#1
نگه کرد کسری بگفتا راوی
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دلش گشت خرم به دیدار اوی
“Khosrow looked upon him, as the narrator tells, and his heart grew joyous at the sight of him.”
#2
چو گفتی که زه بدره بودی چهار
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بدین گونه بد بخشش شهریار
“Whenever the king said 'Zah' (Well done!), four purses were given; such was the royal generosity of the monarch.”
#3
چو با زه بگفتی زهازه بهم
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چهل بدره بودی ز گنجش درم
“And when he uttered 'Zah-a-Zah' together, forty purses of silver dirhams were brought from his treasury.”
#4
چو گنجور باشاه کردی شمار
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به هربدره بودی درم ده هزار
“When the treasurer counted alongside the king, every single purse contained ten thousand dirhams.”
#5
شهنشاه با زه زهازه بگفت
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که گفتار او با درم بود جفت
“The King of Kings spoke praises of 'Zah' and 'Zah-a-Zah', so that the minister's words were matched with silver.”
#6
بیاورد گنجور خورشید چهر
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درم بدره‌ها پیش بوزرجمهر
“The sun-faced treasurer brought forth the purses of dirhams and set them before Bozorgmehr.”
#7
برین داستان برسخن ساختم
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به مهبود دستور پرداختم
“Upon this story I concluded the discourse, and turned my focus toward Mahbod, the minister.”
#8
میاسای ز آموختن یک زمان
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ز دانش میفگن دل اندرگمان
“Do not rest even for a moment from acquiring knowledge, nor cast your heart into doubt regarding wisdom.”
#9
چوگویی که فام خرد توختم
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همه هرچ بایستم آموختم
“When you claim, 'I have fulfilled the debt of wisdom, and learned all that I ought to learn...'”
#10
یکی نغز بازی کند روزگار
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که بنشاندت پیش آموزگار
“...Fate will play a wondrous trick upon you, placing you once again before a teacher.”
#11
ز دهقان کنون بشنو این داستان
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که برخواند از گفتهٔ باستان
“Now hear this tale from the Dehqan, who recited it from the lore of the ancients.”