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  • If he (the magician) had not wrought a spell of that kind, every famishing (animal) would have run thither.
  • گرنه زان گونه طلسمی ساختی  ** هر شکم‌خواری بدانجا تاختی 

  • (In) a foodless world full of elephants and rhinoceroses how should the meadow have remained verdant without (the protection of) a spell? 2615
  • یک جهان بی‌نوا پر پیل و ارج  ** بی‌طلسمی کی بماندی سبز مرج 

  • Truly, I meant to tell you, by way of instruction, not to be afraid if you should see a terrible thing like that;
  • من ترا خود خواستم گفتن به درس  ** که چنان هولی اگر بینی مترس 

  • But I forgot to impart (this) knowledge to you, because I was overwhelmed with grief and pity on your account.
  • لیک رفت از یاد علم آموزیت  ** که بدم مستغرق دلسوزیت 

  • I saw you were ravenously hungry and without food, (therefore) I was making haste so that you might attain to the remedy;
  • دیدمت در جوع کلب و بی‌نوا  ** می‌شتابیدم که آیی تا دوا 

  • Otherwise I would have explained the spell to you: it (the lion) presents itself as an apparition, it is not a (real) body.”
  • ورنه با تو گفتمی شرح طلسم  ** که آن خیالی می‌نماید نیست جسم 

  • The reply of the ass to the fox.
  • جواب گفتن خر روباه را 

  • “Hark,” cried the ass, “begone, begone from my presence, O enemy, that I may not see your face, O ugly one! 2620
  • گفت رو رو هین ز پیشم ای عدو  ** تا نبینم روی تو ای زشت‌رو 

  • That God who made you ill-fated hath made your ugly face detestable and impudent.
  • آن خدایی که ترا بدبخت کرد  ** روی زشتت را کریه و سخت کرد 

  • With what face do you come to me? The rhinoceros has not such a hard skin (as you have).
  • با کدامین روی می‌آیی به من  ** این چنین سغری ندارد کرگدن 

  • You manifestly attempted to shed my life-blood, saying, ‘I will guide you to the meadow,’
  • رفته‌ای در خون جانم آشکار  ** که ترا من ره‌برم تا مرغزار 

  • So that I beheld the face of Azrael; (now) again you have brought cunning and plausible suggestion (to bear on me).
  • تا بدیدم روی عزرائیل را  ** باز آوردی فن و تسویل را 

  • Though I am a disgrace to the asses or an ass (myself), (yet) I am possessed of life, I have a vital spirit: how should I purchase (accept and believe) this (palaver)? 2625
  • گرچه من ننگ خرانم یا خرم  ** جانورم جان دارم این را کی خرم 

  • If a child had seen the pitiless horror that I saw, it would instantly have become old.
  • آنچ من دیدم ز هول بی‌امان  ** طفل دیدی پیر گشتی در زمان 

  • Deprived of heart and soul by dread of that awful object, I threw myself headlong from the mountain.
  • بی‌دل و جان از نهیب آن شکوه  ** سرنگون خود را در افکندم ز کوه 

  • My legs were tied (paralysed) by terror as soon as I perceived that (cruel) torment without (any) barrier (between it and me).
  • بسته شد پایم در آن دم از نهیب  ** چون بدیدم آن عذاب بی‌حجاب 

  • I made a promise to God, crying, ‘O gracious One, do Thou loose my legs from this bondage,
  • عهد کردم با خدا کای ذوالمنن  ** برگشا زین بستگی تو پای من 

  • So that henceforth I may not listen to any one's temptation: I promise, I vow (that I will not listen), O Helper!’ 2630
  • تا ننوشم وسوسه‌ی کس بعد ازین  ** عهد کردم نذر کردم ای معین 

  • Thereupon God loosed my legs because of my prayer and humble entreaty and indication (of abasement);
  • حق گشاده کرد آن دم پای من  ** زان دعا و زاری و ایمای من 

  • Else the fierce lion would have overtaken me: how would an ass have fared in the grip of a lion?
  • ورنه اندر من رسیدی شیر نر  ** چون بدی در زیر پنجه‌ی شیر خر 

  • Now the lion of the jungle has sent you to me again for the purpose of deceit, O evil companion that you are!”
  • باز بفرستادت آن شیر عرین  ** سوی من از مکر ای بس القرین 

  • (I swear) by the truth of the Holy Person of Allah, the Lord, that a malign snake is better than a malign friend.
  • حق ذات پاک الله الصمد  ** که بود به مار بد از یار بد 

  • The malign snake takes a soul (life) from the man it has bitten; the malign friend leads him into the everlasting Fire. 2635
  • مار بد جانی ستاند از سلیم  ** یار بد آرد سوی نار مقیم 

  • Thy heart secretly steals its disposition from the disposition of thy companion, without speech and talk on his part.
  • از قرین بی‌قول و گفت و گوی او  ** خو بدزدد دل نهان از خوی او 

  • When he casts his shadow over thee, that unprincipled one steals away thy principles from thee.
  • چونک او افکند بر تو سایه را  ** دزدد آن بی‌مایه از تو مایه را 

  • (Even) if thy reason has become (as strong as) a furious dragon, know that the evil companion is an emerald to it.
  • عقل تو گر اژدهایی گشت مست  ** یار بد او را زمرد دان که هست