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  • او همی بانگی کند بی گوش و هوش ** چون خمش کردی تو او هم شد خموش
  • Without ear and mind, it goes on making a noise; when you are silent, it also becomes silent.

  • داد حق اهل سبا را بس فراغ ** صد هزاران قصر و ایوانها و باغ 285
  • God bestowed on the people of Sabá much ease—myriads of castles and palaces and orchards.

  • شکر آن نگزاردند آن بد رگان ** در وفا بودند کمتر از سگان
  • (But) those bad-natured ones rendered no thanks for that (bounty): in fidelity they were less than dogs.

  • مر سگی را لقمه‌ی نانی ز در ** چون رسد بر در همی‌بندد کمر
  • When to a dog there comes from the door a piece of bread, he will gird up his loins at the door.

  • پاسبان و حارس در می‌شود ** گرچه بر وی جور و سختی می‌رود
  • He will become the watcher and guardian of the door, even though violence and hard treatment befall him.

  • هم بر آن در باشدش باش و قرار ** کفر دارد کرد غیری اختیار
  • Still will he stay and abide at that door: he will deem it ingratitude to prefer another.

  • ور سگی آید غریبی روز و شب ** آن سگانش می‌کنند آن دم ادب 290
  • And (again), if a strange dog come by day or night (to a quarter of the town), the dogs there will at once teach him a lesson,

  • که برو آنجا که اول منزلست ** حق آن نعمت گروگان دلست
  • Saying, “Begone to the place that is thy first lodging: obligation for that kindness is the heart's pledge (which it must redeem).”

  • می‌گزندش که برو بر جای خویش ** حق آن نعمت فرو مگذار بیش
  • They will bite him, saying, “Begone to thy place, do not any more leave (unpaid) the obligation for that kindness.”

  • از در دل و اهل دل آب حیات ** چند نوشیدی و وا شد چشمهات
  • From the door of the spirit and spiritual men how long didst thou drink the water of life, and thine eyes were opened!