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مینماید سیری این حیلت پرست ** و الله از جملهی حریصان بدتر است
- This devotee of guile pretends to be perfectly satisfied (with what he has); by God, he is worse than all the greedy together.
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او خورد از حرص طین را همچو دبس ** دنبه مسپارید ای یاران به خرس 1145
- From greediness he eats clay as (if it were) date-syrup: O friends, do not entrust the sheep's tail to the bear.
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لاف از شه میزند وز دست شاه ** تا برد او ما سلیمان را ز راه
- He is boasting of the King and the King's hand, in order that he may lead us astray, simple-minded as we are.
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خود چه جنس شاه باشد مرغکی ** مشنوش گر عقل داری اندکی
- How, indeed, should a petty bird be the congener of the King? Do not listen to him, if you have (even) a little understanding.
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جنس شاه است او و یا جنس وزیر ** هیچ باشد لایق لوزینه سیر
- Is he the King's or the Vizier's congener? Is garlic at all suitable to sweetmeat made with walnut kernels?
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آن چه میگوید ز مکر و فعل و فن ** هست سلطان با حشم جویای من
- (As for) his saying, from deceit and feint and artifice, ‘The King with his retinue is searching after me,’
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اینت مالیخولیای ناپذیر ** اینت لاف خام و دام گول گیر 1150
- Here's an absurd mad fancy for you, here's a vain boast and a snare to catch blockheads!
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هر که این باور کند از ابلهی است ** مرغک لاغر چه در خورد شهی است
- Any one who believes this—’tis because of (his) foolishness: how is a slender little bird fit for (friendship with) royalty?
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کمترین جغد ار زند بر مغز او ** مر و را یاریگری از شاه کو
- If the smallest owl should strike at his brain, where is succour for him from the King?”
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گفت باز ار یک پر من بشکند ** بیخ جغدستان شهنشه بر کند
- The falcon said, “If a single feather of mine be broken, the King of kings will uproot the (whole) owlery.