This topic is endless, (and meanwhile) our mouse on the bank of the river is (waiting) on our ear (attention).2940
این سخن پایان ندارد موش ما ** هست بر لبهای جو بر گوش ما
Return to the Story of the mouse seeking the frog on the river-bank and pulling the string in order that the frog in the water might become aware of his seeking him.
رجوع کردن به قصه‌ی طلب کردن آن موش آن چغز را لب‌لب جو و کشیدن سر رشته تا چغز را در آب خبر شود از طلب او
That (creature) moulded of love is pulling the string in hope of being united with the righteous frog.
آن سرشته‌ی عشق رشته می‌کشد ** بر امید وصل چغز با رشد
He is perpetually harping on the heart-string, saying, “I have got the end of the string in my paw.
می‌تند بر رشته‌ی دل دم به دم ** که سر رشته به دست آورده‌ام
My heart and soul have become as (frail as) a thread in contemplation, ever since the end of the string (the prospect of success) showed itself to me.”
هم‌چو تاری شد دل و جان در شهود ** تا سر رشته به من رویی نمود
But suddenly the raven of separation came to chase the mouse and carried it off from that spot.
خود غراب البین آمد ناگهان ** بر شکار موش و بردش زان مکان
When the mouse was taken up into the air by the raven, the frog too was dragged from the bottom of the water.2945
چون بر آمد بر هوا موش از غراب ** منسحب شد چغز نیز از قعر آب
The mouse (was) in the raven's beak, and the frog likewise (was) suspended in the air, (with) its foot (entangled) in the string.
موش در منقار زاغ و چغز هم ** در هوا آویخته پا در رتم
The people were saying, “How could the raven make the water-frog its prey by craft and cunning?
خلق می‌گفتند زاغ از مکر و کید ** چغز آبی را چگونه کرد صید
How could it go into the water, and how could it carry him off? When was the water-frog (ever) the raven's prey?”
چون شد اندر آب و چونش در ربود ** چغز آبی کی شکار زاغ بود
“This,” said the frog, “is the fit punishment for that one who, like persons devoid of honour, consorts with a rascal.”
چغز گفتا این سزای آن کسی ** کو چو بی‌آبان شود جفت خسی