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229-238

  • ویسه و معشوق تو هم ذات تست ** وین برونیها همه آفات تست
  • ’Tis your essential self that is your Wísa and beloved, and all these external things are banes to you.

  • حزم آن باشد که چون دعوت کنند ** تو نگویی مست و خواهان منند 230
  • Prudence is this, that when they (worldlings) invite you, you should not say, “They are enamoured and fond of me.”

  • دعوت ایشان صفیر مرغ دان ** که کند صیاد در مکمن نهان
  • Know that their invitation is (like) the bird's whistle which the fowler gives (while) concealed in (his) place of ambush:

  • مرغ مرده پیش بنهاده که این ** می‌کند این بانگ و آواز و حنین
  • He has put forward a dead bird, (pretending) that this (bird) is making this plaintive noise and cry.

  • مرغ پندارد که جنس اوست او ** جمع آید بر دردشان پوست او
  • The birds think he is one of their kind: they gather round, and he rends their skins—

  • جز مگر مرغی که حزمش داد حق ** تا نگردد گیج آن دانه و ملق
  • Except, no doubt, the bird on which God has bestowed prudence, so that it may not be fooled by that bait and enticement.

  • هست بی حزمی پشیمانی یقین ** بشنو این افسانه را در شرح این 235
  • Imprudence is assuredly (attended by) repentance. Hear the following story in explanation of this.

  • فریفتن روستایی شهری را و بدعوت خواندن بلابه و الحاح بسیار
  • How the countryman deceived the townsman and invited him with humble entreaties and great importunity.

  • ای برادر بود اندر ما مضی ** شهریی با روستایی آشنا
  • In the past, O brother, there was a townsman (who was) intimate with a countryman.

  • روستایی چون سوی شهر آمدی ** خرگه اندر کوی آن شهری زدی
  • Whenever the countryman came to town, he would pitch his tent in the street of the townsman.

  • دو مه و سه ماه مهمانش بدی ** بر دکان او و بر خوانش بدی
  • He would be his guest for two or three months, he would be in his shop and at his table,