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اتفاقا اندر آن ایام دزد ** گشته بود انبوه پخته و خام دزد
- In those days, as it happened, the thieves, both expert and unskilled, had become numerous.
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در چنین وقتش بدید و سخت زد ** چوب‌ها و زخمهای بی‌عدد 4265
- He (the night-patrol) saw him (in the street) at such a time and gave him a sound drubbing and blows without number.
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نعره و فریاد زان درویش خاست ** که مزن تا من بگویم حال راست
- Shrieks and cries for mercy arose from the poor wretch: “Don't strike! let me tell the truth about it all!”
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گفت اینک دادمت مهلت بگو ** تا به شب چون آمدی بیرون به کو
- He replied, “Look now, I will give you time: speak, that I may learn how you came out into the streets by night.
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تو نه‌ای زینجا غریب و منکری ** راستی گو تا بچه مکر اندری
- You do not belong to this place, you are a stranger and unknown (to me): tell me truly what you are plotting (here).
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اهل دیوان بر عسس طعنه زدند ** که چرا دزدان کنون انبه شدند
- The government officials have attacked the police, asking why there is now such a great number of thieves (in the city).
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انبهی از تست و از امثال تست ** وا نما یاران زشتت را نخست 4270
- It is owing to you and the likes of you that they are so numerous: first disclose (the names of) your wicked associates;
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ورنه کین جمله را از تو کشم ** تا شود آمن زر هر محتشم
- Otherwise I will exact from you the vengeance incurred by all of them, in order that every respectable person's money may be safe.”
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گفت او از بعد سوگندان پر ** که نیم من خانه‌سوز و کیسه‌بر
- After taking many oaths he replied, “I am not a housebreaker or cutpurse.
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من نه مرد دزدی و بیدادیم ** من غریب مصرم و بغدادیم
- I am no thief and criminal: I am a stranger in Cairo, I belong to Baghdád.”
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بیان این خبر کی الکذب ریبة والصدق طمانینة
- Explaining the Tradition (of the Prophet), “Falsehood causes suspicion, while veracity inspires confidence.”