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1416-1425

  • For in the former (only) the flesh is serviceable, but in the clever ones (their) song and warble soft and low.
  • که از آنها گوشت می‌آید به کار  ** وز ظریفان بانگ و ناله‌ی زیر و زار 

  • Deinde venit ancilla perque rimam januae heram videt sub asino mortuam. [Then, the maidservant arrived. Through a crack in the door, she saw the lady dead under the ass.]
  • پس کنیزک آمد از اشکاف در  ** دید خاتون را به مرده زیر خر 

  • “O hera stulta,” inquit, “hoc (facinus ineptum) quid fuit, etsi ea quae perita est technam tibi ostenderat? [She said, “O foolish lady, what was this (foolish deed), even if your teacher showed you a plan (of the method)?]
  • گفت ای خاتون احمق این چه بود  ** گر ترا استاد خود نقشی نمود 

  • Technae quod patebat vidisti, tibi ignotum quod latebat: imperita tabernam aperuisti. [You saw its outward (form); its secret (was) hidden from you. Not having become a master (of the craft), you opened the shop.]
  • ظاهرش دیدی سرش از تو نهان  ** اوستا ناگشته بگشادی دکان 

  • Veretrum tanquam mel vel cibum ex dactylis et butyro comparatum vidisti: cur illam cucurbitam non vidisti, O avida? [You saw the penis, like honey or like dates (cooked with flour and butter): why did you not see the gourd, O greedy one?] 1420
  • کیر دیدی هم‌چو شهد و چون خبیص  ** آن کدو را چون ندیدی ای حریص 

  • Vel cur, cum asini amore obruta esses, cucurbita visu tuo sejuncta manebat? [Or (why), when you were immersed in love for the ass, did the gourd remain hidden from your sight?]
  • یا چون مستغرق شدی در عشق خر  ** آن کدو پنهان بماندت از نظر 

  • Docta ab ea quae perita est vidisti technae speciem externam: peritiam ipsa valde gaudens assumpsisti.” [You saw the external (form) of the craft from the master, (and then) you assumed expertise very joyfully. ]
  • ظاهر صنعت بدیدی زوستاد  ** اوستادی برگرفتی شاد شاد 

  • Oh, there is many a stupid ignorant hypocrite who has seen nothing of the Way of the (holy) men except the woollen mantle (súf).
  • ای بسا زراق گول بی‌وقوف  ** از ره مردان ندیده غیر صوف 

  • Oh, there are many impudent fellows who, with little practice (in the religious life), have learned from the (spiritual) kings nothing but talk and brag.
  • ای بسا شوخان ز اندک احتراف  ** از شهان ناموخته جز گفت و لاف 

  • Every one (of them), staff (rod) in hand, says, “I am Moses,” and breathes upon the foolish folk, saying, “I am Jesus.” 1425
  • هر یکی در کف عصا که موسی‌ام  ** می‌دمد بر ابلهان که عیسی‌ام