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بخش ۲ - عاشق شدن پادشاه بر کنیزک رنجور و تدبیر کردن در صحت او

How the king fell in love with the sick slave-girl and took measures for her recovery

  1. M1:35 بشنوید ای دوستان این داستانخود حقیقت نقدِ حالِ ماست آن Listen, O friends, to this story;It is itself the truth, the *naqd-i ḥāl* of us.Mowlana urges his companions to listen attentively to this narrative, for he considers it the pure truth and an unvarnished reflection of his own spiritual condition, and indeed that of all seekers of truth. ❋
  2. M1:36 بود شاهی در زمانی پیش ازینملک دنیا بودش و هم ملکِ دین There was a king in a time before this,He possessed the realm of the world and also the realm of faith.This verse introduces a powerful king who holds both worldly dominion and spiritual authority, marking the beginning of Mawlana's allegorical narrative. ❋
  3. M1:37 اتّفاقا شاه روزی شد سواربا خواص خویش از بهر شکار One day, by chance, the king rode out,With his intimates, for the sake of the hunt.This couplet begins a central story in the Masnavi, depicting a king who goes hunting and subsequently falls into an earthly love, which serves as a narrative vehicle for Rumi's profound mystical and philosophical teachings. ❋
  4. M1:38 یک کنیزک دید شه بر شاه‌راهشد غلام آن کنیزک پادشاه The king saw a slave girl upon the royal road;The king became a slave to that slave girl.This couplet initiates a tale where a king, upon seeing a slave girl, is immediately captivated and loses his self-possession to love for her. ❋
  5. M1:39 مرغ جانش در قفس چون می‌طپیدداد مال و آن کنیزک را خرید As his soul's bird throbbed within its cage,He gave his wealth and purchased that slave-girl.This verse describes the king's intense longing for the slave-girl, so powerful that he expended all his wealth to acquire her. ❋
  6. M1:40 چون خرید او را و برخوردار شدآن کنیزک از قضا بیمار شد When he had bought her and enjoyed her company,That maid, by fate, fell ill.After the king acquired the maid and began to enjoy her presence, she unexpectedly fell ill. This illness is a metaphor for Mawlana's growing disillusionment with conventional scholastic knowledge. ❋
  7. M1:41 آن یکی خر داشت، پالانش نبودیافت پالان گرگ خر را در ربود One possessed a donkey, but had no saddle for it;When he found a saddle, a wolf seized the donkey.This proverb-like verse illustrates that in the pursuit of one desire, another is often lost, and complete, simultaneous fulfillment of all wishes is rarely, if ever, granted in this world. ❋
  8. M1:42 کوزه بودش آب می‌نامد بدستآب را چون یافت خود کوزه شکست He had a jug, but water did not come to hand;When he found the water, the jug itself broke.This couplet illustrates the inherent frustrations and paradoxical nature of worldly desires, suggesting that often, upon attaining one's object, another crucial element is lost or ceases to be. ❋
  9. M1:43 شه طبیبان جمع کرد از چپّ و راستگفت جان هر دو در دست شماست The king gathered physicians, from left and from right,And said, "The lives of us both are held in your might."The king, desperate to save his beloved, summoned all the doctors he could find, emphasizing that both his life and hers depended entirely on their skill.
  10. M1:44 جان من سَهلست جان جانم اوستدردمند و خسته‌ام درمانم اوست My life is nothing; the life of my life is she.I am afflicted and weary; my remedy is she.The king declares that his own life is of no consequence compared to the life of the ailing slave-girl, emphasizing that she is the very essence of his being and the sole cure for his suffering.
  11. M1:45 هر که درمان کرد مَر جان مرابرد گنج و دُرّ و مَرجانِ مرا Whoever heals this soul of mine,Will take my treasure, my pearls, and my coral.The king declares that anyone who can cure his beloved slave-girl will be richly rewarded with all his wealth, emphasizing the immense value he places on her life and well-being.
  12. M1:46 جمله گفتندش که جانبازی کنیمفهم گِرد آریم و انبازی کنیم They all replied, "We shall risk our lives!We shall gather our wits and share the task!"The physicians, in their overconfidence, assured the king that they would spare no effort and combine all their knowledge to cure the ailing slave-girl.
  13. M1:47 هر یکی از ما مسیح عالِمیستهر الم را در کفِ ما مرهمیست Each one of us is a Messiah to the world;For every pain, a balm is in our hand.The physicians, in their arrogance and overconfidence, declare that each of them possesses the healing power of Jesus and can cure any ailment.
  14. M1:48 «گر خدا خواهد» نگفتند از بطرپس خدا بنمودشان عجز بشر They did not say, "If God wills," out of arrogance;So God showed them the feebleness of humankind.The physicians, confident in their own abilities, neglected to acknowledge divine will in their pronouncements, and in response, God demonstrated the inherent limitations of human power.
  15. M1:49 ترک استثنا مُرادم قَسوتی‌ستنه همین گفتن که عارِض حالتی‌ست My aim in abandoning the exception is to show their hardness of heart,Not merely the saying, but a state of being that had become their habit.Rumi explains that the physicians' omission of "if God wills" was not a casual slip of the tongue, but a symptom of their inner arrogance and spiritual insensitivity. Their failure to acknowledge divine will reflected a deeper, ingrained state of being.
  16. M1:50 ای بسا ناورده اِستثنا به گُفتجان او با جانِ استثناست جفت Many a soul, though it spoke no 'God willing,'Its very being was yoked to 'God willing.'Rumi observes that a person's inner state of dependence on God's will can exist even if they don't verbally express "God willing" (inshallah), and conversely, merely saying the words doesn't guarantee a true inner submission.
  17. M1:51 هرچه کردند از علاج و از دواگشت رنج افزون و حاجت ناروا Whatever they did of cure and of remedy,The suffering only grew, and the need was denied.Despite all the treatments and medicines applied by the physicians, the handmaiden's pain intensified, and her longing for healing remained unfulfilled. ❋
  18. M1:52 آن کنیزک از مرض چون موی شدچشم شه از اشکِ خون چون جوی شد That slave-girl, from illness, became like a hair;The king's eye, from blood-tears, became like a stream.This couplet illustrates the extreme deterioration of the slave-girl's health and the king's profound despair, as her illness progresses relentlessly despite all attempts at treatment. ❋
  19. M1:53 از قضا سرکنگبین صَفرا فزودروغن بادام خشکی می‌نمود By divine decree, sekanjabin only increased bile;And almond oil caused more dryness.This verse illustrates how, at times, remedies exacerbate the very ailments they are meant to cure, demonstrating a reversal of expected natural causality. ❋
  20. M1:54 از هلیله قبض شد‌، اطلاق رفتآب آتش را مدد شد همچو نَفت By myrobalan, constipation arose, its laxative effect departed;Water became an aid to fire, just like napalm.This couplet illustrates how, at times, ordinary causes produce inverse effects: medicine exacerbates illness, and water kindles fire, defying conventional expectations. ❋
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