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(۶) حکایت یوسف و ابن یامین علیهما السلام / (6) The Tale of Joseph and Benjamin, Peace Be Upon Them

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چو پیش یوسف آمد ابن یامیننشاندش هم نفس بر تخت زرین
When Benjamin came before Joseph,
He seated him beside himself on the golden throne.
نشسته بود یوسف در نقابیکه نتوانی نهفتن آفتابی
Joseph was sitting behind a veil,
For you cannot conceal a sun.
چه می دانست هرگز ابن یامینکه دارد در بر خود جان شیرین
How could Benjamin ever know
That he had his sweet soul by his side?
گمان برد او که سلطان عزیزستچه می دانست کو جان عزیزست
He assumed he was the mighty sultan;
How could he know he was his dear soul?
اگر او در عزیزی جان نبودیعزیز مصر جاویدان نبودی
If he were not a soul in his preciousness,
He would not have been the eternal Aziz of Egypt.
چه گر یوسف نشاندش در بر خویشز حرمت بر نیاورد او سر خویش
Though Joseph seated him by his side,
Out of respect, he did not raise his head.
سخنها گفت یوسف خوب آنجاخبر پرسید از یعقوب آنجا
Joseph spoke beautiful words there,
And asked for news of Jacob.
یکی نامه بزیر پرده در دادز سوز جان یعقوبش خبر داد
He handed him a letter from behind the curtain,
Giving him news of the burning of Jacob's soul.
چو یوسف نامه بستد نام زد شدوز آنجا پیش فرزندان خود شد
When he received the letter from Joseph, he was identified,
And went from there before his own children.
چه گویم نامه بگشادند آخربسی بر چشم بنهادند آخر
What can I say? They finally opened the letter,
And placed it upon their eyes many times.
دران جمع اوفتاد از شوق جوشیبرآمد از میان بانگ و خروشی
An excitement of longing fell upon that gathering,
And a cry and clamor arose from among them.
بسی خونابهٔ حسرت فشاندندوزان حسرت بصد حیرت بماندند
They shed many bloody tears of regret,
And in that regret, they remained in a hundred wonders.
بآخر یوسف آنجا باز آمدبتخت خود بصد اعزاز آمد
At last, Joseph returned there,
And came to his throne with a hundred honors.
زمانی بود و خلقی در رسیدندمیان صفه خوانی برکشیدند
A moment passed, and a crowd arrived,
And they spread a dining table in the middle of the hall.
چنین فرمود یوسف شاه محبوبکه جمع آیند فرزندان یعقوب
Thus commanded Joseph, the beloved king,
That the children of Jacob gather.
ولی هر یک یکی را برگزینندبیک خوان دو برادر در نشینند
'But let each one choose a partner,
And let two brothers sit at one table.'
چنان کو گفت بنشستند با همنشاندند ابن یامین را بماتم
As he commanded, they sat together,
Leaving Benjamin to sit alone in mourning.
چو تنها ماند آنجا ابن یامینز یوسف یادش آمد گشت غمگین
Since Benjamin was left there alone,
He remembered Joseph and became sad.
بسی بگریست از اندوه یوسفبسی خورد از فراق او تأسف
He wept greatly from the grief of Joseph,
And felt much regret over his separation.
ازو پرسید یوسف شاه احرارکه ای کودک چرا گرئی چنین زار
Joseph, the king of the free-born, asked him:
'O youth, why do you weep so bitterly?'
چنین گفت او که چون تنها بماندمازین اندوه خون باید فشاندم
He replied: 'Since I was left alone,
I must shed blood from this sorrow.
که بودست ای عزیزم یک برادرمن و او هم پدر بودیم و مادر
For I had, O my dear lord, a brother;
He and I shared both father and mother.
کنون او گم شدست از دیرگاهیبسوی او کسی را نیست راهی
Now he has been lost for a long time,
And no one has a way to reach him.
اگر او نیز با این خسته بودیبخوان با من بهم بنشسته بودی
If he were also with this weary one,
He would have sat with me at the table.'
بگفت این و یکی خوان داشت در پیشهمه پر آب کرد از دیدهٔ خویش
He said this, and the table before him
He filled completely with the tears of his eyes.
نچندانی گریست از اشک دیدهکه هرگز دیده بود آن اشک دیده
He wept so many tears from his eyes
That no eye had ever seen such tears.
چو یوسف آنچنان گریان بدیدشچو جان خود دلی بریان بدیدش
When Joseph saw him weeping so,
He saw a heart grieving like his own soul.
بدو گفتا که مگوی ای جوان تومرا چون یوسفی گیر این زمان تو
He said to him: 'Speak not so, O youth!
Take me as a Joseph at this moment,
که تا هم کاسه باشم من عزیزتز من هم کاسهٔ بهتر چه چیزت
So that I, your Aziz, may share your bowl;
What better table-companion could you have than me?'
زبان بگشاد خوانسالار آنگاهکه این کاسه پر اشک اوست ای شاه
The steward of the table then spoke:
'O King, this bowl is full of his tears.
بگو کین اشک خونین چون خوری توروا داری که نان با خون خوری تو
Tell me, how can you consume these bloody tears?
Do you deem it proper to eat bread with blood?'
چنین گفت آنگهی یوسف که خاموشکه خون من ازین غم می زند جوش
Joseph then said: 'Be silent,
For my own blood boils from this grief.
دلم گوئی ازین خون قوت جان یافتچنین خونی بخون خوردن توان یافت
My heart, as if from this blood, found nourishment for the soul;
Such blood can indeed be consumed by consuming blood.
