srōd ī murvārīd | Hymn of the Pearl

1- hān zamān ka kōdak-ē būd hum

ud hamē mānd hum ped šāhīgān ī pid-um,

2- ud ped rāy ud xvarr ī

parvarzišngārān-um visūd hum,

3- az Xvarāsān, hān ī-mān mēhan,

mād-u-pid tōšag hamē bast ud frēstīd hum.

4- az grāmag hān ī-mān ganzag

bast man rāy az ahī bār-ē

5- vas kalān bē xvār

kū tanīhā xvad tuvān burdan.

6- zarr abaršahrīg,

sēm ī meh Ganzag,

7- karkēhan hindūg,

ud stabrag hān ī Kušān-šahr.

8- u-n kamar bast hum

ped xvēn-āhan.

9- u-n frāmuxt hum

brāh ī kird ped dōšārm,

10- ud abarvarr suxr

vaftag bašn ī man anvāy.

11- u-n bē kird pašt-ē

16- az Xvarāsān an uzīd hum

ka do parvānag abāg-um.

17- būd rāh ǝškeft ahrāsān

ud ēvarz vasnād an būd hum aburnāyag.

18- ka vidašt hum marz ī Mēšān

˗kū: vāzărgānān spanzag ī Xvarāsān˗,

19- ā rasīd hum būm ī Bābil

ud adīd hum Sārbāg.

20- kà bē ō Mudrag šud hum andar,

hāmpandān-um bē hišt hum ōy.

21- rāst pōyīd hum pedīrag kirm,

ō-š gilistag nird mānd hum,

22- dā bē ūnāyād bē xvafsād,

ā-m murvārīd aziš gīrum.

23- ud ceōn ēvtāg būd hum ud tanīhā

ā ō hāmespanzagān vigām būd hum.

24- ēg-um ānōh dīd hamnāf-ē,

ēk xvarāsānīg āzād-ē,

25- rēdak ī nēkōg nāzug,

ēv meh-zādag.

26- ōy ō man rōn mad, abāg-um būd.

27- būd ōy man rāy hāmjārag,

kird-um ōy hayyār ud hāmjādag.

28- pahrēzēnīd-um ham ōy az mudragān,

ham az āmēzišn abāg nēpākagān.

29- jāmag-ē cǝōn hān ī-šān peymuxt-um

dā nē ped dārānd kū az bē mad hum

30- kū-š murvārīd ǝstānān,

ēg abar man kirm vigrāsānd.

31- bē nē dānum ped cē ēvēnag

mārd hend “an hum nē hamšahrīg”.

32- ud gumixt hend ped davāl had man,

u-n-z-išān xvardīg cāxšīd hum.

33- ēg bē mušt-um kū “pus ī šahriyārān hum”,

ud šahriyār hān ī-šān peristīd-um.

34- ud bē mušt-um hān ī murvārīd

ī-š vasnād mād ud pid frēstīd hum.

35- ud pedisāy cē grānīh ī vidang-išān

xvamn-ē zufr andar an nibast hum.

36- abar tisān hamāg ī jast būd hum

pidarān mārd hend ud bēš burd hum.

37- ud azd kird būd andar hān-imān šahr

kū: hāmōyēn ō-mān dargāh āyānd,

38- cē Pahlav šahriyārān pēšubāyān,

cē hāmōyēn vazurgān ī Xvarāsān.

39- vizīr kird jādag ī man rāy ēdōn

kū: an hištag ped Mudrestān nē mānān!

40- avēšān nāmag-ē man rāy bē nibišt

49- nāmag-um aōn būd ceōn ka šāh

āvāšed ped dast ī dašn,

50- az bazakkar zādagān ī bābilīg,

ud stahmag dēvdām ī Sārbāg.

51- parr zad ōy Sēnmurv mānendag,

šāhriyār ī visp vāyendag.

52- parr zad ud visād nazd ō man,

ud bē būd ōy hāmōyēn saxvan.

53- ped vazan ud vāng ī mārišn-iš,

az xvamn vigrāst āxist hum.

54- u-m grift ud ōy hambōyīd,

u-m višād ud ōy pehipursīd.

55- pedisāy cē dil andar būd pištag,

saxvanīhā ī nāmag ham nibištag.

56- bē āyāst-um kū pus ī šahriyār hum,

u-m āzādīh cihr ī xvēš kāmed.

57- bē āyāst-um kū murvārīd vasnād

ō Mudrestān frēstīd ēstād hum.

58- ud nivist-um ēg afsāyān

kirm ī sahmēn ī damān.

59- dā unāyēnān ud xvafsēnān,

pediš āyād kird-um nām ī pid,

60- ud nām ī hān ī-mān bidaxš,

ud hān ī mād, bāmbišn ī Xvarāsān.

61- hamē ka-m hān ī murvārīd appurd,

ō mān ī pid rōn ēg-um bē āvurd.

62- ud ka peymōzan ī nēpāk ī rīman

bē kand-um, hišt-um ō-šān būm andar.

