1Cademy - (۴) حکایت شه زاده که مرد سرهنگ بر وی عاشق شد / (4) The Tale of the Prince with Whom the Commander Fell in Love

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(۴) حکایت شه زاده که مرد سرهنگ بر وی عاشق شد / (4) The Tale of the Prince with Whom the Commander Fell in Love

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یکی شهزاده چون مه پارهٔ بود	که مهر از رشک او آوارهٔ بود
There was a prince like a piece of the moon, from whose envy the sun was a wanderer.
اگر خورشید روی او بدیدی	چو مصروع از مه نو می تپیدی
If the sun saw his face, it would writhe like an epileptic at the new moon.
چو پیشانیش لوح سیم بودی	برو از مشک جیم و میم بودی
His forehead was like a tablet of silver, upon it, from musk, were [the letters] Jim and Mim.
چو جیم و میم پیچ و خم گرفتی	بجیم و میم ملک جم گرفتی
When the Jim and Mim took twists and turns, with Jim and Mim he would conquer the kingdom of Jamshid.
بابرو حاجبی کردی قمر را	بمژگان صیدگه دل گه جگر را
With his eyebrow, he served as a chamberlain to the moon; with his eyelashes, he hunted sometimes the heart, sometimes the liver.
چو فتنه نرگسش می دید شب رنگ	بصید و شهسواری کردی آهنگ
When chaos saw his dark, narcissus-like eyes, it would set out for hunting and horsemanship.
زهی شبرنگ و صید آخر که او یافت	سوار و صید را الحق نکو یافت
How wondrous the dark horse and the prey he found; truly, he found both rider and prey excellent.
لبش هم انگبین و هم شکر بود	که هر یک زین دو خوشتر زان دگر بود
His lips were both honey and sugar, each of these two sweeter than the other.
چو زنبور انگبینش را کمر بست	برای آن شکر نی نیز در بست
The bee girded its waist for his honey, and the reed also bound itself for that sugar.
دو نسپه داشت سی مرجان رفیقش	درخشنده چو سی در از عقیقش
He had two rows of thirty corals as companions, shining like thirty pearls of carnelian.
ز اوج عالم بالا ستاره	ز هفتم آسمان کردی نظاره
From the height of the upper world, the stars would gaze down from the seventh heaven.
همی هر کس که روی او بدیدی	اگر جان داشتی پیشش کشیدی
Indeed, whoever saw his face, if they had a soul, they would sacrifice it before him.
یکی سرهنگ عاشق شد بران ماه	دلش سرگشته گشت و عقل گمراه
A commander fell in love with that moon; his heart became bewildered and his intellect went astray.
بدرد افتاد چون درمان نبودش	که جانی درخور جانان نبودش
He fell into pain since there was no remedy for him, for he did not possess a soul worthy of the Beloved.
بسی زیر و زبر آمد دران درد	که هرگز کس نگشت آگاه ازان مرد
He went through many ups and downs in that pain, yet no one ever became aware of that man.
نچندان گشت در خون آن ستم کش	که هرگز گشته باشد هیچ غم کش
That oppressed one writhed in blood so much as no sufferer of grief had ever writhed.
مگر آن شاه را از کینه خواهان	پدید آمد یکی دشمن ز شاهان
It happened that for that king, from among the vengeful, an enemy appeared from among other kings.
پسر را پیش آن دشمن فرستاد	چو ماهی ماه در جوشن فرستاد
He sent his son before that enemy; like a moon, he sent the moon in armor.
پسر شد با بسی لشکر یزک دار	همه تشنه بخون دل فلک وار
The son set out as the vanguard with a large army, all thirsty for the heart's blood like the heavens.
چو آن سرهنگ را حالی خبر شد	نمی گویم بپای اما بسر شد
When the commander was immediately informed of this, I do not say he went on his feet, but rather on his head.
چنان دلشاد شد ز آوازهٔ جنگ	که از آواز شادی مرد دلتنگ
He became so overjoyed by the rumor of war that that sorrowful man died of joy at the sound.
بدست آورد اسپی و روان شد	ولی با جوشن و برگستوان شد
He obtained a horse and set off, but went with armor and horse-mail.
میان لشکر آن شاه زاده	تنش می شد سوار و جان پیاده
In the midst of the prince's army, his body rode mounted while his soul walked on foot.
تماشای رخش دزدیده می کرد	نثارش هر زمان ازدیده می کرد
He watched his face stealthily, and showered tears from his eyes upon him at every moment.
زهی لذت خوشا آن زندگانی	که روی یار خود بینی نهانی
What pleasure, how sweet is that life, where you see the face of your beloved in secret!
رخ یاری که دزدیده توان دید	درون جانش و در دیده توان دید
A beloved's face that can be seen stealthily, can be seen inside the soul and in the eye.
چو القصه سپه در هم رسیدند	بیک حمله دو صف بر هم دریدند
In short, when the armies met, with a single charge, they tore through both ranks.
زمین تاریک شد از هر دو کشور	فلک روشن نماند از گرد لشکر
The earth became dark from both lands; the sky did not remain bright due to the dust of the armies.
علی الجمله ز چرخ کوژ رفتار	چنان شهزادهٔ آمد گرفتار
In conclusion, by the turn of the crooked heaven, such a prince was taken captive.
سپه بگریخت آن شهزاده درماند	ز چندان خلق سرهنگ و پسر ماند
The army fled and the prince was left helpless; of all those people, only the commander and the prince remained.
کسی نگرفت آن سرهنگ را هیچ	ولی او خویش را افکند در پیچ
No one captured that commander at all, but he threw himself into the entanglement.
ببردند آن دو تن را در وثاقی	یکی را وصل و دیگر را فراقی