یتیمست او و جان می پرورم مناگر خونی یتیمی می خورم من
He is an orphan, and I am nurturing his soul
If I consume the blood of an orphan.'
چنین گفتند فرزندان یعقوبکه خردست او اگرچه هست محبوب
The children of Jacob said:
'He is young, though he is beloved.
نداند هیچ آداب ملوک اوبخدمت چون کند زیبا سلوک او
He knows nothing of the etiquette of kings;
How can he behave beautifully in service?
ازان ترسیم ما و جای آنستکه خردی پیش شاه خرده دانست
We fear, and there is reason for it,
That his smallness might be scrutinized before the king.'
چنین آمد جواب از یوسف خوبکه شایسته بود فرزند یعقوب
Such was the reply from the beautiful Joseph:
'A child of Jacob is worthy.
کسی کو را پدر یعقوب باشدازو هرچیز کآید خوب باشد
Whoever has Jacob as a father,
Whatever comes from him is good.'
پس آنگه گفت هان ای ابن یامینچرا زردست روی تو بگو هین
Then he said: 'Behold, O Benjamin,
Tell me, why is your face so pale?'
چنین گفت او که یوسف در فراقمبکشت وزرد کرد از اشتیاقم
He replied: 'Joseph's separation has killed me,
And made me pale from my yearning for him.'
بدو گفتا که گر شد زرد رویتپشولیده چرا شد مشک مویت
He said to him: 'If your face has turned pale,
Why has your musky hair become disheveled?'
چنین گفت او که چون مادر ندارمپشولیدست موی و روزگارم
He replied: 'Since I have no mother,
My hair and my life are disheveled.'
پس آگه گفت چون دیدی پدر راکه می گویند گم کرد او پسر را
Then he asked: 'How did you see our father,
Of whom they say he lost his son?'
چنین گفت او که نابینا بماندستچو یوسف نیست او تنها بماندست
He replied: 'He has remained blind;
Since Joseph is not there, he remains alone.
جهانی آتشش بر جان نشستهمیان کلبهٔ احزان نشسته
A world of fire has settled on his soul,
As he sits in the House of Sorrows.
ز بس کز دیده او خوناب راندهز خون و آب در گرداب مانده
From shedding so much blood and tears from his eyes,
He is left stranded in a whirlpool of blood and water.
چو از یوسف فرا اندیش گیرددران ساعت مرا در پیش گیرد
Whenever he thinks of Joseph,
At that hour he draws me close to him.
چگویم من که آن ساعت بزاریچگونه گرید او از بیقراری
How can I describe how, at that moment,
He weeps in distress from restlessness?
اگر حاضر بود آن روز سنگیشود در حال خونی بی درنگی
If a stone were present on that day,
It would instantly turn to blood without delay.'
چو از یعقوب یوسف را خبر شدبیکره برقعش از اشک تر شد
When Joseph received news of Jacob,
All at once his veil became wet with tears.
نهان می کرد آن اشک از تأسفکه آمد پیگ حضرت پیش یوسف
He was hiding those tears of regret
When a divine messenger came to Joseph,
که رخ بنمای چندش رنجه داریکه شیرین گوئی و سر پنجه داری
Saying: 'Reveal your face! How long will you trouble him?
For you speak sweetly and hold power.'
چو از اشک آن نقاب او بر آغشتز روی خود نقاب آخر فرو هشت
When his veil became soaked with tears,
He finally let down the veil from his face.
چو القصه بدیدش ابن یامینجدا شد زو تو گفتی جان شیرین
In short, when Benjamin saw him,
You would say his sweet soul departed from him.
چو دریائی دلش در جوش افتادبزد یک نعره و بیهوش افتاد
His heart surged like a boiling sea;
He let out a cry and fell unconscious.
بصد حیلة چو باهوش آمد آنگاهازو پرسید یوسف کای نکو خواه
With a hundred efforts, when he regained consciousness,
Joseph asked him: 'O well-wisher,
چه افتادت که بیهوش اوفتادیبیفسردی و در جوش اوفتادی
What happened to you that you fell unconscious,
Frozen and then thrown into turmoil?'
چنین گفت او ندانم تو چه چیزیکه گوئی یوسفی گرچه غریزی
He said: 'I know not what you are,
For you say you are Joseph, though you are precious.
بجای یوسفت بگزیده ام منتو گوئی پیش ازینت دیده ام من
I have chosen you in place of Joseph;
It is as if I have seen you before.
به یوسف مانی از بهر خدا تواگر هستی چه رنجانی مرا تو
For God's sake, you resemble Joseph;
If you are he, why do you torture me?
من بی کس ندارم این پر و بالنمی دانم تو می دانی بگو حال
I, helpless, do not have the wings and feathers;
I know not, but you know, so tell me the truth.'
کسی کین قصه ام افسانه خواندخرد او را ز خود بیگانه داند
Whoever calls this story of mine a myth,
Wisdom deems him a stranger to himself.
ترا در پردهٔ جان آشنائیستکه با او پیش ازینت ماجرائیست
Within the veil of your soul, there is a beloved,
With whom you have had a past history.
اگر بازش شناسی یک دمی توسبق بردی ز خلق عالمی تو
If you recognize Him for a single moment,
You will surpass all the people of the world.
وگر با او دلی بیگانه دارییقین طور مرا افسانه داری
But if your heart is a stranger to Him,
Surely you will regard my way as a myth.
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