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حکایت پادشاهی که بسیار صاحب جمال بود / The Tale of a King Who Was Very Beautiful

متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation

پادشاهی بود بس صاحب جمالدر جهان حسن، بی مثل و مثال
There was a king who was very beautiful,
In the world of beauty, without match or equal.
ملک عالم مصحف اسرار اودر نکویی آیتی دیدار او
The kingdom of the world was the book of his secrets,
His face was a sign in goodness.
می ندانم هیچ کس آن زهره یافتکو تواند از جمالش بهره یافت
I know of no one who found the courage
Who could benefit from his beauty.
روی عالم پر شد از غوغای اوخلق را از حد بشد سودای او
The face of the world was filled with his clamor,
The people's passion for him went beyond limit.
گاه شبدیزی برون راندی به کویبرقعی گلگون فرو هشتی به روی
Sometimes he would ride a black horse into the street,
He would lower a rose-colored veil over his face.
هرک کردی سوی آن برقع نگاهسر بریدندیش از تن بی گناه
Whoever looked toward that veil,
They would sever his innocent head from his body.
وآنک نام او براندی بر زفانقطع کردندی زفانش در زمان
And whoever uttered his name on their tongue,
They would cut off his tongue immediately.
ور کسی اندیشه کردی زآن وصالعقل و جان بر باد دادی زآن محال
And if someone thought of union with him,
They would lose their mind and soul over that impossibility.
روز بودی کز غم عشقش هزارمی بمردند، اینت عشق و اینت کار
There were days when a thousand would die
From the sorrow of his love; such is love and such is the affair.
گر کسی دیدی جمالش آشکارجان بدادی و بمردی زار زار
If someone saw his beauty openly,
They would give up their soul and die miserably.
مردن از عشق رخ آن دل نوازبهتر از صد زندگانی دراز
Dying of love for the face of that beloved
Is better than a hundred long lives.
نه کسی را صبر بودی زو دمینه کسی را تاب او بودی همی
No one had patience for him for a moment,
Nor could anyone endure him.
خلق می بودند دائم زین طلبصبر نه با او و بی او ای عجب
The people were constantly in this quest,
No patience with him, nor without him, oh wonder!
گر کسی را تاب بودی یک زمانشاه روی خویش بنمودی عیان
If anyone had the endurance for a moment,
The king would show his face openly.
لیک چون کس تاب دید او نداشتلذتی جز در شنید او نداشت
But since no one had the endurance to see him,
They had no pleasure except in hearing of him.
چون نیامد هیچ خلقی مرد اوجمله می مردند و دل پر درد او
Since no one emerged worthy of him,
All were dying, their hearts full of pain for him.
آینه فرمود: حالی پادشاه!کاندر آینه توان کردن نگاه
The king ordered a mirror to be made immediately,
So that one could look into the mirror.
روی را از آینه می تافتیهر کس از رویش نشانی یافتی
He reflected his face from the mirror,
Everyone found a trace of his face.
گر تو می داری جمال یار دوستدل! بدان، کآیینهٔ دیدار اوست
If you hold the beauty of the beloved dear,
Oh heart! Know that it is the mirror for seeing him.
دل به دست آر و جمال او ببینآینه کن جان، جلال او ببین
Win over the heart and see his beauty,
Make a mirror of the soul, see his glory.
پادشاه توست بر قصر جلالقصر روشن زآفتاب آن جمال
Your king is in the palace of glory,
The palace is bright from the sun of that beauty.
پادشاه خویش را در دل ببینهوش را در ذرهٔ حاصل ببین
See your king in your heart,
See consciousness in the resulting particle.
هر لباسی کآن به صحرا آمدستسایهٔ سیمرغ زیبا آمدست
Every garment that has come to the plain
Has come as the shadow of the beautiful Simorgh.
گر تو را سیمرغ بنماید جمالسایه را سیمرغ بینی بی خیال
If the Simorgh shows you its beauty,
You will see the shadow as the Simorgh without doubt.
گر همه چل مرغ و گر سی مرغ بودهرچ دیدی سایهٔ سیمرغ بود
Whether there were forty birds or thirty birds,
Whatever you saw was the shadow of the Simorgh.
سایه را سیمرغ چون نبود جداگر جدایی گویی آن نبود روا
Since the shadow is not separate from the Simorgh,
If you speak of separation, it would not be proper.
هر دو چون هستند با هم بازجویدرگذر از سایه وآن گه راز جوی
Since both are together, seek them anew,
Pass beyond the shadow and then seek the secret.
چون تو گم گشتی چنین در سایه ایکی ز سیمرغت رسد سرمایه ای؟
Since you have become so lost in a shadow,
When will any wealth reach you from the Simorgh?
گر تو را پیدا شود یک فتح بابتو درون سایه بینی آفتاب
If an opening of the door appears to you,
You will see the sun within the shadow.
سایه در خورشید گم بینی مدامخود همه خورشید بینی والسلام
You will constantly see the shadow lost in the sun,
You will see only the sun yourself, and that is all.

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