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217-226

  • The servant said this and briskly girded up his loins. “I go,” said he; “first I will fetch the straw and barley.”
  • خادم این گفت و میان را بست چست ** گفت رفتم کاه و جو آرم نخست‏

  • Off he went and never thought of the stable at all: he gave that Súfí (a pretence like) the sleep of the hare.
  • رفت و از آخر نکرد او هیچ یاد ** خواب خرگوشی بدان صوفی بداد

  • The servant went off to (join) some rascals and made a mockery of the Súfí's admonition.
  • رفت خادم جانب اوباش چند ** کرد بر اندرز صوفی ریش‏خند

  • The Súfí was fatigued by his journey and stretched his limbs (lay down to sleep): with his eyes closed he was dreaming 220
  • صوفی از ره مانده بود و شد دراز ** خوابها می‏دید با چشم فراز

  • That his ass was left (helpless) in the clutch of a wolf, (which) was tearing pieces (of flesh) from its back and thighs.
  • کان خرش در چنگ گرگی مانده بود ** پاره‏ها از پشت و رانش می‏ربود

  • “Good gracious!” he exclaimed, “what melancholy (madness) is this? Oh, where is that kindly servant?”
  • گفت لاحول این چه مالیخولیاست ** ای عجب آن خادم مشفق کجاست‏

  • Again he would see his ass going along the road and falling now into a well and now into a ditch.
  • باز می‏دید آن خرش در راه رو ** گه به چاهی می‏فتاد و گه به گو

  • He was dreaming various unpleasant dreams; he was reciting the Fátiha and the Qári‘a.
  • گونه‏گون می‏دید ناخوش واقعه ** فاتحه می‏خواند او و القارعه‏

  • He said (to himself), “What can be done to help? My friends have hurried out: they have departed and made all the doors fast.” 225
  • گفت چاره چیست یاران جسته‏اند ** رفته‏اند و جمله درها بسته‏اند

  • Again he would say, “Oh, I wonder—that wretched servant! Did not he partake of bread and salt with us?
  • باز می‏گفت ای عجب آن خادمک ** نه که با ما گشت هم نان و نمک‏