The helpless wolf, though he is hungry, is suspected of being in luxury.
گرگ بیچاره اگر چه گرسنه است ** متهم باشد که او در طنطنه است
When, because of feebleness, he cannot go his way, people say it is indigestion (arising) from gross (rich and heavy) food.”
از ضعیفی چون نتاند راه رفت ** خلق گوید تخمه است از لوت زفت
How Mu‘áwiya once more pressed Iblís hard.
باز الحاح کردن معاویه ابلیس را
He said, “Nothing but the truth will save you: justice is calling you to (speak) the truth.2730
گفت غیر راستی نرهاندت ** داد سوی راستی میخواندت
Tell the truth, so that you may be delivered from my hand: cunning will not lay the dust of my war (will not induce me to leave you in peace).”
راست گو تا وارهی از چنگ من ** مکر ننشاند غبار جنگ من
He (Iblís) said, “How do you know (the difference between) falsehood and truth, O thinker of vain fancies, (you that are) filled with (idle) thoughts (about me)?”
گفت چون دانی دروغ و راست را ** ای خیالاندیش پر اندیشهها
He answered, “The Prophet has given an indication: he has laid down the touchstone (criterion) for (distinguishing) the base coin and the good.
گفت پیغمبر نشانی داده است ** قلب و نیکو را محک بنهاده است
He has said, ‘Falsehood is (the cause of) disquiet in (men's) hearts’; he has said, ‘Truth is (the cause of) a joyous tranquillity.’
گفته است الکذب ریب فی القلوب ** گفت الصدق طمانین طروب
The (troubled) heart is not comforted by lying words: water and oil kindle no light.2735
دل نیارامد ز گفتار دروغ ** آب و روغن هیچ نفروزد فروغ
(Only) in truthful speech is there comfort for the heart: truths are the bait that entraps the heart.
در حدیث راست آرام دل است ** راستیها دانهی دام دل است
Sick, surely, and ill-savoured is the heart that knows not (cannot distinguish) the taste of this and that.
دل مگر رنجور باشد بد دهان ** که نداند چاشنی این و آن