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بخش ۸ - حکایت زن دادخواه با سلطان محمود / Section 8 - The Story of the Woman Seeking Justice with Sultan Mahmud

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

آن شنودی که بود چون در خوردآنچه با میر ماضی آن زن کرد
Have you heard what happened, as was fitting,
What that woman did with the past prince?
شاه شاهان یمین دین محمودکه از او گشت زنده رادی و جود
The king of kings, the Right Hand of the Religion, Mahmud,
Through whom generosity and liberality became alive,
کان زن او را جواب داد درشتکه به دندان گرفت ازو انگشت
To whom that woman gave a harsh answer,
Such that he bit his finger because of her.
عاملی در نسا و در باوردقصد املاک و چیز آن زن کرد
An agent in Nisa and Baward
Made an attempt on that woman's property and belongings.
خانهٔ زن به قصد جمله ببردچون برد جامهٔ عرابی کرد
He seized the woman's house by force;
When he took it, he left her in the clothes of a desert Arab.
زن گرفت از تعب ره غزنینبشنو این قصه و عجایب بین
The woman, out of hardship, took the path to Ghaznin;
Listen to this story and behold the wonders.
کرد انهی به قصه سلطان رابه شفیع آورید یزدان را
She made her petition known to the Sultan,
Bringing God as her intercessor,
که ز من عامل نسا املاکبستد و من شدم ز رنج هلاک
Saying: 'The agent of Nisa took my properties,
And I am perishing from this suffering.'
شاه چون حال پیرزن بشنیدپیرزن را ضعیف و عاجز دید
When the king heard the old woman's condition,
And saw the old woman weak and helpless,
گفت بدهید نامه ای گر هستتا ز املاک زن بدارد دست
He said: 'Give her a letter, if there is one,
So that he stays his hand from the woman's properties.'
نامه بستد سبک زن و آوردشادمانه به عامل باورد
The woman quickly took the letter and brought it
Joyfully to the agent of Baward,
که به زن جمله ملک باز دهدزن بیچاره را جواز دهد
Ordering him to return all the property to the woman
And to grant passage to the helpless woman.
با خود اندیشه کرد عامل شومکه کنم حکم زن چو حکم سدوم
The wretched agent thought to himself:
'I will make the judgment on this woman like the judgment of Sodom.
زن دگرباره بر ره غزنیننرود من ندارمش تمکین
The woman will not travel the road to Ghaznin again;
I will not submit to her.'
نه به زن باز داد یک جو خاکنه ز شاه و الهش انده و باک
He returned not even a grain of dust to the woman,
Nor did he have any anxiety or fear of the king or God.
زن دگر باره رای غزنین کردبنگر تا چه صعب لعب آورد
The woman once again decided to go to Ghaznin;
Look what a difficult game she brought about.
قصه بر شاه داشت بار دگرخواست از شاه خوب رای نظر
She presented her story to the king once more,
Seeking a wise opinion and judgment from the king.
به تظلم ز عامل باوردبخروشید و نوحه پیش آورد
In seeking justice against the agent of Baward,
She cried out and raised a lament.
گفت سلطان که نامه ای بدهیدرسم و آیین بد دگر منهید
The Sultan said: 'Give her another letter;
Do not establish bad customs and practices anymore.'
گفت زن نامه برده ام یکبارلیک نگرفت نامه را بر کار
The woman said: 'I carried the letter once,
But he did not act upon the letter.'
بود سلطان در آن زمان مشغولسخن پیرزن نکرد قبول
The Sultan was busy at that moment;
He did not accept the old woman's words.
گفت سلطان که بر من آن باشدکه دهم نامه تا روان باشد
The Sultan said: 'My duty is only
To give a letter so that it is issued.
گر بر آن نامه هیچ کار نکردآن عمیدی که هست در باورد
If he did not act upon that letter,
That governor who is in Baward,
زار بخروش و خاک بر سر کنپیش ما وز حدیث بی سر و بن
Cry out bitterly and throw dust on your head
In front of us, and speak no more of this endless matter.'
زان سبک گفت ساکن ای سلطانچون نبردند مر ترا فرمان
Quickly and calmly she said: 'O Sultan,
Since they did not obey your command,
خاک بر سر مرا نباید کردنبود خاک مر مرا در خورد
It is not I who should throw dust on my head;
Throwing dust is not fitting for me.
خاک بر سر کسی کند که ورانبود بر زمانه حکم روا
Dust on the head should be thrown by someone
Whose command is not sovereign over the age!'
بشنید این سخن ز زن سلطانشد پشیمان ز گفت خود به زمان
The Sultan heard this speech from the woman,
And immediately regretted what he had said.
گفت کای پیرزن خطا گفتمکز حدیث تو من برآشفتم
He said: 'O old woman, I spoke in error,
For I was disturbed by your speech.
خاک بر سر مرا همی بایدنه ترا کاینچنین همی شاید
Indeed, dust on the head is fitting for me,
Not for you, for whom this is appropriate,
که مرا مملکت بود چندانکه در آن ملک باشدم فرمان
For how can I have such a vast kingdom,
Yet my command is not obeyed within that realm?'
به ایاز آن زمان سبک فرمودکه سخن بیش از این ندارد سود
He then quickly ordered Ayaz,
Saying: 'Further talk is of no use.
زی غلامان سبک یکی بگزینکه رود زی نسا چو باد برین
Choose quickly one of the servants
To ride to Nisa like the morning breeze,
که بود مرو را سواری بیستبنگرد کاین عمید ابله کیست
Who shall have twenty horsemen with him,
To see who this foolish governor is,
کار بر مرد بد بگیرد سختپس مرو را فروکند به درخت
To deal harshly with the evil man,
And then hang him from a tree,
نامه در گردن وی آویزدتا ز بد هرکسی بپرهیزد
To hang the letter around his neck,
So that everyone may abstain from evil.
بس منادی زند به شهر درونکانکه از حکم شاه رفت برون
And then proclaim loudly within the city:
'Whoever went outside the king's command,
سر بپیچید و ضال و عاصی گشتگرد خود رایی و معاصی گشت
Rebelled and became lost and disobedient,
And wandered around self-will and sins,
مر ورا این سزا بود ناچارتاندارد رضای سلطان خوار
This is inevitably his punishment,
Lest he should hold the sultan's pleasure in contempt.''
رفت میری بدین مهم در حالکشت مرد فسادجو به نکال
A commander departed for this task immediately,
And killed the corrupt man with exemplary punishment.
عامل ابله از چنان کردارجان به بیهوده کرد در سر کار
The foolish agent, due to such conduct,
Lost his life in vain in this affair.
بعد از آن حکم شاه نافذ گشتشیر با گور آب خورد به دشت
Thereafter, the king's command became effective;
The lion drank water with the wild ass in the plain.
شاه را حکم چون روان باشدعالم از عدل او جنان باشد
When the king's command is sovereign,
The world becomes like paradise from his justice.
پس اگر حکم او نباشد جزمنکند هیچکس به ملکش عزم
Therefore, if his command is not decisive,
No one will resolve to enter his kingdom.
امر سلطان چو امر یزدانستسایهٔ ایزد از پی آنست
The sultan's command is like God's command;
That is why he is called the Shadow of God.
لفظ مهتر که گفت از پی شاههست سلطان همیشه ظل اللٰه
The words of the Prophet, spoken of the king, are:
'The Sultan is always the Shadow of God.'

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