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بخش ۶۰ - آگاه شدن شاه از رفتن سلامان و خبر نایافتن از حال وی و آیینه گیتی نمای را کار فرمودن و حال وی را دانستن / Section 60 - The King Becoming Aware of Salaman's Departure, Finding No News of His Condition, Employing the World-Revealing Mirror, and Ascertaining His State

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شه چو شد آگاه بعد از چند گاه
زان فراق جانگداز عمر کاه

ناله بر گردون رسانیدن گرفت
وز دو دیده خون چکانیدن گرفت

گفت کز هر جا خبر جستند باز
کس نبود آگاه ازان پوشیده راز

داشت شاه آیینه گیتی نمای
پرده ز اسرار همه گیتی گشای

چون دل عارف نبود از وی نهان
هیچ حالی از بد و نیک جهان

گفت کان آیینه را آرند پیش
تا در آن بیند رخ مقصود خویش

چون بر آن آیینه افتادش نظر
یافت از گمگشتگان خود خبر

هر دو را عشرت کنان در بیشه دید
وز غم ایام بی اندیشه دید

با هم از فکر جهان بودند دور
وز همه اهل جهان یکسر نفور

هر یکی شاد از لقای دیگری
هیچشان غم نی برای دیگری

شاه چون جمعیت ایشان بدید
رحمتی آمد بر ایشانش پدید

بی ملامت کردن خاطر خراش
هر چه دانستی ز اسباب معاش

هر سر مویی فرو نگذاشتی
جمله را آنجا مهیا داشتی

ای خوش آن روشندل پاکیزه رای
کآورد شرط مروت را بجای

هر کجا بیند دو همدم را به هم
خورده جام شادی و غم را به هم

جانشان صافی ز زنگ تفرقه
جامشان ایمن ز سنگ تفرقه

اندر آن اقبالشان یاری کند
واندر آن دولت مددگاری کند

نی که از هم بگسلد پیوندشان
وافکند بر رشته جان بندشان

هر چه بر ارباب آفات آمده ست
یکسر از بهر مکافات آمده ست

نیک کن تا نیک پیش آید تو را
بد مکن تا بد نفرساید تو را

English translation

When the king became aware after some time Of that life-depleting, soul-melting separation, He began to raise his lamentation to the heavens And shed tears of blood from his two eyes. He said that although they searched for news everywhere, No one was aware of that hidden secret. The king possessed a world-revealing mirror, Which unveiled the secrets of the entire world. Just like the heart of a gnostic, there was not hidden from it Any state of the good and bad of the world. He ordered that mirror to be brought before him, So that he might see the face of his desire in it. When his gaze fell upon that mirror, He obtained news of his lost ones. He saw both of them making merry in the grove, Carefree of the grief of the times. Together they were far from thoughts of the world, And entirely averse to all the people of the world. Each happy in the meeting of the other, Having no grief for anyone else. When the king saw their togetherness, A feeling of compassion arose in him for them. Without any mind-scraping reproach, Whatever he knew of the means of livelihood, He did not leave out even a hair's breadth, And made all of it ready for them there. O how blessed is that bright-hearted, pure-minded one, Who fulfills the requirement of chivalry! Wherever he sees two companions together, Who have shared the cup of joy and sorrow together, Their souls pure from the rust of division, Their cup safe from the stone of division, He assists them in their good fortune, And aids them in their prosperity, Not that he severs their bond, And casts a shackle upon the thread of their soul. Whatever calamity has befallen the afflicted, Has come entirely as retribution. Do good so that good may come to you; Do not do evil so that evil may not wear you down.

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