1Cademy - بخش ۴۹ - تضرع نمودن زلیخا پیش دایه و التماس حیله ای که سبب مواصلت یوسف گردد علیه السلام کردن / Section 49 - Zulaykha Pleading before the Nurse and Begging for a Stratagem That Would Bring About Union with Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him

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بخش ۴۹ - تضرع نمودن زلیخا پیش دایه و التماس حیله ای که سبب مواصلت یوسف گردد علیه السلام کردن / Section 49 - Zulaykha Pleading before the Nurse and Begging for a Stratagem That Would Bring About Union with Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him

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چو با آن کشته سودای یوسف
ز حد بگذشت استغنای یوسف

شبی در کنج خلوت دایه را خواند
به صد مهرش به پیش خویش بنشاند

بدو گفت ای توانبخش تن من
چراغ افروز جان روشن من

گر از جان دم زنم پرورده توست
ور از تن شیر رحمت خورده توست

ز مهر تو که از مادر ندیدم
بدین پایه که می بینی رسیدم

چه باشد کز طریق مهربانی
به منزلگاه مقصودم رسانی

ز هجران تا به کی رنجور باشم
وز آن جان و جهان مهجور باشم

چو زینسان یار بیگانه ست با من
چه حاصل زانکه همخانه ست با من

هر آن معشوق کز عاشق نفور است
به صورت گرچه نزدیک است دور است

چو پیوندی نباشد جان و دل را
چه خیزد از ملاقات آب و گل را

جوابش داد دایه کای پریزاد
که ناید با تو از حور و پری یاد

جمال دلربا دادت خداوند
که برباید دل و دین از خردمند

اگر نقاش چین از آرزویت
کشد در بتکده نقشی ز رویت

بتان یکسر به بویت زنده گردند
رخت بینند و از جان بنده گردند

به کوه از رخ نمایی آشکارا
نهی عشق نهان در سنگ خارا

چو بخرامی به باغ از عشوه کاری
درخت خشک را در جنبش آری

به صحرا آهوانت گر ببینند
به مژگان از رهت خاشاک چینند

چو افسون خوانی از لعل شکرخا
رسد مرغ از هوا ماهی ز دریا

بدین خوبی چنین درمانده چونی
چرا چندین کشی آخر زبونی

ز غمزه ناوک از ابرو کمان کن
شکار آن نگار دلستان کن

بتاب از زلف خم در خم کمندی
به پایش نه به بزم وصل بندی

رخت بنما رخش را سوی خود تاب
به همرازیش همزانوی خود یاب

به رفتار آور این نخل رطب بار
به راه لطفش آر از لطف رفتار

به لب از خنده شهد افشانیی ده
وز آن شهدش به خود چسپانیی ده

به سیمین گوی خود کن چشم او باز
چو چوگان سوی خود سازش سر انداز

به روی از مشک خال دلگسل نه
ز شوق خال خود داغش به دل نه

زلیخا گفت کای مادر چه گویم
که از یوسف چه می آید به رویم

نسازد دیده هرگز سوی من باز
چه سان جولانگری با وی کنم ساز

اگر مه گردم از دورم نبیند
وگر خور بر زمین نورم نبیند

چو مردم نور دیده گر فزایم
به چشم تنگ او مشکل درآیم

اگر کردی به سوی من نگاهی
به حال من فتادی گاه گاهی

غم من در دل او جا گرفتی
غم او کی چنین بالا گرفتی

نه تنها آفتم زیبایی اوست
بلای من ز ناپروایی اوست

اگر آن دلربا پروام کردی
کجا زین گونه ناپروام کردی

جوابش داد دیگر بار دایه
که ای حور از جمالت برده مایه

مرا در خاطر افتاده ست کاری
کزان کار تو را خیزد قراری

ولی وقتی میسر گردد آن کار
که سیم آری به اشتر زر به خروار

بسازم چون ارم دلکش بنایی
بگویم تا در او صورت گشایی

به موضع موضع از طبع هنر کوش
کشد شکل تو با یوسف هم آغوش

چو یوسف یک زمان در وی نشنید
در آغوش خودت هر جا ببیند

بجنبد در دلش مهر جمالت
شود از جان طلبگار وصالت

ز هر سو چون بجنبد مهربانی
برآید کارها زانسان که دانی

چو بشنید این حکایت را ز دایه
به هر جا زر و سیمش بود مایه

بر آن دست تصرف داد او را
بدان سرمایه کرد آباد او را

English translation

When, with that one slain by passion for Joseph, Joseph's aloofness exceeded every bound,

