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  • او بهر سالی همی‌گفتی که کی ** عزم خواهی کرد کامد ماه دی
  • Every year he (the countryman) would say, “When will you set out on the journey?—for the month of December is (already) come,”

  • او بهانه ساختی کامسال‌مان ** از فلان خطه بیامد میهمان
  • And he (the townsman) would make an excuse, saying, “This year we have a guest who has come from such and such a district;

  • سال دیگر گر توانم وا رهید ** از مهمات آن طرف خواهم دوید
  • (But) next year I will run (down) to that part (of the country), if I can escape from the pressing affairs (which keep me at home).”

  • گفت هستند آن عیالم منتظر ** بهر فرزندان تو ای اهل بر
  • He (the countryman) said, “My family are (anxiously) expecting your children, O benefactor.”

  • باز هر سالی چو لکلک آمدی ** تا مقیم قبه‌ی شهری شدی 250
  • Every year he was coming back, like the stork, to reside in the townsman's pavilion,

  • خواجه هر سالی ز زر و مال خویش ** خرج او کردی گشادی بال خویش
  • And every year the Khwája would expend his gold and wealth upon him and open his wings (wide).

  • آخرین کرت سه ماه آن پهلوان ** خوان نهادش بامدادان و شبان
  • On the last occasion, that paladin set dishes (of food) before him at morn and eve for three months.

  • از خجالت باز گفت او خواجه را ** چند وعده چند بفریبی مرا
  • From shame he again said to the Khwája, “How long (nothing but) promises? How long will you deceive me?”

  • گفت خواجه جسم و جانم وصل‌جوست ** لیک هر تحویل اندر حکم هوست
  • The Khwája said, “My body and soul are eager for the meeting, but every change depends on the decree of Him (God).

  • آدمی چون کشتی است و بادبان ** تا کی آرد باد را آن بادران 255
  • Man is like a ship or sail: (he must wait) to see when the Driver of the wind shall send the (favourable) breeze.”

  • باز سوگندان بدادش کای کریم ** گیر فرزندان بیا بنگر نعیم
  • Once more he (the countryman) adjured him, crying, “O generous man, take your children and come and behold the pleasures (of the country).”

  • دست او بگرفت سه کرت بعهد ** کالله الله زو بیا بنمای جهد
  • He took his hand three times in covenant, saying, “In God's name, come quickly, make the utmost effort!”

  • بعد ده سال و بهر سالی چنین ** لابه‌ها و وعده‌های شکرین
  • After ten years—and every year the same sugared entreaties and promises—

  • کودکان خواجه گفتند ای پدر ** ماه و ابر و سایه هم دارد سفر
  • The Khwája's children said, “O father, the moon and the clouds and the shadows too have their journeys.

  • حقها بر وی تو ثابت کرده‌ای ** رنجها در کار او بس برده‌ای 260
  • You have laid obligations on him, you have taken great pains on his account,

  • او همی‌خواهد که بعضی حق آن ** وا گزارد چون شوی تو میهمان
  • And he wishes to repay some part of that obligation when you become his guest.

  • بس وصیت کرد ما را او نهان ** که کشیدش سوی ده لابه‌کنان
  • He gave us many injunctions in secret: ‘Bring him to the country,’ said he, ‘coaxing (him to come).’”

  • گفت حقست این ولی ای سیبویه ** اتق من شر من احسنت الیه
  • He (the townsman) said, “This is true, but, O Síbawayh, be on thy guard against the malice of him to whom thou hast shown kindness.

  • دوستی تخم دم آخر بود ** ترسم از وحشت که آن فاسد شود
  • Love is the seed (that bears fruit at the moment) of the last breath: I fear that it may be corrupted by estrangement.”

  • صحبتی باشد چو شمشیر قطوع ** همچو دی در بوستان و در زروع 265
  • There is a friendship like a cutting sword, (destructive) as December in the gardens and cornfields;

  • صحبتی باشد چو فصل نوبهار ** زو عمارتها و دخل بی‌شمار
  • There is a friendship like the season of spring, whence (come) restorations and produce incalculable.

  • حزم آن باشد که ظن بد بری ** تا گریزی و شوی از بد بری
  • Prudence is this, that you think evil, so that you may flee and become quit of evil.

  • حزم س الظن گفتست آن رسول ** هر قدم را دام می‌دان ای فضول
  • The Prophet has said, “Prudence is (consists in) thinking evil”: know that for every footstep there is a snare, O fool!

  • روی صحرا هست هموار و فراخ ** هر قدم دامیست کم ران اوستاخ
  • The surface of the plateau is level and broad, (but at) every step there is a snare: do not advance boldly.

  • آن بز کوهی دود که دام کو ** چون بتازد دامش افتد در گلو 270
  • The mountain-goat runs on, saying, “Where is the snare?” As it speeds onward, the snare lights on its throat.