The Súfí observed that his adversary was exceedingly frail: he said (to himself), “If I give him a hostile blow with my fist,1485
دید صوفی خصم خود را سخت زار ** گفت اگر مشتش زنم من خصم‌وار
At my first blow he will crumble like dead, and then the king will punish me and exact retaliation.
او به یک مشتم بریزد چون رصاص ** شاه فرماید مرا زجر و قصاص
The tent is ruined and the tent-pin broken: it (the tent) is seeking (the least) excuse to fall in.
خیمه ویرانست و بشکسته وتد ** او بهانه می‌جود تا در فتد
It would be a pity, a (great) pity, that on account of this (virtually) dead man retaliation should fall upon me under the sword.”
بهر این مرده دریغ آید دریغ ** که قصاصم افتد اندر زیر تیغ
Since he durst not give his adversary a fisticuff, he resolved to take him to the Cadi.
چون نمی‌توانست کف بر خصم زد ** عزمش آن شد کش سوی قاضی برد
Saying (to himself), “He (the cadi) is God’s scales and measure, he is the means of deliverance from the deceit and cunning of the Devil.1490
که ترازوی حق است و کیله‌اش ** مخلص است از مکر دیو و حیله‌اش
He is the scissors for (cutting off) enmities and wranglings, he is the decider of the quarrels and disputes of the two litigants.
هست او مقراض احقاد و جدال ** قاطع جن دو خصم و قیل و قال
His spells put the Devil in the bottle, his legal ruling makes dissensions cease.
دیو در شیشه کند افسون او ** فتنه‌ها ساکن کند قانون او
When the covetous adversary sees the scales (of justice), he abandons rebelliousness and becomes submissive;
چون ترازو دید خصم پر طمع ** سرکشی بگذارد و گردد تبع
But if there are no scales, (even) though you give him more (than his fair share) his shrewdness will never be satisfied with the portion (allotted to him).”
ور ترازو نیست گر افزون دهیش ** از قسم راضی نگردد آگهیش