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  • Thy heart secretly steals its disposition from the disposition of thy companion, without speech and talk on his part.
  • از قرین بی‌قول و گفت و گوی او  ** خو بدزدد دل نهان از خوی او 

  • When he casts his shadow over thee, that unprincipled one steals away thy principles from thee.
  • چونک او افکند بر تو سایه را  ** دزدد آن بی‌مایه از تو مایه را 

  • (Even) if thy reason has become (as strong as) a furious dragon, know that the evil companion is an emerald to it.
  • عقل تو گر اژدهایی گشت مست  ** یار بد او را زمرد دان که هست 

  • Through him the eye of thy reason starts out (of the socket): his (vicious) thrusts deliver thee into the hands of pestilence.
  • دیده‌ی عقلت بدو بیرون جهد  ** طعن اوت اندر کف طاعون نهد 

  • The answer of the fox to the ass.
  • جواب گفتن روبه خر را 

  • The fox said, “There are no dregs in my pure liquor, but the illusions of imagination are not small. 2640
  • گفت روبه صاف ما را درد نیست  ** لیک تخییلات وهمی خورد نیست 

  • All this is your imagination, O simpleton, for I bear no malice and rancour against you.
  • این همه وهم توست ای ساده‌دل  ** ورنه بر تو نه غشی دارم نه غل 

  • Do not regard me from (the standpoint of) your evil fancy: wherefore do you cherish ill thoughts against your lovers?
  • از خیال زشت خود منگر به من  ** بر محبان از چه داری س ظن 

  • Think well of the sincere, even though unkindness come from them in appearance.
  • ظن نیکو بر بر اخوان صفا  ** گرچه آید ظاهرا زیشان جفا 

  • When this evil fancy and imagination is manifested, it severs a hundred thousand friends from one another.
  • این خیال و وهم بد چون شد پدید  ** صد هزاران یار را از هم برید 

  • If an affectionate (friend) has behaved unjustly and made a trial (of one's loyalty), understanding is needed to prevent one from thinking ill (of him). 2645
  • مشفقی گر کرد جور و امتحان  ** عقل باید که نباشد بدگمان