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2008-2032

  • Know that you have behaved with wolfishness to (a) Joseph, or have drunk of the blood of an innocent.
  • دان که با یوسف تو گرگی کرده‏ای ** یا ز خون بی‏گناهی خورده‏ای‏

  • Repent, and empty yourself of what you have drunk; and if your wound is old (and unhealed), go, cauterise (it).
  • توبه کن و ز خورده استفراغ کن ** ور جراحت کهنه شد رو داغ کن‏

  • Continuation of the story of the bear and of the fool who had put trust in its good faith.
  • تتمه‏ی حکایت خرس و آن ابله که بر وفای او اعتماد کرده بود

  • The bear, too, when it was delivered from the dragon and received such kindness from that brave man— 2010
  • خرس هم از اژدها چون وارهید ** و آن کرم ز آن مرد مردانه بدید

  • Like the dog of the Men of the Cave, that poor bear became an attendant at the heels of him that bore the burden (of the fight with the dragon).
  • چون سگ اصحاب کهف آن خرس زار ** شد ملازم در پی آن بردبار

  • That Moslem, from fatigue, laid down his head (to rest); the bear, from devotion (to him), became (his) guard.
  • آن مسلمان سر نهاد از خستگی ** خرس حارس گشت از دل بستگی‏

  • A certain man passed by and said to him, “What has happened? O brother, who is this bear (in relation) to you?”
  • آن یکی بگذشت و گفتش حال چیست ** ای برادر مر ترا این خرس کیست‏

  • He recounted the adventure, and the story of the dragon. The other said, “Do not set your heart on a bear, O fool!
  • قصه واگفت و حدیث اژدها ** گفت بر خرسی منه دل ابلها

  • The friendship of a fool is worse than (his) enmity: it (the bear) ought to be driven away by every means you know.” 2015
  • دوستی ابله بتر از دشمنی است ** او بهر حیله که دانی راندنی است‏

  • He (the man with the bear) said (to himself), “By God, he has said this from envy; otherwise,” (he said aloud), “why do you look at the bearishness (of the bear)? Behold this affection (which it has for me)!”
  • گفت و الله از حسودی گفت این ** ور نه خرسی چه نگری این مهر بین‏

  • “The affection of fools,” said the other, “is beguiling; this envy of mine is better than its (the bear's) affection.
  • گفت مهر ابلهان عشوه‏ده است ** این حسودی من از مهرش به است‏

  • Hey, come with me and drive away this bear: do not choose the bear (as your friend), do not forsake one of your own kind!”
  • هی بیا با من بران این خرس را ** خرس را مگزین مهل هم جنس را

  • “Go, go,” said he, “mind your own business, O envious man!” Said the other, “This was my business, and it was not your fortune (to follow my advice).
  • گفت رو رو کار خود کن ای حسود ** گفت کارم این بد و رزقت نبود

  • I am not less than a bear, O noble sir: abandon it, in order that I may be your comrade. 2020
  • من کم از خرسی نباشم ای شریف ** ترک او کن تا منت باشم حریف‏

  • My heart is trembling with anxiety for you: do not go into a forest with a bear like this.
  • بر تو دل می‏لرزدم ز اندیشه‏ای ** با چنین خرسی مرو در بیشه‏ای‏

  • This heart of mine has never trembled in vain; this is the Light of God, not pretence or idle brag.
  • این دلم هرگز نلرزید از گزاف ** نور حق است این نه دعوی و نه لاف‏

  • I am the true believer who has become seeing by the Light of God. Beware and beware! Flee from this fire-temple!”
  • مومنم ینظر بنور الله شده ** هان و هان بگریز از این آتشکده‏

  • He said all this, and it entered not his ear: suspicion is a thick barrier to a man.
  • این همه گفت و به گوشش در نرفت ** بد گمانی مرد را سدی است زفت‏

  • He took his hand, and he (the man with the bear) withdrew his hand from him. The other said, “I will go, since you are not a well-guided friend.” 2025
  • دست او بگرفت و دست از وی کشید ** گفت رفتم چون نه‏ای یار رشید

  • “Go,” cried he; “be not troubled for me; don't carve (retail) so much wisdom, O meddlesome one!”
  • گفت رو بر من تو غم خواره مباش ** بو الفضولا معرفت کمتر تراش‏

  • He answered him, (saying), “I am not your enemy: it would be a kindness if you would come after me.”
  • باز گفتش من عدوی تو نی‏ام ** لطف باشد گر بیایی در پی‏ام‏

  • “I am sleepy,” said he; “let me alone, go!” He replied, “Pray, give in to your friend,
  • گفت خوابستم مرا بگذار و رو ** گفت آخر یار را منقاد شو

  • So that you may sleep under the safeguard of a sage, under the protection of one loved (by God), a man of heart (spiritual insight).”
  • تا بخسبی در پناه عاقلی ** در جوار دوستی صاحب دلی‏

  • The man was thrown by his (the other's) earnestness into a (groundless) fancy: he became angry and quickly averted his face, 2030
  • در خیال افتاد مرد از جد او ** خشمگین شد زود گردانید رو

  • Thinking, “Mayhap this man has come to attack me—he is a murderer; or he has hope (of gain)—he is a beggar and a tout;
  • کاین مگر قصد من آمد خونی است ** یا طمع دارد گدا و تونی است‏

  • Or he has wagered with his friends that he will make me afraid of this companion.”
  • یا گرو بسته ست با یاران بدین ** که بترساند مرا زین هم نشین‏