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  • از انار و از ترنج و شاخ سیب  ** وز شراب و شاهدان بی‌حساب 
  • And of the pomegranate and the citron and the apple-bough, and of the wine and the fair youths innumerable,

  • یا از آن دریا که موجش گوهرست  ** گوهرش گوینده و بیناورست 
  • Or of the Sea whose waves are pearls and whose pearls are speaking and seeing,

  • یا از آن مرغان که گل‌چین می‌کنند  ** بیضه‌ها زرین و سیمین می‌کنند 
  • Or of the Birds which pick roses and lay eggs of silver and gold,

  • یا از آن بازان که کبکان پرورند  ** هم نگون اشکم هم استان می‌پرند  2555
  • Or of the Falcons which foster the partridges and fly both with their bellies turned downward and also on their backs.

  • نردبانهاییست پنهان در جهان  ** پایه پایه تا عنان آسمان 
  • In the world there are invisible ladders, (leading) step by step up to the summit of heaven.

  • هر گره را نردبانی دیگرست  ** هر روش را آسمانی دیگرست 
  • There is a different ladder for every class, there is a different heaven for every (traveller's) way.

  • هر یکی از حال دیگر بی‌خبر  ** ملک با پهنا و بی‌پایان و سر 
  • Every one is ignorant of another's condition (in) the kingdom (which is) wide and without end or beginning.

  • این در آن حیران که او از چیست خوش  ** وآن درین خیره که حیرت چیستش 
  • This one is amazed at that one and asks wherefore he is happy, while that one is astounded at this one and asks why he is amazed.

  • صحن ارض الله واسع آمده  ** هر درختی از زمینی سر زده  2560
  • The area of God's earth is spacious: every tree springs up from a certain soil.

  • بر درختان شکر گویان برگ و شاخ  ** که زهی ملک و زهی عرصه‌ی فراخ 
  • The leaves and boughs on the trees are giving thanks (to God), crying, “Oh, what a fine kingdom! Oh, what a broad expanse!”

  • بلبلان گرد شکوفه‌ی پر گره  ** که از آنچ می‌خوری ما را بده 
  • The nightingales are (flying) round the knobby blossom, saying, “Give us some of that which thou drinkest.”

  • این سخن پایان ندارد کن رجوع  ** سوی آن روباه و شیر و سقم و جوع 
  • This discourse hath no end: return to the fox and the lion and the (lion's) sickness and hunger.

  • بردن روبه خر را پیش شیر و جستن خر از شیر و عتاب کردن روباه با شیر کی هنوز خر دور بود تعجیل کردی و عذر گفتن شیر و لابه کردن روبه را شیر کی برو بار دگرش به فریب 
  • How the fox brought the ass to the lion, and how the ass jumped away from the lion, and how the fox reproached the lion, saying, “The ass was still far off: you were too hasty”; and how the lion made excuses and entreated the fox to go and trick him a second time.

  • چونک بر کوهش بسوی مرج برد  ** تا کند شیرش به حمله خرد و مرد 
  • When he (the fox) brought him (the ass) up the hill towards the meadow, in order that the lion might pulverise him with a (sudden) charge,

  • دور بود از شیر و آن شیر از نبرد  ** تا به نزدیک آمدن صبری نکرد  2565
  • He (the ass) was (still) far from the lion, but the lion would not wait for him to come near before attacking.

  • گنبدی کرد از بلندی شیر هول  ** خود نبودش قوت و امکان حول 
  • The terrible lion made a spring from an eminence, (though) indeed he had not the strength and power to move (effectively).

  • خر ز دورش دید و برگشت و گریز  ** تا به زیر کوه تازان نعل ریز 
  • The ass saw him from afar and turned and fled to the bottom of the hill, dropping his shoes as he ran.

  • گفت روبه شیر را ای شاه ما  ** چون نکردی صبر در وقت وغا 
  • “O king of us (all),” said the fox to the lion, “why didst not thou restrain thyself in the hour of battle,

  • تا به نزدیک تو آید آن غوی  ** تا باندک حمله‌ای غالب شوی 
  • In order that that misguided (creature) might come near thee and that thou might’st vanquish him with a small attack?

  • مکر شیطانست تعجیل و شتاب  ** لطف رحمانست صبر و احتساب  2570
  • Precipitation and haste is the Devil's wile; patience and calculation is God's grace.

  • دور بود و حمله را دید و گریخت  ** ضعف تو ظاهر شد و آب تو ریخت 
  • He (the ass) was far off and saw the attack and fled: thy weakness is made manifest and thy prestige is destroyed.”

  • گفت من پنداشتم بر جاست زور  ** تا بدین حد می‌ندانستم فتور 
  • He (the lion) replied, “I thought my strength was restored: I did not know my feebleness was so great.

  • نیز جوع و حاجتم از حد گذشت  ** صبر و عقلم از تجوع یاوه گشت 
  • Moreover, my hunger and need had passed beyond bounds: through starvation my patience and understanding had been lost.

  • گر توانی بار دیگر از خرد  ** باز آوردن مر او را مسترد 
  • If by (using) your wits you can reclaim him and bring him back once more,

  • منت بسیار دارم از تو من  ** جهد کن باشد بیاری‌اش به فن  2575
  • I shall be much obliged to you: try hard, maybe you will fetch him by cunning.”

  • گفت آری گر خدا یاری دهد  ** بر دل او از عمی مهری نهد 
  • “Yes,” said the fox, “if God should give (me) help and set a seal of blindness on his heart