ما پس این خس را زنیم اکنون لگد ** تا دهان و چشم ازین خس وا رهد 2580
We, therefore, now kick (out) this (man of) straw, in order that our mouth and eye may be delivered from (the disquiet caused by) this straw.”
گفت دلقک ای ملک آهسته باش ** روی حلم و مغفرت را کم‌خراش
Dalqak said, “O King, be calm: do not scratch the face of clemency and forgiveness.
تا بدین حد چیست تعجیل نقم ** من نمی‌پرم به دست تو درم
Why such an excessive haste to take revenge? I cannot fly away, I am in thy hand (power).
آن ادب که باشد از بهر خدا ** اندر آن مستعجلی نبود روا
’Tis not right to be hasty in (the case of) correction that is (inflicted) for God's sake;
وآنچ باشد طبع و خشم و عارضی ** می‌شتابد تا نگردد مرتضی
(But as regards) that (of) which (the motive) is (ill) humour and casual anger, he (the corrector) is in a hurry (for fear) lest he should become content (reconciled).
ترسد ار آید رضا خشمش رود ** انتقام و ذوق آن فایت شود 2585
He is afraid that, if contentment come and his anger go, his revenge and the pleasure of (taking) it will be lost.
شهوت کاذب شتابد در طعام ** خوف فوت ذوق هست آن خود سقام
False appetite makes haste to (devour) the food for fear of missing the pleasure: that is sickness indeed.
اشتها صادق بود تاخیر به ** تا گواریده شود آن بی‌گره
(If) the appetite be true, ’tis better to delay, in order that it (the food) may be digested without difficulty.
تو پی دفع بلایم می‌زنی ** تا ببینی رخنه را بندش کنی
Wilt thou beat me for the purpose of averting a (dreaded) calamity, to the end that thou mayst see the crevice and block it up,
تا از آن رخنه برون ناید بلا ** غیر آن رخنه بسی دارد قضا
So that the calamity will not issue from that crevice? Destiny hath many a crevice besides that one.