Know that the mark of one who apprehends this is his crying for help and being in terror.
آنک داند این نشانش آن شناس ** کو نباشد بی‌فغان و بی‌هراس
Like the cadi, he will be quaking (with fear): how should a breath of joy rise from his soul?
هم‌چو قاضی باشد او در ارتعاد ** کی برآید یک دمی از جانش شاد
The arrival of the cadi's deputy in the bazaar and his purchase of the chest from Júhí, etc.
آمدن نایب قاضی میان بازار و خریداری کردن صندوق را از جوحی الی آخره
The deputy arrived and asked, “How much (do you want) for your chest?” “They are offering nine hundred pieces of gold and more,” said he,4520
نایب آمد گفت صندوقت به چند ** گفت نهصد بیشتر زر می‌دهند
“(But) I will not come lower than a thousand: if you intend to buy, open your purse and produce (the money).”
من نمی‌آیم فروتر از هزار ** گر خریداری گشا کیسه بیار
He replied, “Have some shame, you in the short felt frock! The value of the chest is self-evident.”
گفت شرمی دار ای کوته‌نمد ** قیمت صندوق خود پیدا بود
He (Júhí) said, “To buy without seeing is an iniquity: our bargain is (being made) in the dark: this is not right.
گفت بی‌ریت شری خود فاسدیست ** بیع ما زیر گلیم این راست نیست
I will open (it): if it is not worth (the money), don't buy, lest you be defrauded, O father!”
بر گشایم گر نمی‌ارزد مخر ** تا نباشد بر تو حیفی ای پدر
He (the deputy) said (addressing God), “O Veiler (of faults), do not reveal the secret!” (Then he said to Júhí), “I will buy it with the lid on: come to terms with me.4525
گفت ای ستار بر مگشای راز ** سرببسته می‌خرم با من بساز
Veil (the faults of others) in order that (the like) veiling may be vouchsafed to you: do not deride any one till you see (yourself in) security.
ستر کن تا بر تو ستاری کنند ** تا نبینی آمنی بر کس مخند
Many like you have been left in this chest and have landed themselves in tribulation.
بس درین صندوق چون تو مانده‌اند ** خوش را اندر بلا بنشانده‌اند
Inflict upon another (only) the pain and injury that you would wish and approve for yourself,
آنچ بر تو خواه آن باشد پسند ** بر دگر کس آن کن از رنج و گزند
For God is lying in wait and in ambush, ready to give retribution before the Day of Judgement.
زانک بر مرصاد حق واندر کمین ** می‌دهد پاداش پیش از یوم دین
All-encompassing is the Throne of Him who is throned in grandeur: over all souls is spread the Throne of His justice.4530
آن عظیم العرش عرش او محیط ** تخت دادش بر همه جانها بسیط
A corner of His throne is touching you: beware, do not move a hand to act impiously or unjustly.
گوشه‌ی عرشش به تو پیوسته است ** هین مجنبان جز بدین و داد دست
Keep a careful watch over your own behaviour: observe that the honey is (contained) in justice and that after injustice comes the sting.”
تو مراقب باش بر احوال خویش ** نوش بین در داد و بعد از ظلم نیش
He (Júhí) said, “Yes, what I did is wrong, but at the same time (you must) know (the proverb) that the aggressor is the more unjust (of the two).”
گفت آری اینچ کردم استم است ** لیک هم می‌دان که بادی اظلم است
The deputy replied, “We are aggressors, every one of us, but notwithstanding our blackness of face we are happy,
گفت نایب یک به یک ما بادییم ** با سواد وجه اندر شادییم
Like the negro who is happy and pleased, (for) he does not see his face, (though) others see it.”4535
هم‌چو زنگی کو بود شادان و خوش ** او نبیند غیر او بیند رخش
The altercation in bidding (for the chest) was prolonged: (finally) he paid a hundred dinars and bought it from him.
ماجرا بسیار شد در من یزید ** داد صد دینار و آن از وی خرید