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  • So he saluted him and asked him what had happened, saying, “What is the cause of this ass being bent double like a dál?” 2365
  • پس سلامش کرد و پرسیدش ز حال  ** کز چه این خر گشت دوتا هم‌چو دال 

  • He replied, “On account of my poverty and destitution this dumb animal is not getting even straw.”
  • گفت از درویشی و تقصیر من  ** که نمی‌یابد خود این بسته‌دهن 

  • “Hand him over to me,” said the other, “for a few days, that in the King's stable he may grow strong.”
  • گفت بسپارش به من تو روز چند  ** تا شود در آخر شه زورمند 

  • He handed the ass over to him, and that merciful man tethered him in the Sultan's stable.
  • خر بدو بسپرد و آن رحمت‌پرست  ** در میان آخر سلطانش بست 

  • The ass saw on every side (of him) Arab horses, well-fed and fat and handsome and glossy;
  • خر ز هر سو مرکب تازی بدید  ** با نوا و فربه و خوب و جدید 

  • (He saw the ground) swept (clean) under their feet and sprinkled with water; the straw coming at the (proper) time, and the barley at the hour (when it was expected). 2370
  • زیر پاشان روفته آبی زده  ** که به وقت وجو به هنگام آمده 

  • He saw the horses curry-combed and rubbed down. (Then) he lifted up his muzzle, crying, “O glorious Lord,
  • خارش و مالش مر اسپان را بدید  ** پوز بالا کرد کای رب مجید 

  • Am not I Thy creature? I grant that I am an ass, (but) wherefore am I wretched, with sores on my back, and lean?
  • نه که مخلوق توم گیرم خرم  ** از چه زار و پشت ریش و لاغرم 

  • At night, because of the pain in my back and the (pangs of) hunger in my belly, I am always wishing to die.
  • شب ز درد پشت و از جوع شکم  ** آرزومندم به مردن دم به دم 

  • These horses are so happy and prosperous: why am I singled out for torment and tribulation?”
  • حال این اسپان چنین خوش با نوا  ** من چه مخصوصم به تعذیب و بلا 

  • Suddenly came the rumour of war: ’twas the time for the Arab horses to be saddled and brought into action. 2375
  • ناگهان آوازه‌ی پیگار شد  ** تازیان را وقت زین و کار شد 

  • They were wounded with arrows by the foe: the barbs entered them on every side.
  • زخمهای تیر خوردند از عدو  ** رفت پیکانها دریشان سو به سو 

  • (When) those Arab horses returned from the campaign, they all fell down and lay on their backs in the stable.
  • از غزا باز آمدند آن تازیان  ** اندر آخر جمله افتاده ستان 

  • Their legs were tightly bandaged with (strips of) canvas: the farriers were standing in file,
  • پایهاشان بسته محکم با نوار  ** نعلبندان ایستاده بر قطار 

  • Piercing their bodies with the scalpel in order to extract the barbs from their wounds.
  • می‌شکافیدند تن‌هاشان بنیش  ** تا برون آرند پیکانها ز ریش 

  • The ass saw (all) that, and was saying, “O God, I am satisfied with poverty and health. 2380
  • آن خر آن را دید و می‌گفت ای خدا  ** من به فقر و عافیت دادم رضا 

  • I have no taste for that (plentiful) food and those hideous wounds.” Every one who desires (spiritual) health abandons the world.
  • زان نوا بیزارم و زان زخم زشت  ** هرکه خواهد عافیت دنیا بهشت 

  • How the fox disapproved of the saying of the ass, “I am satisfied with my lot.”
  • ناپسندیدن روباه گفتن خر را کی من راضیم به قسمت 

  • The fox said, “It is an (indispensable) obligation to seek lawful provision in obedience (to the Divine command).
  • گفت روبه جستن رزق حلال  ** فرض باشد از برای امتثال 

  • (This) is the world of means: nothing is obtained without a means: therefore it is important (necessary) to seek (provision).
  • عالم اسباب و چیزی بی‌سبب  ** می‌نباید پس مهم باشد طلب 

  • ‘And seek ye of the bounty of God’ is (a Divine) command, lest they (men) should seize (the property of others) by violence, like the leopard.
  • وابتغوا من فضل الله است امر  ** تا نباید غصب کردن هم‌چو نمر 

  • The Prophet hath said, ‘The door is shut against (the arrival of) provision, O youth; and on the door there are locks.’ 2385
  • گفت پیغامبر که بر رزق ای فتی  ** در فرو بسته‌ست و بر در قفلها 

  • Our movement (exertion) and our going to and fro (in search) and our acquisition is a key to that lock and barrier.
  • جنبش و آمد شد ما و اکتساب  ** هست مفتاحی بر آن قفل و حجاب 

  • Without the key there is no way to open the door: bread without endeavour is not (according to) God's law.”
  • بی‌کلید این در گشادن راه نیست  ** بی‌طلب نان سنت الله نیست 

  • How the ass answered the fox.
  • جواب گفتن خر روباه را 

  • He (the ass) replied, “That is (the result) of weak faith; else He who gave (us) life (also) gives (us) bread.
  • گفت از ضعف توکل باشد آن  ** ورنه بدهد نان کسی که داد جان 

  • Whoever seeks (spiritual) sovereignty and victory, a mouthful of bread will not fail (him), O son.
  • هر که جوید پادشاهی و ظفر  ** کم نیاید لقمه‌ی نان ای پسر