سندبادنامه 266.9

266.9

آمذن وزیر سوم بحضرت شاه سیاست نتوان گفت، چه نظام ملک ودولت ، بانتظام عدل وسیاست ، متعلق است ؛ ومثال داذ تا پسررا سیاست کنند وزیر سؤم چون خبر اسهلاک شاهزاذه شنیذ ، کسی محلاد فرستاذ ، کی درین سیاست تا خیر کن ، تا من بحضرت شاه روم ، ومذمت تعجیل در سیاست ، ومحمدت تاخیر وتأنی وتثبت باز تمایم ، ودر ابقا واحیای فرزند شاه بدبیری سگالم ، وبراءت ساحت اورا ازین تهمت تقریری کنم امذن وزیر سؤم بحضرت شاه (1/8) وزیر ثالث ، کی بنور رأی ثاقب ضیا از کوکب رابع ربوذه بوذ، ودر تدارک وقایع وحوادث سحرهآ فرعون جهل را ید بضا ، ودم مسیحا نموذه، بیش شاه رفت وگفت : زندگانی پاذشاء عالم، وفهرست دوذهٔ‌ سی آدم ، در کامرانی وحصول امانی هزار سال باذ ! رأی اعلی شاه را کی بارگاه الهام الهی ، ومقر نصرت وتأیید پاذشاهیست ، مقرر ومعین باشذ کی از جملةآ 12 موجودات کی در بسیط زمین عالم ، وعرصهآ کرهآ اغبر ، ومیدان ربع مسکون ساکن وموجود اند ، عوض وبدل ممکن است ، مکر نفس خوذ وذات فرزند، کی خلف شایسته باشذ ، ومحیی ذکر ومبقی نام نیکوست، 15

The Coming of the Third Vizier to the King’s Presence
punishment, for the order of kingdom and state depends upon the order of justice and punishment”;
and he gave the order for the son to be executed.
When the third vizier heard the news of the prince’s doom, he sent someone to the executioner, saying:
“Delay this punishment until I go to the presence of the king, and [explain] the reprehensibility of haste in”
chastisement, and set forth the praise of delay, deliberation, and caution; and contemplate a stratagem to preserve and keep alive the king's son,
and make a demonstration of the innocence of his character from this accusation."
The Coming of the Third Vizier into the Shah's Presence
The third vizier, who by the light of his piercing judgment had stolen luminosity from the fourth planet, and in
remedying events and mishaps had shown forth the White Hand and the breath of the Messiah to the magicians of Pharaoh-like ignorance,
went before the shah and said: "May the life of the king of the world, the index of the family of the sons of Adam, continue in
triumph and the attainment of desires for a thousand years! Let it be evident and certain to the exalted judgment of the shah, which is the court of divine inspiration
and the seat of royal victory and support, that among all
existents residing and present across the expanse of the world's earth, the terrain of the dusty sphere, and the field of the inhabited
quarter, a replacement and substitute is possible, except for one's own self
and the person of a child, who is a worthy successor, the reviver of one's memory, and the preserver of a good name,