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  • وآن خری گفتی که با این نازکی  ** بر سریر شاه شو گو متکی 
  • And another donkey would say, “With this fastidiousness (of his), let him recline on the imperial throne!”
  • آن خری شد تخمه وز خوردن بماند  ** پس برسم دعوت آهو را بخواند 
  • A certain donkey became ill with indigestion and was unable to eat; therefore he gave the gazelle a formal invitation (to dine).
  • سر چنین کرد او که نه رو ای فلان  ** اشتهاام نیست هستم ناتوان 
  • He (the gazelle) shook his head, (as though to say), “Nay, begone, O such-and such: I have no appetite, I am unwell.”
  • گفت می‌دانم که نازی می‌کنی  ** یا ز ناموس احترازی می‌کنی  915
  • He (the donkey) replied, “I know that you are showing disdain, or holding aloof in regard for your reputation.”
  • گفت او با خود که آن طعمه‌ی توست  ** که از آن اجزای تو زنده و نوست 
  • He (the gazelle) said to himself, “That (which you offer me) is your food, whereby your limbs are revived and renewed.
  • من الیف مرغزاری بوده‌ام  ** در زلال و روضه‌ها آسوده‌ام 
  • I have been familiar with a (beauteous) pasture, I have reposed amongst (rivulets of) clear water and meadows.
  • گر قضا انداخت ما را در عذاب  ** کی رود آن خو و طبع مستطاب 
  • If Destiny has cast me into torment, (yet) how should that goodly disposition and nature depart (from me)?
  • گر گدا گشتم گدارو کی شوم  ** ور لباسم کهنه گردد من نوم 
  • If I have become a beggar, (yet) how should I have the face (impudence and greed) of a beggar? And if my (bodily) raiment become old, (yet) I am (spiritually) new.
  • سنبل و لاله و سپرغم نیز هم  ** با هزاران ناز و نفرت خورده‌ام  920
  • I have eaten hyacinth and anemone and sweet basil too with a thousand disdains and disgusts.”
  • گفت آری لاف می‌زن لاف‌لاف  ** در غریبی بس توان گفتن گزاف 
  • He (the donkey) said, “Yes; boast and boast and boast away! In a strange country one can utter many an idle brag.”