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بخش ۷۰ - تمثیل / Section 70 - Parable

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به رهی تیز می گذشت کسی
دامنش را گرفت بوالهوسی

که روان باش نام خویش بگوی
لقب باب و مام خویش بگوی

گفت روزی که زادم از مادر
نام من قلتبان نهاد پدر

نام خود گفتمت تو هم به قیاس
نام آن هر دو را ازین بشناس

بسته خاطر به کار خویشتنم
بیش ازین نیست فرصت سخنم

English translation

Someone was passing quickly along a road, A foolish trifler caught him by the hem, Saying, 'Go on, but tell me your name, State the titles of your father and mother.' He said, 'The day I was born from my mother, My father named me a scoundrel (Qaltaban). I have told you my name; you, by analogy, May recognize the names of those two from this. My mind is bound to my own business; I have no further time for speech.'

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