#1
چو نامه بر کید هندی رسید
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فرستادهٔ پادشا را بدید
“When the letter reached Kaid of Hind and he beheld the envoy of the king,”
#2
فراوانش بستود و بنواختش
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به نیکی بر خویش بنشاختش
“He praised him exceedingly, treated him with great honor, and seated him warmly beside himself.”
#3
بدو گفت شادم ز فرمان اوی
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زمانی نگردم ز پیمان اوی
“He said to him: 'I am overjoyed by his command, and I shall not turn away from his covenant for even a moment.'”
#4
ولیکن برین گونه ناساخته
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بیایم دمان گردن افراخته
“'Yet to come thus unprepared, charging forward with raised head,'”
#5
نباشد پسند جهان‌آفرین
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نه نزدیک آن پادشاه زمین
“'Would be pleasing neither to the Creator of the world nor to that monarch of the earth.'”
#6
هم‌انگه بفرمود تا شد دبیر
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قلم خواست هندی و چینی حریر
“At once he commanded his scribe to come, requesting an Indian pen and Chinese silk.”
#7
مران نامه را زود پاسخ نوشت
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بیاراست بر سان باغ بهشت
“He swiftly wrote a reply to that letter, adorning it like the garden of paradise.”
#8
نخست آفرین کرد بر کردگار
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خداوند پیروز و به روزگار
“First he offered praise to the Creator, the Lord of victory and fortune,”
#9
خداوند بخشنده و دادگر
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خداوند مردی و هوش و هنر
“The forgiving and just God, the Lord of valor, intellect, and virtue.”
#10
دگر گفت کز نامور پادشا
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نپیچد سر مردم پارسا
“Then he wrote: 'A virtuous person never turns his head from the glorious king.'”
#11
نشاید که داریم چیزی دریغ
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ز دارندهٔ لشکر و تاج و تیغ
“'It is not fitting that we withhold anything from the master of armies, crown, and sword.'”
#12
مرا چار چیزست کاندر جهان
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کسی را نبود آشکار و نهان
“'I possess four treasures in this world, such as no one has ever held, secretly or openly.'”
#13
نباشد کسی را پس از من به نیز
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بدین گونه اندر جهان چار چیز
“'Nor shall anyone after me ever possess four things of such nature in all the world.'”
#14
فرستم چو فرمان دهد پیش اوی
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ازان تازه گردد دل و کیش اوی
“'I shall send them to him as soon as he commands, so that his heart and spirit may be gladdened.'”
#15
ازان پس چو فرمایدم شهریار
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بیایم پرستش کنم بنده‌وار
“'Thereafter, whenever the king bids me, I shall come in person to serve him as a humble slave.'”