- If thou wishest fondly for thy child's discrimination (and recognition), suckle (him) now, O mother of Moses,
- گر تو بر تمییز طفلت مولعی ** این زمان یا ام موسی ارضعی
- That he may know the taste of his mother's milk, and that his head may not sink to (desire and accept the milk of) a bad nurse.
- تا ببیند طعم شیر مادرش ** تا فرو ناید بدایهی بد سرش
- Explaining the moral of the story of the person seeking (the lost) camel.
- شرح فایدهی حکایت آن شخص شتر جوینده
- You have lost a camel, O trusty (friend), and every one is giving you a clue to the camel.
- اشتری گم کردهای ای معتمد ** هر کسی ز اشتر نشانت میدهد
- You know not where the camel is, but you know that these clues are wrong.
- تو نمیدانی که آن اشتر کجاست ** لیک دانی کاین نشانیها خطاست
- And he that has not lost a camel—he (too) in contention seeks a camel, just like him who has (really) lost it, 2975
- و انکه اشتر گم نکرد او از مری ** همچو آن گم کرده جوید اشتری
- Saying, “Yes; I too have lost a camel: I have brought a reward for any one who may find it.”
- که بلی من هم شتر گم کردهام ** هر که یابد اجرتش آوردهام
- (He says this) that he may take a partner's share with you in the camel: he plays this trick because of coveting the camel.
- تا در اشتر با تو انبازی کند ** بهر طمع اشتر این بازی کند
- If you say to any one, “That clue was false,” he (the pretender), in imitation of you, says the same.
- هر چه را گویی خطا بود آن نشان ** او به تقلید تو میگوید همان
- He does not know wrong clues from right, but your words are a cue to that imitator.
- او نشان کژ بنشناسد ز راست ** لیک گفتت آن مقلد را عصاست
- When they mention right and likely clues, then comes to you the certainty in which there is no doubt. 2980
- چون نشان راست گویند و شبیه ** پس یقین گردد ترا لا ریب فیه