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  • Thou hast never in the world been sated by them, neither wilt thou be sated by my limbs.
  • تو نگشتی سیر زانها در زمن ** هم نگردی سیر از اجزای من

  • Let me go, that I may bestow on thee three counsels, that thou mayst perceive whether I am wise or foolish.
  • هل مرا تا که سه پندت بر دهم ** تا بدانی زیرکم یا ابلهم

  • (I will give thee) the first of those counsels on thy hand, the second of them on thy plastered roof,
  • اول آن پند هم در دست تو ** ثانیش بر بام کهگل بست تو

  • And the third counsel I will give thee on a tree. (Let me go), for thou wilt become fortunate through these three counsels. 2250
  • وآن سوم پند دهم من بر درخت ** که ازین سه پند گردی نیکبخت

  • (As for) that saying which is (to be said) on thy hand, ’tis this: ‘do not believe an absurdity (when thou hearest it) from any one.’”
  • آنچ بر دستست اینست آن سخن ** که محالی را ز کس باور مکن

  • When it (the bird) had uttered the first grave counsel on his palm, it became free and went (to perch) on the wall (of his house),
  • بر کفش چون گفت اول پند زفت ** گشت آزاد و بر آن دیوار رفت

  • And said, “The second is, ‘do not grieve over (what is) past: when it has passed from thee, do not feel regret for it.’”
  • گفت دیگر بر گذشته غم مخور ** چون ز تو بگذشت زان حسرت مبر

  • After that, it said to him, “In my body is concealed a solitary (large and precious) pearl, ten dirhems in weight.
  • بعد از آن گفتش که در جسمم کتیم ** ده درمسنگست یک در یتیم

  • By thy soul's truth (as sure as thou livest), that jewel was thy fortune and the luck of thy children. 2255
  • دولت تو بخت فرزندان تو ** بود آن گوهر به حق جان تو

  • Thou hast missed the pearl, for it was not thy appointed lot (to gain it)—a pearl the like of which is not in existence.”
  • فوت کردی در که روزی‌ات نبود ** که نباشد مثل آن در در وجود

  • Even as a woman big with child keeps wailing at the time of parturition, so the Khwája began to cry out clamorously.
  • آنچنان که وقت زادن حامله ** ناله دارد خواجه شد در غلغله

  • The bird said to him, “Did not I admonish thee, saying, ‘Let there be no grief in thee for what passed yesterday’?
  • مرغ گفتش نی نصیحت کردمت ** که مبادا بر گذشته‌ی دی غمت

  • Since it is past and gone, why art thou grieving? Either thou didst not understand my counsel or thou art deaf.
  • چون گذشت و رفت غم چون می‌خوری ** یا نکردی فهم پندم یا کری

  • And (as regards) the second counsel I gave thee, (namely), ‘Do not from misguidedness put any belief in an absurd statement,’ 2260
  • وان دوم پندت بگفتم کز ضلال ** هیچ تو باور مکن قول محال

  • O lion, I myself do not weigh ten dirhems: how should the weight of ten dirhems be within me?”
  • من نیم خود سه درمسنگ ای اسد ** ده درمسنگ اندرونم چون بود

  • The Khwája came back to himself (recovered his wits) and said, “Hark, disclose the third (piece of) excellent counsel.”
  • خواجه باز آمد به خود گفتا که هین ** باز گو آن پند خوب سیومین

  • “Yes,” said the bird, “thou hast made good use of those (former counsels), that I should tell (thee) the third counsel in vain!”
  • گفت آری خوش عمل کردی بدان ** تا بگویم پند ثالث رایگان

  • To give counsel to a sleepy ignoramus is to scatter seed in nitrous soil.
  • پند گفتن با جهول خوابناک ** تخت افکندن بود در شوره خاک

  • The rent of folly and ignorance does not admit of being patched up: do not give the seed of wisdom to him (the fool), O counsellor. 2265
  • چاک حمق و جهل نپذیرد رفو ** تخم حکمت کم دهش ای پندگو

  • How the half-intelligent fish devised a means (of escape) and feigned to be dead.
  • چاره اندیشیدن آن ماهی نیم‌عاقل و خود را مرده کردن

  • The second fish said in the hour of tribulation, when he was left sundered from the shadow (protection) of the intelligent one,
  • گفت ماهی دگر وقت بلا ** چونک ماند از سایه‌ی عاقل جدا

  • “He hath gone towards the sea and is freed from sorrow: such a good comrade hath been lost to me!
  • کو سوی دریا شد و از غم عتیق ** فوت شد از من چنان نیکو رفیق

  • But I will not think of that and will attend to myself: at this (present) time I will feign to be dead.
  • لیک زان نندیشم و بر خود زنم ** خویشتن را این زمان مرده کنم

  • Then I will turn my belly upwards and my back downwards and will move on the water.
  • پس برآرم اشکم خود بر زبر ** پشت زیر و می‌روم بر آب بر

  • I will move upon it as weeds move, not by swimming as a person (swimmer) does. 2270
  • می‌روم بر وی چنانک خس رود ** نی بسباحی چنانک کس رود

  • I will become dead, I will commit myself to the water: to die before death is to be safe from torment.”
  • مرده گردم خویش بسپارم به آب ** مرگ پیش از مرگ امنست از عذاب