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بخش ۶۲ - طلب کردن پادشاه مصر یوسف را علیه السلام برای تعبیر خواب خود و تعلل کردن وی تا آنچه میان وی و زنان مصر گذشته بود تفحص نمایند / Section 62 - The King of Egypt Summons Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him, to Interpret His Dream, and Joseph Delays So That They May Investigate What Had Happened Between Him and the Women of Egypt

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چو باشد خوشه خشک و گاو لاغر
بود از سال تنگت قصه آور

نخستین سال های هفتگانه
بود باران و آب و کشت و دانه

همه عالم ز نعمت پر برآید
وز آن پس هفت سال دیگر آید

که نعمت های پیشین خورده گردد
ز تنگی جان خلق آزرده گردد

نبارد زآسمان ابر عطایی
نروید از زمین شاخ گیایی

ز عشرت مالداران ست دارند
ز تنگی تنگدستان جان سپارند

چنان نان گم شود بر خوان دوران
که گوید آدمی نان و دهد جان

جوانمرد این سخن بشنید و برگشت
حریف بزم شاه دادگر گشت

حدیث یوسف و تعبیر او گفت
دل شاه از دمش چون غنچه بشگفت

بگفتا خیز و یوسف را بیاور
کزو به گرددم این نکته باور

سخن کز دوست آری شکر است آن
ولی گر خود بگوید خوشتر است آن

چو از دلبر سخن شاید شنیدن
چرا از هر دهن باید شنیدن

دگر باره به زندان شد روانه
ببرد این مژده سوی آن یگانه

که ای سرو ریاض قدس بخرام
سوی بستانسرای شاه نه گام

خرام آنسو بدین روی دلارا
بیارا زین گل آن بستانسرا را

بگفتا من چه آیم سوی شاهی
که چون من بی کسی را بی گناهی

به زندان سالها محبوس کرده ست
ز آثار کرم مأیوس کرده ست

اگر خواهد ز من بیرون نهم پای
ازین غمخانه اول گو بفرمای

که آنانی که چون رویم بدیدند
ز حیرت در رخم کفها بریدند

به یکجا چون ثریا با هم آیند
نقاب از کار من روشن گشایند

که جرم من چه بود از من چه دیدند
چرا رختم سوی زندان کشیدند

بود کین سر شود بر شاه روشن
که پاک است از خیانت دامن من

مرا پیشه گناه اندیشگی نیست
در اندیشه خیانت پیشگی نیست

در آن خانه خیانت نامد از من
به جز صدق و امانت نامد از من

مرا به گر زنم نقب خزاین
که باشم در فراش خانه خاین

جوانمرد این سخن چون گفت با شاه
زنان مصر را کردند آگاه

که پیش شاه یکسر جمع گشتند
همه پروانه آن شمع گشتند

چو ره کردند در بزم شه آن جمع
زبان آتشین بگشاد چون شمع

کزان شمع حریم جان چه دیدید
که بر وی تیغ بدنامی کشیدید

ز رویش در بهار و باغ بودید
چرا ره سوی زندانش نمودید

بتی کازار باشد بر تنش گل
کی از دانا سزد بر گردنش غل

گلی کش نیست تاب باد شبگیر
به پایش چون نهد جز آب زنجیر

زنان گفتند کای شاه جوان بخت
به تو فرخنده فر هم تاج و هم تخت

ز یوسف ما به جز پاکی ندیدیم
به جز عز و شرفناکی ندیدیم

نباشد در صدف گوهر چنان پاک
که بوده از تهمت آن جان و جهان پاک

زلیخا نیز بود آنجا نشسته
زبان از کذب و جان از کید رسته

ز دستان های پنهان زیر پرده
ریاضت های عشقش پاک کرده

فروغ راستیش از جان علم زد
چو صبح راستین از صدق دم زد

به جرم خویش کرد اقرار مطلق
برآمد زو صدای حصحص الحق

بگفتا نیست یوسف را گناهی
منم در عشق او گم کرده راهی

نخست او را به وصل خویش خواندم
چو کام من نداد از پیش راندم

به زندان از ستم های من افتاد
در آن غم ها ز غم های من افتاد

غم من چون گذشت از حد و غایت
به حالش کرد حال من سرایت

جفایی گر رسد او را ز جافی
کنون واجب بود آن را تلافی

هر احسان کاید از شاه نکوکار
به صد چندان بود یوسف سزاوار

چو شاه این نکته سنجیده بشنید
چو گل بشگفت و چون غنچه بخندید

اشارت کرد کز زندانش آرند
بدان خرم سرابستانش آرند

ز باغ لطف گلبرگیست خندان
گل خندان به بستان به که زندان

به ملک جان بود شاه نکوبخت
مقام شه نشاید جز سر تخت

بسا قفلا که ناپیدا کلید است
برد او راه گشایش ناپدید است

بود چون کار دانا پیچ در پیچ
به پیشش کوشش فکر و نظر هیچ

