The cause of (his) delay in coming hither was lack of capability and defect of skill.”
موجب تاخیر اینجا آمدن ** فقد استعداد بود و ضعف فن
(If) you go into a mine without (having) capability, you will not gain possession of a single grain (of gold),4425
بی ز استعداد در کانی روی ** بر یکی حبه نگردی محتوی
Tanquam vir veneri inhabilis qui virginem emit: ea, etsi pectus argenteum (candidum) sit, frui quo pacto poterit? [Like an impotent man who buys a virgin (for a slave): even if she is a silver-breasted (beauty), how can he enjoy (her sexually)?]
همچو عنینی که بکری را خرد ** گرچه سیمینبر بود کی بر خورد