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  • هر که کردی ناگهان با لب سال  ** زو نبردی زین گنه یک حبه مال  3810
  • And any one who suddenly begged with his lips was punished for this offence by not getting from him (even) a mite of money.

  • من صمت منکم نجا بد یاسه‌اش  ** خامشان را بود کیسه و کاسه‌اش 
  • His maxim was “Those of you who keep silence are saved”: his purses and bowls (of food) were (reserved) for the silent.

  • نادرا روزی یکی پیری بگفت  ** ده زکاتم که منم با جوع جفت 
  • One day (it happened) extraordinarily (that) an old man said, “Give me alms, for I am hungry.”

  • منع کرد از پیر و پیرش جد گرفت  ** مانده خلق از جد پیر اندر شگفت 
  • He refused (alms) to the old man, but the old man importuned him: the people were astounded by the old man's importunity.

  • گفت بس بی‌شرم پیری ای پدر  ** پیر گفت از من توی بی‌شرم‌تر 
  • He (the Sadr) said, “You are a very shameless old man, O father.” The old man replied, “Thou art more shameless than I,

  • کین جهان خوردی و خواهی تو ز طمع  ** کان جهان با این جهان گیری به جمع  3815
  • For thou hast enjoyed this world, and in thy greed thou wouldst fain take the other world (to enjoy it) together with this world.”

  • خنده‌اش آمد مال داد آن پیر را  ** پیر تنها برد آن توفیر را 
  • He (the Sadr) laughed and gave the old man some money: the old man alone obtained the bounty.

  • غیر آن پیر ایچ خواهنده ازو  ** نیم حبه زر ندید و نه تسو 
  • Except that old man none of those who begged (aloud) saw half a mite or a single farthing of his money.

  • نوبت روز فقیهان ناگهان  ** یک فقیه از حرص آمد در فغان 
  • On the day when it was the turn of the jurists (to receive alms), a certain jurist, (impelled) by cupidity, suddenly began to whine.

  • کرد زاری‌ها بسی چاره نبود  ** گفت هر نوعی نبودش هیچ سود 
  • He made many piteous appeals, but there was no help (for him); he uttered every kind (of entreaty), but it availed him naught.