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6
461-470

  • جبه را برد آن کله را این ببرد  ** غرق بازی گشته ما چون طفل خرد 
  • That (desire) has carried off (our) cloak, this (anxiety) has carried off (our) cap, (while) we have become absorbed in play, like a little child.
  • نک شبانگاه اجل نزدیک شد  ** خل هذا اللعب به سبک لاتعد 
  • Lo, the night-time of death is near. Leave this play: you have (played) enough, do not return (to it).
  • هین سوار توبه شود در دزد رس  ** جامه‌ها از دزد بستان باز پس 
  • Hark, mount (the steed of) repentance, overtake the thief, and recover your clothes from him.
  • مرکب توبه عجاب مرکبست  ** بر فلک تازد به یک لحظه ز پست 
  • The steed of repentance is a marvellous steed: in one moment it runs from below up to heaven.
  • لیک مرکب را نگه می‌دار از آن  ** کو بدزدید آن قبایت را نهان  465
  • But always keep the steed (safe) from him who secretly stole your coat.
  • تا ندزدد مرکبت را نیز هم  ** پاس دار این مرکبت را دم به دم 
  • Lest he steal your steed also, keep watch over this steed of yours incessantly.”
  • حکایت آن شخص کی دزدان قوج او را بدزدیدند و بر آن قناعت نکرد به حیله جامه‌هاش را هم دزدیدند 
  • Story of the person whose ram was stolen by some thieves. Not content with that, they stole his clothes too by means of a trick.
  • آن یکی قج داشت از پس می‌کشید  ** دزد قج را برد حبلش را برید 
  • A certain man had a ram (which) he was leading along behind him: a thief carried off the ram, having cut its halter.
  • چونک آگه شد دوان شد چپ و راست  ** تا بیابد کان قج برده کجاست 
  • As soon as he (the owner) noticed, he began to run to left and right, that he might find out where the stolen ram was.
  • بر سر چاهی بدید آن دزد را  ** که فغان می‌کرد کای واویلتا 
  • Beside a well he saw the thief crying, “Alas! Woe is me!”
  • گفت نالان از چی ای اوستاد  ** گفت همیان زرم در چه فتاد  470
  • “O master,” said he, “why are you lamenting?” He replied, “My purse (full) of gold has fallen into the well.