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2410-2419

  • Then they said, ‘This poor disappointed man has had a stroke of apoplexy caused by hunger.’ 2410
  • پس بگفتند این ضعیف بی‌مراد  ** از مجاعت سکته اندر اوفتاد 
  • They fetched bread and (also) food in a kettle, that they might pour it into his mouth and (down) his throat.
  • نان بیاوردند و در دیگی طعام  ** تا بریزندش به حلقوم و به کام 
  • Thereupon the man purposely clenched his teeth, in order to see (test) the truth of that promise.
  • پس بقاصد مرد دندان سخت کرد  ** تا ببیند صدق آن میعاد مرد 
  • They felt pity for him and said, ‘This man is starving and perishing with hunger and at the point of death’;
  • رحمشان آمد که این بس بی‌نواست  ** وز مجاعت هالک مرگ و فناست 
  • (So) they brought a knife and hastily made a rift in his closed teeth.
  • کارد آوردند قوم اشتافتند  ** بسته دندانهاش را بشکافتند 
  • They poured soup into his mouth and forced into it fragments of bread. 2415
  • ریختند اندر دهانش شوربا  ** می‌فشردند اندرو نان‌پاره‌ها 
  • He said (to himself), ‘O (my) heart, even though thou art keeping silence, thou knowest the secret and art showing a (great) disdain.’
  • گفت ای دل گرچه خود تن می‌زنی  ** راز می‌دانی و نازی می‌کنی 
  • His heart replied, ‘I know (the secret) and am purposely behaving (thus): God is the provider for my soul and body.’
  • گفت دل دانم و قاصد می‌کنم  ** رازق الله است بر جان و تنم 
  • How should there be a trial more (perfect) than this? The daily bread comes with joy to those who have patience.”
  • امتحان زین بیشتر خود چون بود  ** رزق سوی صابران خوش می‌رود 
  • How the fox answered the ass and urged him to seek a livelihood.
  • جواب دادن روبه خر را و تحریض کردن او خر را بر کسب 
  • The fox said, “Leave these stories and apply all your poor efforts to earning a livelihood.
  • گفت روبه این حکایت را بهل  ** دستها بر کسب زن جهد المقل