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1177-1186

  • My friend, from his plumpness, made two of me both in comeliness and beauty and (size of) body.
  • Henceforth this road is barred by that lion: this is what happened to me, and it has been told to thee (just as it happened).
  • Cut off (abandon) hope of the allowance henceforth; I am telling thee the truth, and truth is bitter.
  • If thou want the allowance, clear the way! hey, come on and repel that irreverent one!” 1180
  • How the lion answered the hare and set off with him.
  • “Come on in God's name,” said he, “let me see where he is! Go thou in front, if thou art speaking truth,
  • That I may give him and a hundred like him the punishment they deserve, or if this is a lie, that I may give thy deserts to thee.”
  • The hare set out on the way, (going) in front like a guide, that he might lead him towards his snare,
  • Towards the well which he had designated: he had made the deep well a snare for his (the lion's) life.
  • (Thus) were these twain going till (they arrived) near the well. Look, you, (this was) a hare (deceitful) as a (pool of) water (hidden) under straw. 1185
  • The water bears a blade of straw (down) to the plain: how, I wonder, will the water bear away a mountain?