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  • بس کسان صفعش زدند اندر مزاح ** بس کسان گفتند ای صاحب فلاح‏
  • Many slapped him jocosely; many said, “O fortunate man,

  • جستجوی چون تو زیرک سینه صاف ** کی تهی باشد کجا باشد گزاف‏
  • How should the enquiry of a clever and clear-minded person like you be devoid (of result)? How should it be vain?”

  • وین مراعاتش یکی صفعی دگر ** وین ز صفع آشکارا سخت‏تر 3650
  • And this (ironical) respect was to him another slap, and it was harder (to bear) than the visible slap.

  • می‏ستودندش به تسخر کای بزرگ ** در فلان اقلیم بس هول و سترگ‏
  • They extolled him sarcastically, saying, “O great sir, in such and such a very tremendous and huge country,

  • در فلان بیشه درختی هست سبز ** بس بلند و پهن و هر شاخیش گبز
  • In such and such a forest there is a green tree, very tall and broad, and every branch of it is big.”

  • قاصد شه بسته در جستن کمر ** می‏شنید از هر کسی نوعی خبر
  • The king's envoy, who had braced his belt for the quest, was hearing a different kind of report from every one;

  • بس سیاحت کرد آن جا سالها ** می‏فرستادش شهنشه مالها
  • There for years he travelled much, (whilst) the king kept sending money to him.

  • چون بسی دید اندر آن غربت تعب ** عاجز آمد آخر الامر از طلب‏ 3655
  • After he had suffered much fatigue in that foreign land, at last he became too exhausted to seek (any longer).

  • هیچ از مقصود اثر پیدا نشد ** ز آن غرض غیر خبر پیدا نشد
  • No trace of the object of pursuit was discovered: of what he wanted nothing appeared but the report.

  • رشته‏ی امید او بگسسته شد ** جسته‏ی او عاقبت ناجسته شد
  • The thread of his hope snapped, the thing he had sought became unsought in the end.