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1644-1653

  • From the lawful morsel are born knowledge and wisdom; from the lawful morsel come love and tenderness.
  • علم و حکمت زاید از لقمه‌‌ی حلال ** عشق و رقت آید از لقمه‌‌ی حلال‌‌
  • When from a morsel thou seest (arise) envy and guile, (and when) ignorance and heedlessness are born (of it), know that it is unlawful. 1645
  • چون ز لقمه تو حسد بینی و دام ** جهل و غفلت زاید آن را دان حرام‌‌
  • Wilt thou sow wheat and will it produce barley? Hast thou seen a mare bring forth an ass's colt?
  • هیچ گندم کاری و جو بر دهد ** دیده‌‌ای اسبی که کره‌‌ی خر دهد
  • The morsel is seed, and thoughts are its fruit; the morsel is the sea, and thoughts are its pearls.
  • لقمه تخم است و برش اندیشه‌‌ها ** لقمه بحر و گوهرش اندیشه‌‌ها
  • From the lawful morsel in the mouth is born the inclination to serve (God) and the resolve to go to yonder world.
  • زاید از لقمه‌‌ی حلال اندر دهان ** میل خدمت عزم رفتن آن جهان‌‌
  • How the merchant related to the parrot what he had witnessed on the part of the parrots of India.
  • باز گفتن بازرگان با طوطی آن چه دید از طوطیان هندوستان‌‌
  • The merchant finished his trading and returned home (prosperously) to the joy of his friends.
  • کرد بازرگان تجارت را تمام ** باز آمد سوی منزل دوست کام‌‌
  • He brought a present for every male slave, he gave a token to every slave-girl. 1650
  • هر غلامی را بیاورد ارمغان ** هر کنیزک را ببخشید او نشان‌‌
  • “Where is my present?” asked the parrot. “Relate what thou hast seen and said.”
  • گفت طوطی ارمغان بنده کو ** آن چه دیدی و آن چه گفتی باز گو
  • “Nay,” said he, “indeed I am repenting of that (which I said), gnawing my hand and biting my fingers (in remorse).
  • گفت نی من خود پشیمانم از آن ** دست خود خایان و انگشتان گزان‌‌
  • Why, from ignorance and folly, did I idly bear (such) an inconsiderate message?”
  • من چرا پیغام خامی از گزاف ** بردم از بی‌‌دانشی و از نشاف‌‌