Unless you bind his hand, he will bind yours; unless you break his leg, he will break yours.
گر نبندی دست او دست تو بست ** گر تو پایش نشکنی پایت شکست
You give the enemy wine and sugar-cane—for what reason? Bid him laugh venomously and eat earth.”
تو عدو را می دهی و نی‌شکر ** بهر چه گو زهر خند و خاک خور
In his indignation he (the ascetic) hurled a stone at the jug and broke it: he (the slave) let the jug fall and sprang away from the ascetic.
زد ز غیرت بر سبو سنگ و شکست ** او سبو انداخت و از زاهد بجست
He went to the Amír, who said to him, “Where is the wine?” He (the slave) related in his presence all that had happened, point by point.
رفت پیش میر و گفتش باده کو ** ماجرا را گفت یک یک پیش او
How the enraged Amír set out to punish the ascetic.
رفتن امیر خشم‌آلود برای گوشمال زاهد
The Amír became like fire and jumped straight up. “Show me,” he cried, “where the ascetic's house is,3495
میر چون آتش شد و برجست راست ** گفت بنما خانه‌ی زاهد کجاست
That I may pound his head with this heavy club—his ignorant whoreson head.
تا بدین گرز گران کوبم سرش ** آن سر بی‌دانش مادرغرش
What should he know about enjoining (others) to do right? He is currishly seeking notoriety and fame,
او چه داند امر معروف از سگی ** طالب معروفی است و شهرگی
In order that by means of this hypocrisy he may make a position for himself and somehow make himself conspicuous;
تا بدین سالوس خود را جا کند ** تا به چیزی خویشتن پیدا کند
For in truth he has no talent save this alone, that he plays the hypocrite to all and sundry.
کو ندارد خود هنر الا همان ** که تسلس می‌کند با این و آن
If he is mad and bent on mischief, the cure for a madman is an ox-hide whip, [If he is mad and bent on mischief, the cure for a madman is a whip (made from) an ox’s penis,]3500
او اگر دیوانه است و فتنه‌کاو ** داروی دیوانه باشد کیر گاو