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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • How the enraged Amír set out to punish the ascetic.
  • The Amír became like fire and jumped straight up. “Show me,” he cried, “where the ascetic's house is, 3495
  • That I may pound his head with this heavy club—his ignorant whoreson head.
  • What should he know about enjoining (others) to do right? He is currishly seeking notoriety and fame,
  • In order that by means of this hypocrisy he may make a position for himself and somehow make himself conspicuous;
  • For in truth he has no talent save this alone, that he plays the hypocrite to all and sundry.
  • 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
  • So that the devil may go forth from his head: how should an ass go (forward) without the ass-drivers' blows?”
  • The Amír dashed out, with a mace in his hand: at midnight he came, half intoxicated, to the ascetic.