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  • میر آخر دید او را رحم کرد  ** که آشنای صاحب خر بود مرد 
  • The Master of the (royal) stable saw it and took pity—for the man was acquainted with the owner of the ass—

  • پس سلامش کرد و پرسیدش ز حال  ** کز چه این خر گشت دوتا هم‌چو دال  2365
  • So he saluted him and asked him what had happened, saying, “What is the cause of this ass being bent double like a dál?”

  • گفت از درویشی و تقصیر من  ** که نمی‌یابد خود این بسته‌دهن 
  • He replied, “On account of my poverty and destitution this dumb animal is not getting even straw.”

  • گفت بسپارش به من تو روز چند  ** تا شود در آخر شه زورمند 
  • “Hand him over to me,” said the other, “for a few days, that in the King's stable he may grow strong.”

  • خر بدو بسپرد و آن رحمت‌پرست  ** در میان آخر سلطانش بست 
  • He handed the ass over to him, and that merciful man tethered him in the Sultan's stable.

  • خر ز هر سو مرکب تازی بدید  ** با نوا و فربه و خوب و جدید 
  • The ass saw on every side (of him) Arab horses, well-fed and fat and handsome and glossy;

  • زیر پاشان روفته آبی زده  ** که به وقت وجو به هنگام آمده  2370
  • (He saw the ground) swept (clean) under their feet and sprinkled with water; the straw coming at the (proper) time, and the barley at the hour (when it was expected).

  • خارش و مالش مر اسپان را بدید  ** پوز بالا کرد کای رب مجید 
  • He saw the horses curry-combed and rubbed down. (Then) he lifted up his muzzle, crying, “O glorious Lord,

  • نه که مخلوق توم گیرم خرم  ** از چه زار و پشت ریش و لاغرم 
  • Am not I Thy creature? I grant that I am an ass, (but) wherefore am I wretched, with sores on my back, and lean?

  • شب ز درد پشت و از جوع شکم  ** آرزومندم به مردن دم به دم 
  • At night, because of the pain in my back and the (pangs of) hunger in my belly, I am always wishing to die.

  • حال این اسپان چنین خوش با نوا  ** من چه مخصوصم به تعذیب و بلا 
  • These horses are so happy and prosperous: why am I singled out for torment and tribulation?”

  • ناگهان آوازه‌ی پیگار شد  ** تازیان را وقت زین و کار شد  2375
  • Suddenly came the rumour of war: ’twas the time for the Arab horses to be saddled and brought into action.

  • زخمهای تیر خوردند از عدو  ** رفت پیکانها دریشان سو به سو 
  • They were wounded with arrows by the foe: the barbs entered them on every side.

  • از غزا باز آمدند آن تازیان  ** اندر آخر جمله افتاده ستان 
  • (When) those Arab horses returned from the campaign, they all fell down and lay on their backs in the stable.

  • پایهاشان بسته محکم با نوار  ** نعلبندان ایستاده بر قطار 
  • Their legs were tightly bandaged with (strips of) canvas: the farriers were standing in file,

  • می‌شکافیدند تن‌هاشان بنیش  ** تا برون آرند پیکانها ز ریش 
  • Piercing their bodies with the scalpel in order to extract the barbs from their wounds.

  • آن خر آن را دید و می‌گفت ای خدا  ** من به فقر و عافیت دادم رضا  2380
  • The ass saw (all) that, and was saying, “O God, I am satisfied with poverty and health.

  • زان نوا بیزارم و زان زخم زشت  ** هرکه خواهد عافیت دنیا بهشت 
  • I have no taste for that (plentiful) food and those hideous wounds.” Every one who desires (spiritual) health abandons the world.

  • ناپسندیدن روباه گفتن خر را کی من راضیم به قسمت 
  • How the fox disapproved of the saying of the ass, “I am satisfied with my lot.”

  • گفت روبه جستن رزق حلال  ** فرض باشد از برای امتثال 
  • The fox said, “It is an (indispensable) obligation to seek lawful provision in obedience (to the Divine command).

  • عالم اسباب و چیزی بی‌سبب  ** می‌نباید پس مهم باشد طلب 
  • (This) is the world of means: nothing is obtained without a means: therefore it is important (necessary) to seek (provision).

  • وابتغوا من فضل الله است امر  ** تا نباید غصب کردن هم‌چو نمر 
  • ‘And seek ye of the bounty of God’ is (a Divine) command, lest they (men) should seize (the property of others) by violence, like the leopard.

  • گفت پیغامبر که بر رزق ای فتی  ** در فرو بسته‌ست و بر در قفلها  2385
  • The Prophet hath said, ‘The door is shut against (the arrival of) provision, O youth; and on the door there are locks.’

  • جنبش و آمد شد ما و اکتساب  ** هست مفتاحی بر آن قفل و حجاب 
  • Our movement (exertion) and our going to and fro (in search) and our acquisition is a key to that lock and barrier.

  • بی‌کلید این در گشادن راه نیست  ** بی‌طلب نان سنت الله نیست 
  • Without the key there is no way to open the door: bread without endeavour is not (according to) God's law.”

  • جواب گفتن خر روباه را 
  • How the ass answered the fox.

  • گفت از ضعف توکل باشد آن  ** ورنه بدهد نان کسی که داد جان 
  • He (the ass) replied, “That is (the result) of weak faith; else He who gave (us) life (also) gives (us) bread.