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  • نایب من باش در قسمت‌‌گری ** تا پدید آید که تو چه گوهری‌‌
  • Be my deputy in the office of distributor, that it may be seen of what substance thou art.”
  • گفت ای شه گاو وحشی بخش تست ** آن بزرگ و تو بزرگ و زفت و چست‌‌
  • “O King,” said he, “the wild ox is thy share: he is big, and thou art big and strong and active.
  • بز مرا که بز میانه ست و وسط ** روبها خرگوش بستان بی‌‌غلط 3045
  • The goat is mine, for the goat is middle and intermediate; do thou, O fox, receive the hare, and no mistake!”
  • شیر گفت ای گرگ چون گفتی بگو ** چون که من باشم تو گویی ما و تو
  • The lion said, “O wolf, how hast thou spoken? Say! When I am here, dost thou speak of ‘I’ and ‘thou’?
  • گرگ خود چه سگ بود کاو خویش دید ** پیش چون من شیر بی‌‌مثل و ندید
  • Truly, what a cur the wolf must be, that he regarded himself in the presence of a lion like me who am peerless and unrivalled!”
  • گفت پیش آ ای خری کاو خود بدید ** پیشش آمد پنجه زد او را درید
  • (Then) he said, “Come forward, O thou self-esteeming ass!” He approached him, the lion seized him with his claws and rent him.
  • چون ندیدش مغز و تدبیر رشید ** در سیاست پوستش از سر کشید
  • Inasmuch as he (the lion) did not see in him the kernel (real understanding) and right consideration of right conduct, he tore the skin off his head as a punishment.
  • گفت چون دید منت از خود نبرد ** این چنین جان را بباید زار مرد 3050
  • He said, “Since the sight of me did not transport thee out of thyself, a spirit like this (thine) must needs die miserably.
  • چون نبودی فانی اندر پیش من ** فضل آمد مر ترا گردن زدن‌‌
  • Since thou wert not passing away (from thyself) in my presence, ’twas an act of grace to smite thy neck (behead thee).”
  • کل شی‌‌ء هالک جز وجه او ** چون نه‌‌ای در وجه او هستی مجو
  • Everything is perishing except His face: unless thou art in His face (essence), do not seek to exist.