One night, in a secluded corner, she summoned the nurse And seated her before herself with a hundred kindnesses.

She said to her: O strength-giver of my body, O lamp that illuminates my radiant soul,

If I speak of my soul, it was nurtured by you, And if of my body, it drank the milk of your mercy.

Through the affection I never received from my mother, You have raised me to the station you now behold.

What would it be if, by way of kindness, You brought me to the dwelling place of my desire?

How long must I suffer from separation And remain deprived of that soul and world?

Since the beloved is thus a stranger to me, What benefit is there in his sharing my home?

Any beloved who recoils from the lover, Though physically near, is truly far away.

When no bond joins soul and heart, What comes from the meeting of mere water and clay?

The nurse replied: O fairy-born one, Beside whom no houri or fairy comes to mind,

God has granted you heart-stealing beauty That robs the wise of both heart and faith.

If a painter of China, yearning for you, Were to paint your likeness in an idol temple,

All the idols would come alive at your fragrance; They would behold your face and become your devoted servants.

If you openly revealed your face to a mountain, You would implant hidden love within the hardest rock.

If you walked coquettishly through a garden, You would set a withered tree in motion.

If the gazelles of the plain beheld you, They would sweep the litter from your path with their eyelashes.

When your sugar-chewing ruby lips recite an enchantment, Birds descend from the air and fish rise from the sea.

With such beauty, why are you so helpless? Why, after all, do you endure such humiliation?

Make your amorous glance an arrow and your eyebrow a bow; Hunt down that heart-ravishing beauty.

Twist a lasso from your curl upon curl And cast around his feet a bond leading to the banquet of union.

Reveal your face and turn his face toward yourself; Find him beside you, knee to knee, sharing your secrets.

Set this fruit-laden date palm in motion through your gait; By gracious conduct, draw him onto the path of gentleness.

Let your smiling lips scatter honey, And with that honey make him cling to you.

With your silver ball, open his eyes; Like a polo mallet, make his head incline toward you.

Place upon your face a heart-ravishing mole of musk; Through longing for that mole, brand his heart.

Zulaykha said: O mother, what can I say Of how Joseph behaves toward me?

He never opens his eyes toward me; How can I display my charms before him?

If I became the moon, he would not see me from afar; If I became the sun, he would not see my light upon the earth.

Even if, like the pupil, I increased the eye's light, I could scarcely enter his narrowed eye.

Had he ever cast a glance toward me, He would sometimes have noticed my condition.

My sorrow would have found a place within his heart; How then could his sorrow have risen so high?

It is not only his beauty that has brought about my fall; My affliction also comes from his indifference.

Had that heart-stealer shown concern for me, How could he have left me so bereft of concern?

The nurse answered her once again: O houri, from whose beauty the houris take their share,

A plan has occurred to me From which repose may arise for you.

But that plan can be accomplished only If you bring silver by the camel-load and gold by the mule-load.

I shall construct a delightful building like Iram And order images to be painted within it.

In place after place, through artistic skill, The painter shall depict you embracing Joseph.

When Joseph sits there for even a moment, He will see you in his embrace everywhere.

Love for your beauty will stir within his heart, And with all his soul he will begin to seek union with you.

When affection stirs on every side, Events will unfold in the manner you know.

When Zulaykha heard this proposal from the nurse, Wherever she possessed gold and silver as capital,

She granted the nurse authority to use it all, And with that wealth empowered her to carry out the plan.

Updated 2026-07-18

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