They took those two persons into a chamber: for one, it was union, and for the other, separation.
نهادند آن دو تن را بند بر پای	بهم محبوسشان کردند یک جای
They placed fetters upon the feet of those two, and imprisoned them together in one place.
پسر پرسید از سرهنگ آخر	که تو کی آمدی در جنگ آخر
The prince finally asked the commander: 'When did you come to this war after all?
نمی دانم ترا تو از چه خیلی	و یا تو در سپاه من طفیلی
I do not know you; from which force are you? Or are you a hanger-on in my army?'
زبان بگشاد آن سرهنگ گمراه	که هستم شاه عالم را هواخواه
The strayed commander opened his mouth: 'I am a well-wisher of the king of the world.
چنان بود آرزو از دیرگاهم	که بپذیرد بخدمت بو که شاهم
It has been my desire for a long time that my king might accept me into service.
چو شه را این سفر ناگاه افتاد	مرا هم نیز عزم راه افتاد
When this journey suddenly befell the king, I also resolved to take the path.
که گفتم در سفرحربی کنم سخت	مگر پیش شهم یاری دهد بخت
For I said, "I will fight fiercely on this journey, perhaps fortune will favor me before my king,"
که تا نانی و نامی یابم از تو	همه عمرم مقامی یابم از تو
so that I may obtain bread and a name from you, and find a position for my entire life from you.'
چو بشنید این سخن شهزاده از وی	ز غم آزاد گشت و شاد از وی
When the prince heard these words from him, he became free from sorrow and happy with him.
بسی دل گرمیش داد آن سر افراز	خود او دل گرم بود از دیرگه باز
That exalted prince gave him much encouragement, though he himself had been warm-hearted for a long time.
دل سرهنگ از شادی چنان بود	که گوئی ملک نقدش صد جهان بود
The commander's heart was so full of joy that it was as if his immediate possession was a hundred worlds.
اگرچه بود آن سرگشته در بند	بمردی خویشتن را می نیفکند
Even though that bewildered one was in bonds, he did not lose his manly courage.
شبانروزیش کار آن پسر بود	بهر دم خدمت او بیشتر بود
Day and night, his work was serving that boy; at every breath, his service was greater.
همه شب پای مالیدیش تا روز	همه روزش سخن گفتی دلفروز
All night he massaged his feet until daybreak; all day he spoke heartwarming words to him.
چنان گستاخ شد با آن سمن بوی	که نبود وصف آن کار سخن گوی
He became so intimate with that jasmine-scented one that no speaker could describe that state.
دعا می کرد آن دلخسته هر روز	که یارب این همه ناکامی و سوز
That heartsick man prayed every day: 'O Lord, let all this failure and burning
زیادة کن که تا نبود جدائی	وزین زندان مده ما را رهائی
increase, so that there may be no separation, and do not grant us release from this prison.
مرا چون هست این زندان بهشتی	بنفروشم بصد بستانش خشتی
Since this prison is a heaven to me, I would not sell a brick of it for a hundred gardens.'
چو شد آگاه ازان شهزاده آن شاه	جهانش تیره شد بی روی آن ماه
When that king became aware of the prince's captivity, his world became dark without the face of that moon.
چنان دلبند چون در بند باشد	پدر را صبر آخر چند باشد
When such a beloved child is in bonds, how much patience can a father have?
چو در راه این چنین خرسنگ افتاد	بسی آن هر دو شه را جنگ افتاد
Since such an obstacle fell in the path, those two kings fought many battles.
چو عهدی رفت و صلحی شد پدیدار	شد آن این را و این آن را خریدار
When a covenant was made and peace appeared, that one became a buyer of this one, and this of that.
قرار افتاد کان شاه خردمند	دهد دختر بدان شهزاده در بند
It was decided that that wise king would give his daughter to the imprisoned prince.
برفت آن شاه پیش شاه زاده	بدو آن دختر چون ماه داده
That king went to the prince and gave him that daughter who was like the moon.
بخواند او را و آن سرهنگ را نیز	که کاری نیست با ما جنگ را نیز
He summoned him and also the commander, saying: 'War has no business with us anymore.'
نچندان کرد با هر دو نکوئی	که من آن شرح گویم یا تو گوئی
He showed so much goodness to both that neither I nor you could describe it.
پس آنگه کار آن دختر چنان کرد	که ده گنج روان با او روان کرد
Then he arranged the daughter's affairs in such a way that he sent ten flowing treasures along with her.
چو شهزاده بشهر خویش شد باز	ز بند و حبس دستش داده دمساز
When the prince returned to his own city, having been released from bonds and imprisonment,
میان خیل خود آن عالم افروز	عروسی کرد و عشرت چل شبانروز
in the midst of his tribe, that world-illuminator held a wedding and rejoiced for forty days and nights.
گرفته بود در بر دلستانی	دران مدت ندیدش کس زمانی
He held a beloved in his embrace; during that time, no one saw him for a moment.
دل سرهنگ هر ساعت چنان بود	که با آن نیم جانش بیم جان بود
The commander's heart was such at every hour that with his half-soul, he feared for his life.
نه صبرش بود یک دم نه قراری	بخون می گشت پرخونش کناری
He had neither patience nor rest for a moment; his breast was rolling in blood.
دران چل روز و چل شب در تب و تاب	چو شمعی بود یعنی بیخور و خواب
In those forty days and nights of fever and burning, he was like a candle, meaning without food or sleep.
ز بس کز رشک در خون می بغلتید	بهر ساعت دگرگون می بگردید

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