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  • تا از آن راهت نسیمی می‏رسد ** آب رحمت را چه بندی از حسد
  • (In the hope) that a breeze may be coming to you from that way (quarter). Why do you shut off the water of mercy by (your) enviousness?

  • گر چه دوری دور می‏جنبان تو دم ** حیث ما کنتم فولوا وجهکم‏
  • Though you are far aloof, at (that) distance wag your tail (ingratiate yourself with them): wherever ye be, turn your faces (thither).

  • چون خری در گل فتد از گام تیز ** دم‏به‏دم جنبد برای عزم خیز 3355
  • When an ass falls in mire through (going at) a rapid pace, he moves incessantly for the purpose of rising.

  • جای را هموار نکند بهر باش ** داند او که نیست آن جای معاش‏
  • He does not make the place smooth (and comfortable) to stay in: he knows that it is not the place where he should live.

  • حس تو از حس خر کمتر بده ست ** که دل تو زین وحلها بر نجست‏
  • Your sense has been less than the sense of the ass, for your heart has not recoiled from these clods of mud.

  • در وحل تاویل رخصت می‏کنی ** چون نمی‏خواهی کز آن دل بر کنی‏
  • You interpret (some canonical text) as an indulgence (authorising you to stay) in the mud, since you are not willing to tear your heart from it.

  • کاین روا باشد مرا من مضطرم ** حق نگیرد عاجزی را از کرم‏
  • (You say), “This is allowable for me: I am under compulsion. God in His kindness will not chastise a helpless one (like me).”

  • خود گرفته ستت تو چون کفتار کور ** این گرفتن را نبینی از غرور 3360
  • Indeed He has (already) chastised you, (but) like the blind hyena from self-deception you do not see the chastisement.

  • می‏گوند این جایگه کفتار نیست ** از برون جویید کاندر غار نیست‏
  • They (the hunters) are saying, "The hyena is not in this place; look for him outside, for he is not in the cave."

  • این همی‏گویند و بندش می‏نهند ** او همی‏گوید ز من بی‏آگهند
  • If the enemy had known of me, how should he have exclaimed, "Where is that hyena'?"