ز ناگه دست صنعی در میان نه
به فتحش هیچ صانع را گمان نه

پدید آید ز غیب آن را گشادی
ودیعت در گشادش هر مرادی

چو یوسف دل ز حیلت های خود کند
برید از رشته تدبیر پیوند

به جز ایزد نماند او را پناهی
که باشد در نوایب تکیه گاهی

ز پندار خودی و بخردی رست
گرفتش فیض فضل ایزدی دست

شبی سلطان مصر آن شاه بیدار
به خوابش هفت گاو آمد پدیدار

همه بسیار خوب و سخت فربه
به خوبی و خوشی از یکدگر به

وز آن پس هفت دیگر در برابر
پدید آمد سراسر خشک و لاغر

در آن هفت نخستین روی کردند
به سان سبزه آن را پاک خوردند

بدینسان سبز و خرم هفت خوشه
که دل زان قوت بردی دیده توشه

برآمد از عقب هفت دگر خشک
بر آن پیچید و کردش سر به سر خشک

چو سلطان بامداد از خواب برخاست
ز هر بیدار دل تعبیر آن خواست

همه گفتند کین خوابی محال است
فراهم کرده وهم و خیال است

به حکم عقل تعبیری ندارد
به جز اعراض تدبیری ندارد

جوانمردی که از یوسف خبر داشت
ز روی کار یوسف پرده برداشت

که در زندان همایون فر جوانیست
که در حل دقایق خرده دانیست

بود بیدار در تعبیر هر خواب
دلش از غوص این دریا گهریاب

اگر گویی بر او بگشایم این راز
و زو تعبیر خوابت آورم باز

بگفتا اذن خواهی چیست از من
چه بهتر کور را از چشم روشن

مرا چشم خرد زان لحظه کور است
که از دانستن این راز دور است

روان شد جانب زندان جوانمرد
به یوسف حال خواب شه بیان کرد

بگفتا گاو و خوشه هر دو سالند
به اوصاف خودش وصاف حالند

چو باشد خوشه سبز و گاو فربه
بود از خوبی سالت خبره ده

English translation

When the ears are dry and the cattle lean, They bring you tidings of a year of hardship.

During the first of the seven-year periods, There will be rain and water, crops and grain.

The entire world will become full of bounty; Thereafter, another seven years will come,

In which the former blessings will be consumed, And the people's souls will suffer from privation.

No cloud of generosity will rain from the sky, And no green branch will grow from the earth.

The wealthy will abandon their revelry, And the poor will surrender their lives to hardship.

Bread will so disappear from the table of time That a person will cry, 'Bread!' and give up his life.

The young man heard these words and returned; He became a companion at the just king's feast.

He related the account of Joseph and his interpretation; At his breath, the king's heart blossomed like a bud.

He said, 'Arise and bring Joseph here, So that I may believe this matter through him.

Words you bring from a friend are sweet as sugar, But they are sweeter when he speaks them himself.

When words may be heard from the beloved, Why should they be heard from every mouth?'

Once again the young man set out for the prison, Carrying these glad tidings to that peerless one:

'O cypress of the gardens of holiness, advance; Set foot toward the king's garden-palace.

Proceed there with this heart-adorning face; Adorn that garden-palace with this rose.'

Joseph said, 'Why should I go before a king Who imprisoned a helpless, innocent man like me

For years, holding me captive, And leaving me without hope of any sign of generosity?

If he wishes me to set foot outside, First tell him to command, from this house of sorrow,

That those women who, upon seeing my face, Cut their hands in astonishment,

Should gather together like the Pleiades And clearly unveil the truth of my affair:

What was my crime? What did they see in me? Why did they send my belongings toward prison?

