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دفتر چهارم - بخش ۵۵ - در بیان آنک ترک الجواب جواب مقرر این سخن کی جواب الاحمق سکوت شرح این هر دو درین قصه است کی گفته می‌آید / Book Four — Section 55 — On explaining that leaving the answer unanswered is the established answer to this saying, 'The answer to a fool is silence' — the explanation of both of these is in this story that is being told

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بود شاهی بود او را بنده ایمرده عقلی بود و شهوت زنده ای
There was a king; he had a servant —
dead of reason, alive with desire.
خرده های خدمتش بگذاشتیبد سگالیدی نکو پنداشتی
He would neglect the small details of his service;
he thought evil and considered it good.
گفت شاهنشه جرااش کم کنیدور بجنگد نامش از خط بر زنید
The king said: "Reduce his rations,
and if he fights back, strike his name from the roll."
عقل او کم بود و حرص او فزونچون جرا کم دید شد تند و حرون
His intellect was little, his greed excessive;
when he saw his rations cut, he grew rash and stubborn.
عقل بودی گرد خود کردی طوافتا بدیدی جرم خود گشتی معاف
Had he had intellect, he would have circled round himself
until he saw his own fault and been pardoned.
چون خری پابسته تندد از خریهر دو پایش بسته گردد بر سری
Like a donkey with one foot hobbled that kicks from donkey-nature,
both his feet get bound above his head.
پس بگوید خر که یک بندم بسستخود مدان کان دو ز فعل آن خسست
Then the donkey says: "One bond was put on me" —
but know that the two bonds came from the act of that wretch.

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