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1257-1266

  • He (the householder) cried, “Hey, hey!” “Be quiet, O morose man,” said he, “ut in hoc loco deserto alvum exonerem. [He (the householder) cried, “Hey, hey!” “Be quiet, O morose man,” said he, “so that I may relieve myself inside this desolate place.]
  • گفت هی هی گفت تن زن ای دژم  ** تا درین ویرانه خود فارغ کنم 
  • Since there is no means of living (zístan) here, upon a house like this cacare (rístan) oportet.” [Since there is no means of living (zístan) here, one should defecate (rístan) upon a house such as this.”]
  • چون درینجا نیست وجه زیستن  ** بر چنین خانه بباید ریستن 
  • Since you are not a falcon, so as to (be able to) catch the prey, (a falcon) hand-trained for the King's hunting;
  • چون نه‌ای بازی که گیری تو شکار  ** دست آموز شکار شهریار 
  • Nor a peacock painted with a hundred (beautiful) designs, so that (all) eyes should be illumined by the picture which you present; 1260
  • نیستی طاوس با صد نقش بند  ** که به نقشت چشمها روشن کنند 
  • Nor a parrot, so that when sugar is given to you, (all) ears should bend to (listen to) your sweet talk;
  • هم نه‌ای طوطی که چون قندت دهند  ** گوش سوی گفت شیرینت نهند 
  • Nor a nightingale to sing, like a lover, sweetly and plaintively in the meadow or the tulip-garden;
  • هم نه‌ای بلبل که عاشق‌وار زار  ** خوش بنالی در چمن یا لاله‌زار 
  • Nor a hoopoe to bring messages, nor are you like a stork to make your nest on high—
  • هم نه‌ای هدهد که پیکیها کنی  ** نه چو لک‌لک که وطن بالا کنی 
  • In what work are you (employed), and for what (purpose) are you bought? What (sort of) bird are you, and with what (digestive) are you eaten?
  • در چه کاری تو و بهر چت خرند  ** تو چه مرغی و ترا با چه خورند 
  • Mount beyond this ship of hagglers to the shop of Bounty where God is the purchaser. 1265
  • زین دکان با مکاسان برتر آ  ** تا دکان فضل که الله اشتری 
  • (There) that Gracious One hath purchased the piece of goods that no people would look at on account of its shabbiness.
  • کاله‌ای که هیچ خلقش ننگرید  ** از خلاقت آن کریم آن را خرید