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643-652

  • این سزای آنک بی تدبیر عقل ** بانگ غولی آمدش بگزید نقل
  • This is what is deserved by him who, (when) the cry of a ghoul came to him, without rational foresight chose to move (towards the ghoul).
  • چون پشیمانی ز دل شد تا شغاف ** زان سپس سودی ندارد اعتراف
  • When repentance has gone from the (core of the) heart to the pericardium after that it is of no use to acknowledge (one's sin).
  • آن کمان و تیر اندر دست او ** گرگ را جویان همه شب سو بسو 645
  • (With) the bow and arrow in his hand, he (was) seeking the wolf all night to and fro.
  • گرگ بر وی خود مسلط چون شرر ** گرگ جویان و ز گرگ او بی‌خبر
  • The wolf, in sooth, was given power over him, like sparks of fire: (he was) seeking the wolf (outside), and (was) unaware of the wolf (within himself).
  • هر پشه هر کیک چون گرگی شده ** اندر آن ویرانه‌شان زخمی زده
  • Every gnat, every flea, had become as a wolf and inflicted a wound upon them in that ruined place.
  • فرصت آن پشه راندن هم نبود ** از نهیب حمله‌ی گرگ عنود
  • There was no opportunity even of driving away those gnats, because of (their) dread of an attack by the contumacious wolf,
  • تا نباید گرگ آسیبی زند ** روستایی ریش خواجه بر کند
  • Lest the wolf should inflict some damage, (and then) the countryman would tear out the Khwája's beard.
  • این چنین دندان‌کنان تا نیمشب ** جانشان از ناف می‌آمد به لب 650
  • In this wise (they were) gnashing their teeth till midnight: their souls were coming (up) from the navel to the lip.
  • ناگهان تمثال گرگ هشته‌ای ** سر بر آورد از فراز پشته‌ای
  • Suddenly the figure of a deserted (solitary) wolf raised its head (appeared) from the top of a hillock.
  • تیر را بگشاد آن خواجه ز شست ** زد بر آن حیوان که تا افتاد پست
  • The Khwája loosed the arrow from the thumbstall and shot at the animal, so that it fell to the ground.