گفت بسم الله بیا تا او کجاست ** پیش در شو گر همی‌‌گویی تو راست‌‌

“Come on in God's name,” said he, “let me see where he is! Go thou in front, if thou art speaking truth,

تا سزای او و صد چون او دهم ** ور دروغ است این سزای تو دهم‌‌

That I may give him and a hundred like him the punishment they deserve, or if this is a lie, that I may give thy deserts to thee.”

اندر آمد چون قلاووزی به پیش ** تا برد او را به سوی دام خویش‌‌

The hare set out on the way, (going) in front like a guide, that he might lead him towards his snare,

سوی چاهی کاو نشانش کرده بود ** چاه مغ را دام جانش کرده بود

Towards the well which he had designated: he had made the deep well a snare for his (the lion's) life.

می‌‌شدند این هر دو تا نزدیک چاه ** اینت خرگوشی چو آبی زیر کاه‌‌ 1185

(Thus) were these twain going till (they arrived) near the well. Look, you, (this was) a hare (deceitful) as a (pool of) water (hidden) under straw.

آب کاهی را به هامون می‌‌برد ** آب کوهی را عجب چون می‌‌برد

The water bears a blade of straw (down) to the plain: how, I wonder, will the water bear away a mountain?

دام مکر او کمند شیر بود ** طرفه خرگوشی که شیری می‌‌ربود

The snare of his (the hare's) guile was a noose for the lion: a marvellous hare (he), who was carrying off a lion (as his prey)!

موسیی فرعون را با رود نیل ** می‌‌کشد با لشکر و جمع ثقیل‌‌

A Moses kills Pharaoh, with his army and mighty host, by means of (a sea like) the river Nile.

پشه‌‌ای نمرود را با نیم پر ** می‌‌شکافد بی‌‌محابا درز سر

A single gnat with half a wing cleaves intrepidly the suture of Nimrod's skull.

حال آن کاو قول دشمن را شنود ** بین جزای آن که شد یار حسود 1190

Behold the state of him who hearkened to the words of his enemy, and the retribution of him who became the friend of the envious one—