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  • که نه من هم شاه و هم شه‌زاده‌ام  ** چون عنان خود بدین شه داده‌ام 
  • “Am not I,” said he, “both a king and a king's son? How have I let this King take control of me?

  • چون مرا ماهی بر آمد با لمع  ** من چرا باشم غباری را تبع  4765
  • Now that a resplendent moon has risen for me, why should I be following a (cloud of) dust?

  • آب در جوی منست و وقت ناز  ** ناز غیر از چه کشم من بی‌نیاز 
  • The water is (running) in my river-bed, and ’tis time to show disdain: wherefore should I who want nothing endure disdain from another?

  • سر چرا بندم چو درد سر نماند  ** وقت روی زرد و چشم تر نماند 
  • Why should I bandage my head when my headache is gone? The time for pale face and tearful eye is past.

  • چون شکرلب گشته‌ام عارض قمر  ** باز باید کرد دکان دگر 
  • Since my lips have become (sweet) as sugar and my cheeks (bright) as the moon, I must open another (independent) shop.”

  • زین منی چون نفس زاییدن گرفت  ** صد هزاران ژاژ خاییدن گرفت 
  • When his carnal soul began to spawn from this egoism, he began to chew a hundred thousand thistles (cherish absurd fancies).

  • صد بیابان زان سوی حرص و حسد  ** تا بدان‌جا چشم بد هم می‌رسد  4770
  • Even the evil eye can traverse a hundred deserts to reach the object of its greed and envy:

  • بحر شه که مرجع هر آب اوست  ** چون نداند آنچ اندر سیل و جوست 
  • How, (then), should the sea of the King, to which every water returns, be ignorant of what is (contained) in torrent and river?

  • شاه را دل درد کرد از فکر او  ** ناسپاسی عطای بکر او 
  • The King's heart was pained by his (the prince's) thoughts and the ingratitude (shown) for his virgin (ever new) munificence.

  • گفت آخر ای خس واهی‌ادب  ** این سزای داد من بود ای عجب 
  • He said (to himself), “Prithee, O base ill-mannered fellow, was this what my bounty deserved? Marvellous!