After the gardener had finished with the Súfí, he invented a pretext of the same kind as the former,
چون ز صوفی گشت فارغ باغبان ** یک بهانه کرد ز آن پس جنس آن
Saying, “O my Sharíf, go to the house, for I have baked (some) thin cakes of bread for breakfast.2190
کای شریف من برو سوی وثاق ** که ز بهر چاشت پختم من رقاق
At the house-door tell Qaymáz to fetch those cakes and the goose.”
بر در خانه بگو قیماز را ** تا بیارد آن رقاق و قاز را
Having sent him off, he said (to the other), “O keen-sighted one, thou art a jurist; this is manifest and sure.
چون به ره کردش بگفت ای تیز بین ** تو فقیهی ظاهر است این و یقین
(But) he (thy friend) a Sharíf! ’Tis an absurd claim he is making. Who knows who committed adultery with his mother?
او شریفی میکند دعوی سرد ** مادر او را که داند تا که کرد
Will ye set your hearts (rely) on woman and the deeds of woman? (Will ye acknowledge her to be of) weak mind, and then (put) trust (in her)?
بر زن و بر فعل زن دل مینهید ** عقل ناقص و آن گهانی اعتماد
Many a fool in the world has tacked himself on to ‘Alí and the Prophet—and there is many a fool in the world (who will believe him).”2195
خویشتن را بر علی و بر نبی ** بسته است اندر زمانه بس غبی
Whoever is (born) of adultery and (is one) of the adulterous will think this concerning the men of God.
هر که باشد از زنا و زانیان ** این برد ظن در حق ربانیان
Any one whose head is made giddy by (his own) gyrations sees the house turning round like himself.
هر که بر گردد سرش از چرخها ** همچو خود گردنده بیند خانه را
What that vain talker, the gardener, said was (indicative of) his (own) condition; (it was) far from (being applicable to) the descendants of the Prophet.
آن چه گفت آن باغبان بو الفضول ** حال او بد، دور از اولاد رسول