بخش 119 - عروس آوردن پادشاه فرزند خود را از خوف انقطاع نسل

(The king said to himself), “It is necessary, then, to seek a bride for him, that from this marriage offspring may appear,

(So that) if this falcon (my son) return to the state of mortality his young may become a falcon after (the death of) the falcon,

(And that) if the form of this falcon go from here, his inward meaning may endure in his son.

On account of this, that renowned (spiritual) king, Mustafá (Mohammed), said, ‘The son is the marrow of his father.’

For this reason all people, (being moved) by heartfelt love, teach their children (their own) trades,

To the end that these inward meanings may remain in the world when that body of theirs becomes hidden.

God in His wisdom has given them intense desire for the right guidance of every little one capable (of learning).

I too, for the purpose of (ensuring) the continuance of my race, will seek for my son a wife of good principles.

I will seek a girl who is the offspring of a righteous man, not the offspring of a stern-visaged king.”

This righteous man is himself a king, he is free, he is not the prisoner of lust and gluttony.

They (the people) have given (those) prisoners the title of “king” by inversion, just as Káfúr (Camphor) is the name of that negro.

The blood-drinking (deadly) wilderness is named mafáza (place of safety); the vulgar call the leper Níkbakht (Fortunatus).

They have described the prisoner of lust and anger and ambition by the name of Mír or Sadr-i ajall (most honourable prince).

To those prisoners of Doom (asírán-i ajal) the vulgar in (all) the lands have given the title of “most honourable Amírs” (amírán-i ajall).

They call high-placed (Sadr) him whose soul is (placed) low in the vestibule, that is to say, (worldly) power and riches.

When the king chose (matrimonial) relationship with an ascetic, this news came to the ears of (his) ladies.