63- abar raft hum ō rāh-ē kū bē āsād

ō rōšnāgīh ī mēhan-mān Xvarāsān.

64- ud hān ī-m nāmag ī vigrāsēnīdār

pedīrag man ō rāh andar bē vindād.

65- ceōn ped vāng ī xvad vigrāsēnīd hum,

aōn ped rōšnāgīh rāyēnīd hum.

66- cē hān abrēšum ī šahvār pēš-um,

ped hān ī xvēš ǝspēdīh bē ǝspixt.

67- ud ham ped vāng ud ham ped rāyēnāgīh,

dudī dād hum dilīh ped nixvārīh.

68- ud āhixt ud kišīd hum ped friyīh.

69- tar ō Sārbāg uzīd hum ud vidašt hum,

ud Bābil ham ō hōy ī xvad bē hišt-um.

70- rasīd hum ēg ō Mēšān

71- kū (darbann-ē) vazurg ped zamb ī āb ast.

72- brāh ī xvēš kū būd-um frāmuxt,

ud varr-ē kū pediš būd ōy frāgust,

73- visē kird hend az bālist ī Gurgān

ō ānōh pid-u-mād-um.

74- ped dast ī hān (do) ganzōr

kē ped vābar aviš būd hend abestām.

75- bē ka-m āyād nē būd pāyag ī ōy

˗cē andar kōdakīh hišt-um vīs ī pid˗,

76- hamē ka xvad pedīz ī ōy būd hum,

ceōn āyēnag-um vastarg mānd hum.

77- hamāg-iš ped hamāg ī xvēš dīd-um,

ud an-z hāmāg ped ōy hamrasīd hum.

78- cē do būd hēm amāh andar judāgīh,

ud dudī ēk amāh ped ēvkirbīh.

79- avīn ganzōr ham ī-m rāy āvurd

hamēdōn-z man bē dīd hend,

80- do man dīd hend, bē ēv-kirb būd hend,

cē muhr ī šāhagān ēk pišt kird hend

81- ped dast ī ōy, pas dād hend jumā

grav ud rāy ī man ped rāh ī ēšān,

82- brāh ī man pēsīdag

ped ǝspēzāg gōnān,

83- ped zarr ud ābgēnag,

ud karkēhan ud gōhrān,

84- ud muhragsang ī judgōn

virāstag ham ped bašn-iš,

85- ud ped sang ī xvēnāhan

hasāxtag hām darz-iš.

86- pehikar hān ī šāhān šāh hāmāg

sad ud karšīd ēstād ped hamāg-iš.

87- ud ceōn sang āsmāngōn,

hamēdōn būd vasgōn.

88- ud did dīd-um kū ped ōy

hamāg jumbišn ī āgāhīh vizannād.

89- ud did dīd-um ceōn ka

ō guftan xvēš āmād.

90- šnūd-um vāng ī vāz-iš

93- ud ped jumbišn ī šahvār

ō man ālag bē pōyīd.

94- abar dast ī (do) dādār

ō man nixvārd hend kū dā-š gīrān.

95- ud did dōšārm ī man sārēnīd hum

kū tāzān dīdgāmag u-š pedīrān.

96- višād-āgōš pedīrag ōy rasīd hum,

pediš hugōnīh an pēsīd būd hum.

97- ud ped varr ī nisāgēn

bavandag tan nigust-um.

98- ud peymuxtag pediš ahrāft hum dā

ō dargāh ī drūdag ud namāzā.

99- nigōzīd-um sar ud kird-um niyāyišn

ō im farr ī pidar kē ō-m visē kird.

100- cē kird-um hān ī ōy handarz hanzāft,

ud ōy-iz hān cē kird ō man pedistāg.

101- ud ped dar hān ī vispūrān,

gumixt hum āgenīn hān ī-š vazurgān.

102- cē ped man šādmān būd ud pedīruft hum,

ud andar āyvan had ōy būd hum.

103- ud ped vāng ī srōdān

hamōyēn bannagān-iš ōy ǝstūd.

104- pedistūd hum “ō šāhān šāh dar did

abāg ōy an bē pāyān;

105- ud ped pārag ud murvārīd,

had ōy, ō šahriyār-imān pēdāg bē bān.”

1- When I was a child

dwelling in my father’s palace,

2- by the riches and fortune of

my nurturers I rested.

3- From Xvarāsān, our home,

My mother and father supplied and sent me away.

4- From our precious treasury

they had already prepared me a luggage.

5- It was great, yet light

that I could carry it myself.

6- Gold of Abaršahr,

silver from the great Ganzak

7- Chalcedony from India,

thick silk brocade of Kushan land.

8- And they tied my waste,

with shining metal.

9- And they took off

my splendid robe which they’d made for me with love.

10- And my crimson overcoat,

woven according to my stature.

11- And they made a pact with me,

16- I went out of Xvarāsān,

and two guides with me.

17- The road was fierce and terrible,

the journey too, for I was a child.

