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  • تخمه بودند آن دو بیگانه ز خور  ** بود صایم روز آن مومن مگر 
  • The two aliens (the Jew and the Christian) were surfeited with food and suffering from indigestion; the true believer, as it happened, was fasting (all) day.
  • چون نماز شام آن حلوا رسید  ** بود مومن مانده در جوع شدید 
  • At the (time of) the evening prayer, when the halwá arrived, the true believer was reduced to extreme hunger.
  • آن دو کس گفتند ما از خور پریم  ** امشبش بنهیم و فردایش خوریم 
  • The two (others) said, “We have eaten our fill: let us put it away to-night and eat it to-morrow.
  • صبر گیریم امشب از خور تن زنیم  ** بهر فردا لوت را پنهان کنیم  2405
  • To-night let us practise self-denial and refrain from food; let us hide (reserve) the dainty for to-morrow.”
  • گفت مومن امشب این خورده شود  ** صبر را بنهیم تا فردا بود 
  • The true believer said, “Let this (sweetmeat) be eaten to-night; let us put away self-denial till to-morrow.”
  • پس بدو گفتند زین حکمت‌گری  ** قصد تو آن است تا تنها خوری 
  • Then they said to him, “Your purpose in this wisdom-mongering is that you may eat it (all) by yourself.”
  • گفت ای یاران نه که ما سه تنیم  ** چون خلاف افتاد تا قسمت کنیم 
  • “O my friends,” said he, “are not we three persons? Since disagreement has occurred, let us share.
  • هرکه خواهد قسم خود بر جان زند  ** هرکه خواهد قسم خود پنهان کند 
  • Let him who wishes take his own share to his heart (enjoy it); let him who wishes put his share in hiding.”
  • آن دو گفتندش ز قسمت در گذر  ** گوش کن قسام فی‌النار از خبر  2410
  • The two (others) said to him, “Abandon (the thought of) sharing: give ear to (the words) ‘The sharer is in Hell-fire’ from the Traditions (of the Prophet).”
  • گفت قسام آن بود کو خویش را  ** کرد قسمت بر هوا و بر خدا 
  • He replied, “The sharer (referred to) is he that has shared himself between sensuality and God.”