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دفتر پنجم - بخش ۴۱ - بقیهٔ قصهٔ آهو و آخر خران / Book Five - Section 41 - The Rest of the Story of the Fawn and the Stable of Asses

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روزها آن آهوی خوش ناف نردر شکنجه بود در اصطبل خر
For days, that male fawn with the sweet musk-gland
was in torment in the stable of asses.
مضطرب در نزع چون ماهی ز خشکدر یکی حقه معذب پشک و مشک
Agitated in the agony of death like a fish out of water,
dung and musk tormented together in a single vessel.
یک خرش گفتی که ها این بوالوحوشطبع شاهان دارد و میران خموش
One ass would say to him: 'Hey, this wild beast
has the nature of kings and silent princes!'
وآن دگر تسخر زدی کز جزر و مدگوهر آوردست کی ارزان دهد
And another would mockingly say: 'From the ebb and flow,
he has brought a pearl; when will he give it cheaply?'
وآن خری گفتی که با این نازکیبر سریر شاه شو گو متکی
And another ass would say: 'With such delicacy,
go, tell him to lean upon the king's throne!'
آن خری شد تخمه وز خوردن بماندپس برسم دعوت آهو را بخواند
One ass overate and became bloated,
so, as an invitation, he called the fawn.
سر چنین کرد او که نه رو ای فلاناشتهاام نیست هستم ناتوان
He shook his head like this, saying: 'No, go away, my friend,
I have no appetite; I am weak.'
گفت می دانم که نازی می کنییا ز ناموس احترازی می کنی
The ass said: 'I know you are putting on airs,
or you are staying away out of pride.'
گفت او با خود که آن طعمه توستکه از آن اجزای تو زنده و نوست
The fawn said to himself: 'That food is yours,
by which your limbs are kept alive and renewed.
من الیف مرغزاری بوده امدر زلال و روضه ها آسوده ام
I have been a companion of the meadows,
I have rested in pure waters and gardens.
گر قضا انداخت ما را در عذابکی رود آن خو و طبع مستطاب
If destiny has cast us into torment,
how should that fine habit and nature depart?
گر گدا گشتم گدارو کی شومور لباسم کهنه گردد من نوم
If I have become a beggar, how should I become beggar-faced?
And if my clothes become worn out, I am still new.
سنبل و لاله و سپرغم نیز همبا هزاران ناز و نفرت خورده ام
Hyacinth, tulip, and sweet basil also,
I have eaten with thousands of graces and fastidiousness.'
گفت آری لاف می زن لاف لافدر غریبی بس توان گفتن گزاف
The ass said: 'Yes, boast, boast, boast!
In a foreign land, one can say many exaggerations.'
گفت نافم خود گواهی می دهدمنتی بر عود و عنبر می نهد
The fawn said: 'My musk-gland itself bears witness,
placing a favor upon aloeswood and ambergris.
لیک آن را کی شنود صاحب مشامبر خر سرگین پرست آن شد حرام
But who with a sense of smell will perceive it?
For the dung-worshiping ass, that is forbidden.
خر کمیز خر ببوید بر طریقمشک چون عرضه کنم با این فریق
The ass sniffs the donkey-urine on the path;
how should I offer musk to this crowd?'
بهر این گفت آن نبی مستجیبرمز الاسلام فی الدنیا غریب
For this reason, that answered Prophet said,
the mystery: 'Islam is a stranger in the world.'
زانک خویشانش هم از وی می رمندگرچه با ذاتش ملایک هم دمند
For even his relatives flee from him,
though the angels are companions to his essence.
صورتش را جنس می بینند اناملیک از وی می نیابند آن مشام
Mankind sees his form as being of their own kind,
yet they do not perceive that fragrance from him.
هم چو شیری در میان نقش گاودور می بینش ولی او را مکاو
He is like a lion in the painted image of a cow;
see him from afar, but do not probe him.
ور بکاوی ترک گاو تن بگوکه بدرد گاو را آن شیرخو
And if you probe, say farewell to the cow of the body,
for that lion-natured one will tear the cow to pieces.
طبع گاوی از سرت بیرون کندخوی حیوانی ز حیوان بر کند
He will expel the cow-like nature from your head;
he will uproot the animalistic disposition from the beast.
گاو باشی شیر گردی نزد اوگر تو با گاوی خوشی شیری مجو
You might be a cow, but you will become a lion near him;
if you are happy being a cow, do not seek a lion.

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