18- Then I passed the border of Mesene,

-which is the resting-place for merchants in Xvarāsān.

19- Next I reached the land of Babylon,

and entered Sārbūγ.

20- When I got to the land of Egypt,

my companions left me there.

21- I headed straight to the dragon,

and settled near its den,

22- (Waiting) for him to slumber and sleep,

then take the pearl from him.

23- As I was solitary and alone,

I became a stranger to those I dwelt with.

24- Then I saw there one of my kin,

a noble of Xvarāsān,

25- One beautiful, gracious boy,

a high-born.

26- He came to me and kept my company.

27- He was a companion to me,

and I made him my friend and co-partner (in merchandise).

28- I warned him about the Egyptians

and of contact with the impure.

29- I wore a dress like theirs,

so that they’d not know I’d come from afar.

30- To take the pearl,

lest they’d wake the dragon against me.

31- But I know not in what way,

they perceived, that “I am not of their fellow countrymen.”

32- With trickery, they became mingled with me,

and made me taste their food, too.

33- Then I forgot that “I am the king’s son.”

And I serviced their king.

34- And I forgot that pearl,

for which my mother and father had sent me.

35- From the heaviness of their trouble,

I laid down in a deep sleep.

36- Everything that happened to me,

my parents knew, and for me they were grieved.

37- And it was announced in our kingdom that,

everyone must go to our court.

38- Both the kings and leaders of Parthia

and all the grandees of Xvarāsān.

39- They ruled my case so that,

I, who am left in Egypt, there shall not remain!

40- They wrote me a letter

49- My letter was which the king,

sealed with his right hand,

50- (To keep it) from the wicked sons of Babylon,

and the cruel demons of Sārbūγ.

51- It flew like the Saēna,

the king of all other birds.

52- It flew and came to me,

and then it became all word.

53- From the shock and voice of perceiving it

I woke up from sleep.

54- And I took it and kissed it,

and I opened and read it.

55- For whatever was written in my heart,

was also written in the letter.

56- I remembered that I was the king’s son,

And my nobility seeks its nature.

57- I remembered that for the pearl,

I was sent to the Egyptian land.

58- And then I began to charm,

the terrible hissing dragon.

59- To make him doze off and sleep,

I chanted him my father’s name.

60- The name of our chancellor,

my mother’s, the queen of Xvarāsān.

61- When I took that pearl,

I then took it to my father.

62- Then that impure, filthy garment,

I tore off and discharged to their land.

63- I walked the path that lead,

to the brightness of our home, Xvarāsān.

64- And that letter, my awakener,

I found, before me on the road.

65- As it awakened me with its voice,

now it guided me with its light.

66- For the royal silk garment, before me,

shone with its own brightness.

67- And by both its voice and its guidance,

again it gave me courage to hasten.

68- And it drew and pulled me with its love.

69- By-passed Sārbūγ I went and moved,

and I left Babylon on my left.

70- Then I reached Mesene,

71- which is a great gate by the seashore.

72- My splendid robe that was taken off of me,

and the cloak in which it was covered,

73- from the heights of Hyrkania, had sent,

my mother and father, to there.

74- In the hands of those two treasurers,

who were trusted for their faithfulness.

75- But I did not remember its status

-for I had left it in father’s house in my childhood.

76- As soon as I faced it,

like a mirror of myself, the garment resembled me.

77- I saw all of it in the whole of me,

and I faced all of myself in it, too.

78- For we were two in division,

and again, one we were in form.

79- And the treasurers which brought it to me,

I saw them too in the same manner.

80- I saw them two, but they were one in form,

for they had the sole sealing of the king graven on them,

81- by the hand of (my father), so they together gave me,

the pawn and wealth in their way,

82- my adorned splendid robe,

with sparkling colors,

83- with gold and crystal,

chalcedonies and gems,

84- sardonyx of various colors,

were laid on its stature,

85- and with diamond stones,

all its seams were fastened.

86- The image of the king of kings,

was embossed and depicted in its entirety.

87- And like sapphire-stone,

so was its colors different.

88- And again I saw that on it,

the motions of knowledge were quaking.

89- And again I saw that it,

prepared itself to speak.

90- I heard the sound of its speech,

93- With kingly movement,

it walked to my side.

94- On the hands of its two givers,

they hastened me to take it.

95- And again my love incited me,

that I hastily move and accept it.

96- With open arms I went towards it,

with the beauty of its colors, I was adorned.

97- And by the brilliant cloak,

my whole body was covered.

98- Wearing it, I ascended to

the gate of salutation and greet.

99- I bowed my head and prayed,

to the His majesty my father who sent me there.

100- For I fulfilled his commands,

and he fulfilled what he promised to me.

101- And at the gate of princes,

I mingled with his grandees.

102- For he was delighted with and received me,

and I was in his palace together with him.

103- And with the sounds of songs,

all his subjects praised him.

104- And he promised me that in the king of king’s court,

I shall remain, together with him.

105- And with my gift and my pearl,

together with them, I shall appear before the king.