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دفتر دوم - بخش ۵۵ - عذر گفتن دلقک با سید اجل کی چرا فاحشه را نکاح کرد / Book Two - Section 55 - The Jester Making Excuses to the Noble Sayyid as to Why He Married a Harlot

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گفت با دلقک شبی سید اجل
قحبه ای را خواستی تو از عجل

با من این را باز می بایست گفت
تا یکی مستور کردیمیت جفت

گفت نه مستور صالح خواستم
قحبه گشتند و ز غم تن کاستم

خواستم این قحبه را بی معرفت
تا ببینم چون شود این عاقبت

عقل را من آزمودم هم بسی
زین سپس جویم جنون را مغرسی

English translation

One night the noble Sayyid said to the jester: 'In haste you chose a harlot as your wife. You ought to have told me about this, so that I could have made some modest woman your mate.' He said: 'No; I sought modest, righteous women, but they became harlots, and from grief I wasted away. I chose this senseless harlot so that I might see what this outcome would be. I have tested reason many times as well; from now on I will seek madness as my seedbed.'

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