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  • خاصه که در چشم افتد خس ز باد  ** چشم افتد در نم و بند و گشاد 
  • Especially, when a straw (blown) by the wind falls into the eye, the eye begins to water and shut and open.
  • ما پس این خس را زنیم اکنون لگد  ** تا دهان و چشم ازین خس وا رهد  2580
  • We, therefore, now kick (out) this (man of) straw, in order that our mouth and eye may be delivered from (the disquiet caused by) this straw.”
  • گفت دلقک ای ملک آهسته باش  ** روی حلم و مغفرت را کم‌خراش 
  • Dalqak said, “O King, be calm: do not scratch the face of clemency and forgiveness.
  • تا بدین حد چیست تعجیل نقم  ** من نمی‌پرم به دست تو درم 
  • Why such an excessive haste to take revenge? I cannot fly away, I am in thy hand (power).
  • آن ادب که باشد از بهر خدا  ** اندر آن مستعجلی نبود روا 
  • ’Tis not right to be hasty in (the case of) correction that is (inflicted) for God's sake;
  • وآنچ باشد طبع و خشم و عارضی  ** می‌شتابد تا نگردد مرتضی 
  • (But as regards) that (of) which (the motive) is (ill) humour and casual anger, he (the corrector) is in a hurry (for fear) lest he should become content (reconciled).
  • ترسد ار آید رضا خشمش رود  ** انتقام و ذوق آن فایت شود  2585
  • He is afraid that, if contentment come and his anger go, his revenge and the pleasure of (taking) it will be lost.
  • شهوت کاذب شتابد در طعام  ** خوف فوت ذوق هست آن خود سقام 
  • False appetite makes haste to (devour) the food for fear of missing the pleasure: that is sickness indeed.
  • اشتها صادق بود تاخیر به  ** تا گواریده شود آن بی‌گره 
  • (If) the appetite be true, ’tis better to delay, in order that it (the food) may be digested without difficulty.
  • تو پی دفع بلایم می‌زنی  ** تا ببینی رخنه را بندش کنی 
  • Wilt thou beat me for the purpose of averting a (dreaded) calamity, to the end that thou mayst see the crevice and block it up,