجویانگشته از هر سویی بدو پویان
Those arriving and departing, seeking bounty,
Have come running to him from every direction.
عالمی از عطاش آسودهیافته هرچه در دلش بوده
A world is comforted by his bounty,
Having found whatever was in their hearts.
حرمش همچو کعبه محترمستخانهٔ او ز کعبه خود چه کم است
His sanctuary is respected like the Kaaba,
How is his house any less than the Kaaba itself?
صدف در عالم یزدانیدلش اندر ره مسلمانی
A pearl shell in the divine world,
Is his heart on the path of Islam.
در میان حریم حرمت اواز برای فزود حشمت او
In the midst of the sanctuary of his honor,
For the sake of increasing his glory.
دست او با قلم چو یار شودبر معانی سخن سوار شود
When his hand becomes a companion with the pen,
He rides upon the meanings of speech.
آب و لؤلؤ و جان صفاوت اوستابر و دریا و کان سخاوت اوست
Water, pearls, and the soul are his purity,
Clouds, sea, and mine are his generosity.
شاه را گاه سر معتمد اوستدر همه کارها ورا مدد اوست
He is the king's confidant at the time of secrets,
In all affairs, he is his assistant.
صاحب سر خسرو و شاهستزان ز اسرار ملکش آگاهست
He is the keeper of the secrets of the monarch and king,
Hence he is aware of the secrets of his kingdom.
هر سخن کز زبان شاه آمددر دل خواجه اش پناه آمد
Every word that came from the king's tongue,
Found refuge in the heart of his master.
گشته اسرار ملک معلومشسر سلطان به جمله مفهومش
The secrets of the kingdom have become known to him,
The secret of the Sultan is entirely understood by him.
جود او را کرانه پیدا نیستچون سخایش سحاب و دریا نیست
There is no visible shore to his generosity,
Like his bounty, there are no clouds or sea.
باد لطفش بزیده بر کشورنار عنفش بحار کرده شرر
The wind of his grace has blown over the country,
The fire of his wrath has turned seas into sparks.
کف او بر سحاب رجحان کردبحر زا صدهزار تاوان کرد
His palm surpassed the clouds,
And made the sea pay a hundred thousand fines.
چرخ را نسبت ویست قدیمدهر را هیبت ویست عظیم
For the wheel of heaven, his connection is ancient,
For time, his awe is immense.
نیست در مملکت چنو یک تنگاه تدبیر و رای و گاه سخن
There is not a single person like him in the kingdom,
At the time of administration, judgment, and speech.
واقف راز شهریار به دلدر دلش راز مملکت حاصل
Aware of the secret of the king in his heart,
In his heart the secret of the kingdom is attained.
سال و ماه از شد آمد زوارچون حرم گشته بر صغار و کبار
For months and years, from the coming and going of visitors,
It has become like a sanctuary for the young and old.
همه با کام دل قرین گشتههمه با ساز و اسب و زین گشته
All have become companions with their heart's desire,
All have attained gear, horses, and saddles.
حزم او همچو خط او ز جلالسحر او همچو مال اوست حلال
His prudence, like his writing, is of majesty,
His magic, like his wealth, is lawful.
گر به کار افکند نهان را اومایه بخشد همه جهان را او
If he puts his hidden abilities to work,
He grants substance to the whole world.
علم ظاهر چو خنده کرده عیانسر باطن چو غمزه گفته نهان
Outer knowledge has made him manifest like a smile,
Inner secrets have spoken him hidden like a wink.
خط او شکل زلف حور بودهرچه عیبست ازو نفور بود
His writing was the shape of the Houri's tress,
Whatever is a flaw was averse to him.
نور رویش حدیقهٔ حذقستخط خطش حظیرهٔ صدقست
The light of his face is the garden of skill,
Every line of his writing is the enclosure of truth.
خط او خطهٔ معانی بکرنام او نامهٔ مبانی ذکر
His writing is the territory of virgin meanings,
His name is the book of the foundations of remembrance.
قلمش چون معانی انگیزدنقشبند معالی آمیزد
When his pen stirs up meanings,
It mixes the painter of exaltations.
خط و معنی وی ز ظلمت و نورهست چون زلف حور بر رخ حور
His writing and meaning, from darkness and light,
Are like the tress of a Houri on the face of a Houri.
هر سوادی ازو بباض ملکهر بیاضی ازو سواد فلک
Every blackness from him is the whiteness of the kingdom,
Every whiteness from him is the blackness of the sky.
از سواد و بیاضش از پی مزدگشته عقل همه امینان دزد
From his black and white, for the sake of reward,
The intellect of all the trustworthy ones has become a thief.
هم نکودار اصل و فضل و کرمهم نگهدار راز دین و حرم
He is both the preserver of origin, grace, and generosity,
And the keeper of the secret of religion and the sanctuary.
چون سر خویش سر نگهداردماره چون مار گرزه بگذارد
He protects secrets as he would his own head,
He passes the path like a venomous snake.
گنج را همچو رنج بگذاردراز را همچو دین نگهدارد
He leaves behind treasure like hardship,
He guards the secret like religion.
زانکه داند که با کمال وجودجز به موضع نکو نیاید جود
Because he knows that with the perfection of existence,
Generosity does not come nicely except in its proper place.
زانکه دریا و ابر و کان به عطابکنند از طریق جود خطا
Because the sea, the clouds, and the mine in their granting,
Make mistakes from the path of generosity.
لعل کی دید هرکه کانی کندزر کجا یافت هرکه جانی کند
When did whoever digs a mine see rubies?
Where did whoever struggles find gold?
اندر آن دم که خوش زبان باشدگوش را لفظ او چو جان باشد
At the moment when he is sweet-tongued,
His words are like a soul to the ear.
فطنت او برآید از پی سازمور وار از میان خانهٔ راز
His astuteness emerges to build,
Like an ant from the middle of the house of secrets.
فلک از جود او عطا جویستراز بارای او سخن گویست
The sky seeks bounty from his generosity,
The secret speaks with his judgment.
راز دارست عزتش زانستخازن راز و حارس جانست
He is a secret-keeper, his honor is due to that,
He is the treasurer of the secret and the guard of the soul.
ماجرای زمانه دیده دلشهرچه زو خوبتر گزیده دلش
His heart has seen the events of the times,
His heart has chosen whatever is better from it.
وهم او چون نم هوا از گلآن برآرد که باشد اندر دل
His imagination, like the moisture of the air from the rose,
Brings forth what is in the heart.
هر دم آرد پدید زمزم و نیلدست او همچو پای اسماعیل
Every moment he brings forth Zamzam and the Nile,
His hand is like the foot of Ishmael.
دور دوران عقل جامهٔ اوره مردان چو برق خامهٔ او
The cycle of the intellect's eras is his garment,
The path of men is like the lightning of his pen.
عملش هست نامهٔ یحییقلمش هست چون دم عیسی
His deed is the book of John,
His pen is like the breath of Jesus.
عزم و حزمش ز رای نیکوترگشته در کارها ورا یاور
His resolve and prudence are better than his judgment,
Becoming his helper in affairs.
شده در کار ملک و دین بیداردین و دولت فزوده زو مقدار
He has become awake in the affairs of state and religion,
Religion and the state have increased in value from him.
شاه را عون در تصرف ملککرده از رای او تعرف ملک
He is the king's aid in managing the kingdom,
Making the kingdom known through his judgment.
زان نکو اعتقاد و رای رزینشده چون خلد ملکت غزنین
From that good belief and firm judgment,
The kingdom of Ghazni has become like paradise.

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