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  • لیک چون آرم من او را بر متاز  ** تا ببادش ندهی از تعجیل باز 
  • But when I bring him, do not thou rush (at him), lest thou lose him again by overhaste.”

  • گفت آری تجربه کردم که من  ** سخت رنجورم مخلخل گشته تن 
  • “Yes,” replied the lion; “I have found by experience that I am very ill and that my body has become shaky.

  • تا به نزدیکم نیاید خر تمام  ** من نجنبم خفته باشم در قوام  2580
  • Until the ass comes quite near to me, I will not move, I will (apparently) be sound asleep.”

  • رفت روبه گفت ای شه همتی  ** تا بپوشد عقل او را غفلتی 
  • (Thereupon) the fox departed, saying, “O king, (offer) a prayer that a (great) heedlessness may muffle his reason.

  • توبه‌ها کردست خر با کردگار  ** که نگردد غره‌ی هر نابکار 
  • The ass has made vows of repentance to the Creator (and resolved) that he will not be duped by any ne’er-do-well.

  • توبه‌هااش را به فن بر هم زنیم  ** ما عدوی عقل و عهد روشنیم 
  • We by cunning will cause his vows to collapse, (for) we are the enemy of reason and of the splendid covenant (with God).

  • کله‌ی خر گوی فرزندان ماست  ** فکرتش بازیچه‌ی دستان ماست 
  • The ass's head is a ball for our children: his thought is a plaything for our guile.”

  • عقل که آن باشد ز دوران زحل  ** پیش عقل کل ندارد آن محل  2585
  • The reason that belongs to (is affected by) the revolution of Saturn hath no position (of honour) in the sight of Universal Reason.

  • از عطارد وز زحل دانا شد او  ** ما ز داد کردگار لطف‌خو 
  • It is made knowing by Mercury and Saturn; we (organs of Universal Reason) by the bounty of the gracious Creator.

  • علم الانسان خم طغرای ماست  ** علم عند الله مقصدهای ماست 
  • The twisted script of our sign-manual is He taught Man: our aims are (expressed in the words) the knowledge is with God.