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بخش ۲۶ - حکایت آن کریمی که دعوت سفله را اجابت نکرد تا صحبت با سفلگان عادت وی نگردد / Section 26 - The Story of That Generous Person Who Did Not Accept the Invitation of a Base Person So That Companionship with the Base Would Not Become His Habit

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چون سوی اینان لئیمی پی برد
لقمه ای چند از طعام وی خورد

چون بخواند سفله دیگر مرا
سویش آن لذت شود رهبر مرا

محو گردد نامم از سلک کرام
در شمار سفلگان مانم تمام

سفله ای مهمانیی آغاز کرد
سفلگان شهر را آواز کرد

خواند یک صاحب کرم را نیز هم
تا به خوانش رنجه فرماید قدم

گفت باشد نفس نادان و لئیم
زین دو وصف او دلی دارم دو نیم

English translation

When a base person finds a path to these people, And eats a few morsels of his food, When another base person calls me, That pleasure will guide me to him. My name will be erased from the ranks of the noble, And I will remain entirely in the number of the base. A base person prepared a feast, And summoned the base people of the city. He invited a generous man as well, To trouble his steps to his table. The generous man said: 'The carnal soul is ignorant and base; By these two traits, my heart is split in two.'

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