Story OF A KING AND THE BEGGAR داستان پادشاه و گدا
Story of a King and the Beggar (داستان پادشاه و گدا) is from Chapter I, On Justice, Wisdom and Government (در عدل و تدبیر و رای) of Saadi’s Bustan (بوستان, “The Orchard”), written in 1257. The Persian verses are given with a rhymed English translation, couplet by couplet.
Bustan Saadi بوستان سعدی
| A king of Irak with the news was supplied, That under his palace a mendicant cried : | خبر یافت گردن‌کشی در عراق که می‌گفت مسکینی از زیر طاق |
| ” You, too, at a door sit with hope in your eyes ; Hence, the hope of the poor at your door, realize ! | تو هم بر دری هستی امیدوار پس امید بر در نشینان برآر |
| The afflicted in heart, from their bondage relieve ! That your own heart may never have reason to grieve. | نخواهی که باشد دلت دردمند دل دردمندان برآور ز بند |
| The implorer for justice, heart-broken from grief, By the state of the provinces measures the chief. | پریشانی خاطر دادخواه براندازد از مملکت پادشاه |
| You have slept cool at noon in your private retreat”; To the poor out of door say, ‘ Be burned in the heat !’ | تو خفته خنک در حرم نیمروز غریب از برون گو به گرما بسوز |
| The Lord for that person will justice obtain, Who has justice implored from the monarch in vain.” | ستاننده داد آن کس خداست که نتواند از پادشه دادخواست |
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