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2565-2589

  • 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

  • پس فراموشش شود هولی که دید  ** از خری او نباشد این بعید 
  • (For) then he will forget the terror which he felt on seeing (thee): this will not be alien to his asininity.

  • 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.

  • تربیه‌ی آن آفتاب روشنیم  ** ربی الاعلی از آن رو می‌زنیم 
  • We are (the object of) the nurture of that resplendent Sun: on that account we are crying, “(Glory to) my Lord the Supreme!”

  • تجربه گر دارد او با این همه  ** بشکند صد تجربه زین دمدمه 
  • (The fox said), “If he (the ass) possesses experience, nevertheless a hundred experiences will be shattered by this deceitful palaver (of mine).