Let this secret become clear to the king: My robe is unstained by betrayal.

It is not my habit to contemplate sin; I do not practice treachery even in thought.

No betrayal came from me in that house; Nothing but truthfulness and fidelity came from me.

For me, it would be better to tunnel into treasuries Than to betray the master in his own bedchamber.'

When the young man conveyed these words to the king, The women of Egypt were informed.

They all assembled together before the king; They all became moths around that candle.

When that company entered the royal gathering, The king opened a fiery tongue like a candle:

'What did you see in that candle of the soul's sanctuary That made you draw the sword of disgrace against him?

Through his face you dwelt amid springtime and gardens; Why did you direct his path toward prison?

When even a flower would wound the body of such an idol, How could a wise person place chains around his neck?

How could one place anything but a chain of water at the feet Of a flower unable to endure the early morning breeze?'

The women said, 'O fortunate young king, May both crown and throne be blessed by your splendid glory.

We saw nothing in Joseph except purity; We saw nothing except dignity and nobility.

No pearl within its shell is so pure As that soul of the world was pure of the accusation.'

Zulaykha too was seated there, Her tongue freed from falsehood and her soul from guile.

The disciplines of love had purified her Of the hidden stratagems beneath the veil.

The radiance of truthfulness raised its banner from her soul; Like the true dawn, she breathed forth sincerity.

She confessed her crime without reservation, And from her arose the cry, 'Now the truth is manifest.'

She said, 'Joseph bears no guilt; It is I who lost the way in love for him.

First I invited him to union with me; When he did not grant my desire, I drove him away.

Through my injustice he was cast into prison; Through my sorrows he fell into those afflictions.

When my sorrow passed beyond every bound and limit, My condition transmitted its state to him.

If suffering reaches him from an oppressor, It is now obligatory to make amends for it.

Whatever kindness comes from the virtuous king, Joseph deserves it a hundred times over.'

When the king heard this well-considered declaration, He blossomed like a rose and smiled like a bud.

He commanded that they bring Joseph from prison To his joyful garden-palace.

He is a smiling petal from the garden of grace; A smiling rose belongs in a garden, not a prison.

In the kingdom of the soul he is a fortunate king; No place befits a king except the royal throne.

Many a lock has a key that cannot be found, And the path to opening it remains unseen.

When the affair of a wise man becomes intricately tangled, The efforts of thought and reflection avail nothing before it.

Suddenly the hand of divine workmanship intervenes, Opening it in a way no craftsman could have imagined.

From the unseen, an opening appears for it, And every desire is entrusted to that release.

When Joseph withdrew his heart from his own devices And severed his bond with the thread of contrivance,

No refuge remained for him except God, Who is the support upon which one leans in calamities.

He was delivered from the conceit of selfhood and cleverness; The outpouring of divine grace took him by the hand.

One night the sultan of Egypt, that vigilant king, Saw seven cows appear in his dream.

All were exceedingly fine and very fat, Each surpassing the others in beauty and well-being.

Then, opposite them, seven more appeared, All of them withered and lean.

They turned upon the first seven And devoured them entirely, as though they were grass.

Likewise there were seven green and flourishing ears of grain, From whose nourishment the heart gained strength and the eye provision.

After them arose seven others, dry; They entwined themselves around the green ears and dried them completely.

When the sultan awoke from sleep at daybreak, He asked every awakened heart for its interpretation.

They all said, 'This is an impossible dream, Assembled by fancy and imagination.

According to reason, it has no interpretation; There is no remedy but to disregard it.'

The young man who knew about Joseph Lifted the veil from Joseph's affair:

'In the prison there is a young man of auspicious glory Who is subtle in resolving difficult mysteries.

He is wakeful and discerning in interpreting every dream; His heart finds pearls by diving into this sea.

If you command, I shall reveal this mystery to him And bring back the interpretation of your dream.'

The king said, 'Why should you seek my permission? What could be better for a blind man than seeing eyes?

The eye of my intellect has been blind since the moment It remained far from knowing this mystery.'

The young man set out toward the prison And related the circumstances of the king's dream to Joseph.

Joseph said, 'The cattle and ears of grain both signify years; Through their own qualities, they describe the condition of those years.

When the ear is green and the cow is fat, It brings tidings of the goodness of your year.'

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