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  • If he seize the stone, ’tis because of his anger against you; for you are far off and he has no means of getting at you.
  • سنگ را گر گیرد از خشم توست  ** که تو دوری و ندارد بر تو دست 

  • Since the animal intelligence is conscious of the power of choice (in Man), do not thou, O human intelligence, hold this (Necessitarian doctrine). Be ashamed!
  • عقل حیوانی چو دانست اختیار  ** این مگو ای عقل انسان شرم دار 

  • This (power of choice) is manifest, but in his desire for the meal taken before dawn that (greedy) eater shuts his eyes to the light. 3055
  • روشنست این لیکن از طمع سحور  ** آن خورنده چشم می‌بندد ز نور 

  • Since all his desire is for eating bread, he sets his face towards the darkness, saying, ‘It is not (yet) day.’
  • چونک کلی میل او نان خوردنیست  ** رو به تاریکی نهد که روز نیست 

  • Inasmuch as greed causes the sun to be hidden (from him), what wonder if he turn his back on the convincing proof?
  • حرص چون خورشید را پنهان کند  ** چه عجب گر پشت بر برهان کند 

  • A Story illustrating and confirming the view that mankind have the power of choice, and showing that Pre-ordination and Predestination do not annul the power of choice.
  • حکایت هم در بیان تقریر اختیار خلق و بیان آنک تقدیر و قضا سلب کننده‌ی اختیار نیست 

  • A thief said to the magistrate, ‘O (my) king, that which I have done was decreed by God.’
  • گفت دزدی شحنه را کای پادشاه  ** آنچ کردم بود آن حکم اله 

  • The magistrate replied, ‘That which I am doing is also decreed by God, O light of my eyes.’
  • گفت شحنه آنچ من هم می‌کنم  ** حکم حقست ای دو چشم روشنم 

  • If any one take a radish from a (greengrocer's) shop, saying, ‘This is decreed by God, O man of understanding,’ 3060
  • از دکانی گر کسی تربی برد  ** کین ز حکم ایزدست ای با خرد 

  • You (the greengrocer) will give him two or three blows on the head with your fist, (as though to say), ‘O detestable man, this (beating) is God's decree that you put it (the radish) back here.’
  • بر سرش کوبی دو سه مشت ای کره  ** حکم حقست این که اینجا باز نه 

  • Since this excuse, O trifler, is not accepted (even) by a greengrocer in the case of (stealing) a single vegetable,
  • در یکی تره چو این عذر ای فضول  ** می‌نیاید پیش بقالی قبول