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  • این طرق را مخلصی یک خانه است  ** این هزاران سنبل از یک دانه است 
  • (All) these roads end in one House: (all) these thousand ears of corn are from one Seed.

  • گونه‌گونه خوردنیها صد هزار  ** جمله یک چیزست اندر اعتبار 
  • All the hundred thousand sorts of food and drink are (only) one thing in respect (of their final cause).

  • از یکی چون سیر گشتی تو تمام  ** سرد شد اندر دلت پنجه طعام  3670
  • When you are entirely satiated with one (kind of food), fifty (other) foods become cold (displeasing) to your heart.

  • در مجاعت پس تو احول دیده‌ای  ** که یکی را صد هزاران دیده‌ای 
  • In hunger, then, you are seeing double, for you have regarded a single one as a hundred thousand.

  • گفته بودیم از سقام آن کنیز  ** وز طبیبان و قصور فهم نیز 
  • We had (previously) told of the sickness of the handmaiden and (the story) of the physicians and also their lack of understanding—

  • کان طبیبان هم‌چو اسپ بی‌عذار  ** غافل و بی‌بهره بودند از سوار 
  • How those physicians were like an unbridled horse, heedless of the rider and having no profit (of him).

  • کامشان پر زخم از قرع لگام  ** سمشان مجروح از تحویل گام 
  • (Though) their palates were covered with sores made by the impact of the bit, and their hooves wounded by (continually) changing step,

  • ناشده واقف که نک بر پشت ما  ** رایض و چستیست استادی‌نما  3675
  • They had not become aware (of the truth and never said to themselves), “Lo, on our back is a nimble Trainer who displays masterly skill.

  • نیست سرگردانی ما زین لگام  ** جز ز تصریف سوار دوست‌کام 
  • Our turning the head to and fro is not caused by this bit, but only by the control of a successful Rider.

  • ما پی گل سوی بستان‌ها شده  ** گل نموده آن و آن خاری بده 
  • We (are like those who) went into the gardens to gather roses: they seemed to be roses, but they were (really) thorns.”

  • هیچ‌شان این نی که گویند از خرد  ** بر گلوی ما کی می‌کوبد لگد 
  • It never occurred to them to ask, (prompted) by reason, “Who is kicking (bruising) our throats?”

  • آن طبیبان آن‌چنان بنده‌ی سبب  ** گشته‌اند از مکر یزدان محتجب 
  • Those (worldly-wise) physicians (are) so enthralled by the secondary cause (that) they have become blind to God's contrivance.

  • گر ببندی در صطبلی گاو نر  ** باز یابی در مقام گاو خر  3680
  • If you tether an ox in a stall and then find an ass in the place of the ox,

  • از خری باشد تغافل خفته‌وار  ** که نجویی تا کیست آن خفیه کار 
  • ’Twould be asinine carelessness, like (that of) a man in slumber, not to inquire who is the secret agent (that has effected the substitution).

  • خود نگفته این مبدل تا کیست  ** نیست پیدا او مگر افلاکیست 
  • (Yet) you never said, “Let me see who this changer is: he is not visible; surely, he is a celestial being.”

  • تیر سوی راست پرانیده‌ای  ** سوی چپ رفتست تیرت دیده‌ای 
  • You have shot an arrow to the right and have seen your arrow go to the left.

  • سوی آهویی به صیدی تاختی  ** خویش را تو صید خوکی ساختی 
  • You have ridden in chase of a deer and have made yourself the prey of a hog.

  • در پی سودی دویده بهر کبس  ** نارسیده سود افتاده به حبس  3685
  • You have run after some gain for the purpose of stuffing yourself: the gain has not reached (you) and you have been cast into prison.

  • چاهها کنده برای دیگران  ** خویش را دیده فتاده اندر آن 
  • You have dug pits for others and have seen yourself fall into them.

  • در سبب چون بی‌مرادت کرد رب  ** پس چرا بدظن نگردی در سبب 
  • Since the Lord has disappointed you in regard to the means (of obtaining your desire), then why do not you become suspicious of the means?

  • بس کسی از مکسبی خاقان شده  ** دیگری زان مکسبه عریان شده 
  • Many a one has become an emperor by dint of toil, while (many) another has been made destitute by that (same) toil.

  • بس کس از عقد زنان قارون شده  ** بس کس از عقد زنان مدیون شده 
  • Many a one has been made (rich as) Qárún by marriage, and many a one has been made bankrupt by marriage.

  • پس سبب گردان چو دم خر بود  ** تکیه بر وی کم کنی بهتر بود  3690
  • The means, then, is turning about, like the tail of an ass: ’tis better not to rely upon it.

  • ور سبب گیری نگیری هم دلیر  ** که بس آفت‌هاست پنهانش به زیر 
  • And if you take the means, you should not take it boldly, for beneath it there are many hidden banes.

  • سر استثناست این حزم و حذر  ** زانک خر را بز نماید این قدر 
  • This prudence and precaution is the gist of the saving clause, for this (Divine) decree (often) makes the ass appear to be a goat.