وآن دگر عور و برهنه لاشه‌باز ** لیک دامنهای جامه‌ی او دراز
And the other (the third) was naked and bare, pudendo patefacto, but the skirts of his raiment were long. [And the other (the third) was naked and bare, (the private parts of his) body exposed, but the skirts of his raiment were long.]
گفت کور اینک سپاهی می‌رسند ** من همی‌بینم که چه قومند و چند
The blind man said, “Look, an army is approaching: I see what people they are and how many.”
گفت کر آری شنودم بانگشان ** که چه می‌گویند پیدا و نهان
The deaf man said, “Yes; I heard their voices (and know) what they are saying openly and secretly.”
آن برهنه گفت ترسان زین منم ** که ببرند از درازی دامنم
The naked man said, “I am afraid they will cut off (something) from the length of my skirt.”
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The blind man said, “Look, they have come near! Arise and let us flee before (we suffer) blows and chains.”
کر همی‌گوید که آری مشغله ** می‌شود نزدیکتر یاران هله
“Yes,” says the deaf man, “the noise is getting nearer. Come on, my friends!”
آن برهنه گفت آوه دامنم ** از طمع برند و من ناآمنم
The naked man said, “Alas, from covetousness they will cut off my skirt, and I am unprotected.”
شهر را هشتند و بیرون آمدند ** در هزیمت در دهی اندر شدند
They (the three) left the city and came forth and in their flight entered a village.
اندر آن ده مرغ فربه یافتند ** لیک ذره‌ی گوشت بر وی نه نژند
In that village they found a fat fowl, but not a mite of flesh on it: (’twas) abject—