- Vain talk repels acts of kindness and tears off the bough of pity from the trunk of the tree.
- لاف وا داد کرمها میکند ** شاخ رحمت را ز بن بر میکند
- Bring forward (practise) honesty, or else be silent, and then behold pity and enjoy it.
- راستی پیش آر یا خاموش کن ** وانگهان رحمت ببین و نوش کن
- That belly became the adversary of his moustache and secretly had recourse to prayer,
- آن شکم خصم سبال او شده ** دست پنهان در دعا اندر زده
- Crying, “O God, expose this idle brag of the base, in order that the pity of the noble may be moved towards me.”
- کای خدا رسوا کن این لاف لام ** تا بجنبد سوی ما رحم کرام
- The belly's prayer was answered: the ardency of need put out a flag. 755
- مستجاب آمد دعای آن شکم ** شورش حاجت بزد بیرون علم
- God hath said, “Though thou be a profligate and idolater, I will answer when thou callest Me.”
- گفت حق گر فاسقی و اهل صنم ** چون مرا خوانی اجابتها کنم
- Do thou cleave fast unto prayer and ever cry out: in the end it will deliver thee from the hands of the ghoul.
- تو دعا را سخت گیر و میشخول ** عاقبت برهاندت از دست غول
- When the belly committed itself to God, the cat came and carried off the skin of that sheep's tail.
- چون شکم خود را به حضرت در سپرد ** گربه آمد پوست آن دنبه ببرد
- They ran after the cat, (but) she fled. The child (of the braggart), from fear of his scolding, changed colour (turned pale).
- از پس گربه دویدند او گریخت ** کودک از ترس عتابش رنگ ریخت
- The little child came into (the midst of) the company and took away the prestige of the boastful man. 760
- آمد اندر انجمن آن طفل خرد ** آب روی مرد لافی را ببرد