- The belly's prayer was answered: the ardency of need put out a flag. 755
- مستجاب آمد دعای آن شکم ** شورش حاجت بزد بیرون علم
- God hath said, “Though thou be a profligate and idolater, I will answer when thou callest Me.”
- گفت حق گر فاسقی و اهل صنم ** چون مرا خوانی اجابتها کنم
- Do thou cleave fast unto prayer and ever cry out: in the end it will deliver thee from the hands of the ghoul.
- تو دعا را سخت گیر و می‌شخول ** عاقبت برهاندت از دست غول
- When the belly committed itself to God, the cat came and carried off the skin of that sheep's tail.
- چون شکم خود را به حضرت در سپرد ** گربه آمد پوست آن دنبه ببرد
- They ran after the cat, (but) she fled. The child (of the braggart), from fear of his scolding, changed colour (turned pale).
- از پس گربه دویدند او گریخت ** کودک از ترس عتابش رنگ ریخت
- The little child came into (the midst of) the company and took away the prestige of the boastful man. 760
- آمد اندر انجمن آن طفل خرد ** آب روی مرد لافی را ببرد
- It said, “The sheep's tail with which every morning you greased your lips and moustaches—
- گفت آن دنبه که هر صبحی بدان ** چرب می‌کردی لبان و سبلتان
- The cat came and suddenly snatched it away: I ran hard, but the effort was of no use.”
- گربه آمد ناگهانش در ربود ** بس دویدیم و نکرد آن جهد سود
- Those who were present laughed from astonishment, and their feelings of pity began to be moved again.
- خنده آمد حاضران را از شگفت ** رحمهاشان باز جنبیدن گرفت
- They invited him (to eat) and kept him full-fed, they sowed the seed of pity in his soil.
- دعوتش کردند و سیرش داشتند ** تخم رحمت در زمینش کاشتند