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دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۵۸ - جواب خروس سگ را / Book Three - Section 158 - The Rooster's Answer to the Dog

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پس خروسش گفت تن زن غم مخور
که خدا بدهد عوض زینت دگر

اسپ این خواجه سقط خواهد شدن
روز فردا سیر خور کم کن حزن

مر سگان را عید باشد مرگ اسپ
روزی وافر بود بی جهد و کسپ

اسپ را بفروخت چون بشنید مرد
پیش سگ شد آن خروسش روی زرد

روز دیگر همچنان نان را ربود
آن خروس و سگ برو لب بر گشود

کای خروس عشوه ده چند این دروغ
ظالمی و کاذبی و بی فروغ

اسپ کش گفتی سقط گردد کجاست
کور اخترگوی و محرومی ز راست

گفت او را آن خروس با خبر
که سقط شد اسپ او جای دگر

اسپ را بفروخت و جست او از زیان
آن زیان انداخت او بر دیگران

لیک فردا استرش گردد سقط
مر سگان را باشد آن نعمت فقط

زود استر را فروشید آن حریص
یافت از غم وز زیان آن دم محیص

روز ثالث گفت سگ با آن خروس
ای امیر کاذبان با طبل و کوس

گفت او بفروخت استر را شتاب
گفت فردایش غلام آید مصاب

چون غلام او بمیرد نانها
بر سگ و خواهنده ریزند اقربا

این شنید و آن غلامش را فروخت
رست از خسران و رخ را بر فروخت

شکرها می کرد و شادیها که من
رستم از سه واقعه اندر زمن

تا زبان مرغ و سگ آموختم
دیدهٔ سوء القضا را دوختم

روز دیگر آن سگ محروم گفت
کای خروس ژاژخا کو طاق و جفت

English translation

Then the rooster said: "Be still, do not grieve, For God will give another grace in recompense. This master's horse will perish— Eat your fill tomorrow, lessen your sorrow. The death of the horse will be a feast for dogs, Abundant sustenance without toil or trade."

The man sold the horse when he heard this— The rooster came before the dog, pale-faced. The next day the rooster snatched the bread just as before, And the dog opened his lips against him:

"O deceiving rooster, how long these lies? You are unjust, a liar, and without light. The horse you said would perish—where is it? Blind astrologer, you are deprived of truth!"

The knowing rooster said to him: "His horse did perish, but in another place. He sold the horse and escaped the loss; He cast that loss upon others. But tomorrow his mule will perish— That bounty will belong to the dogs alone."

That greedy one quickly sold the mule, And in that moment found escape from grief and loss. On the third day the dog said to the rooster: "O chief of liars, with drum and trumpet!"

He said: "He sold the mule in haste." He said: "Tomorrow his slave will meet with calamity. When his slave dies, the relatives Will scatter bread upon the dog and the beggar."

He heard this and sold that slave of his; He was saved from loss, and his face shone bright. He gave thanks and rejoiced: "I Have escaped three calamities in this age! Since I have learned the language of bird and dog, I have stitched shut the eye of ill-fate."

The next day that deprived dog said: "O babbling rooster, where is odd and even?"

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