1Cademy - بخش ۱۵۳ - قصه روستایی که درازگوش پیر لنگ پشت ریش به بازار خر فروشان برد، دلال فریاد برداشت که کی می خرد خری جوان روان تندرست، روستایی چون آن بشنید باور داشت و از فروختن درازگوش پشیمان شد / Section 153 - The Tale of the Villager Who Took an Old, Lame, Sore-backed Donkey to the Donkey-sellers Market, and the Broker Cried Out, Who Will Buy a Young, Fast, Healthy Donkey?, and the Villager, Hearing That, Believed It and Regretted Selling the Donkey

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Haft Awrang

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بخش ۱۵۳ - قصه روستایی که درازگوش پیر لنگ پشت ریش به بازار خر فروشان برد، دلال فریاد برداشت که کی می خرد خری جوان روان تندرست، روستایی چون آن بشنید باور داشت و از فروختن درازگوش پشیمان شد / Section 153 - The Tale of the Villager Who Took an Old, Lame, Sore-backed Donkey to the Donkey-sellers' Market, and the Broker Cried Out, 'Who Will Buy a Young, Fast, Healthy Donkey?', and the Villager, Hearing That, Believed It and Regretted Selling the Donkey

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پاسخش داد کای سلیم القلب
کرده دهر از تو فهم و دانش سلب

بلکه هرگز تو را نبوده ست آن
کز تو گویم کس ربوده ست آن

سال ها شد که راکب اویی
قصهٔ او ز من چه می جویی ؟!

به گزافی که بر زبان دو سه یار
راندم از بهر گرمی بازار

در صفت های این متاع سقط
از جهالت چه اوفتی به غلط ؟

خواجه را بین که عمرهای دراز
بوده در حرص و بخل و خست و آز

غیر جمع درم نورزیده
گرد کسب کرم نگردیده

گر کشندش ز کام سی دندان
به ازان کز دهانش یک لب نان

گر کنندش ز پنجه پنج انگشت
ندهد حبه ای برون از مشت

ور درم واری از کفش ببرند
به که دیناری از کفش ببرند

چون نهد خوان در آفتاب به پیش
گیرد از ترس دست سایهٔ خویش

مگسی کافتدش به کاسه درون
نا مکیده نیفکند به برون

کرده بر خاطر آن مبرد خوش
نحو را چون کسایی و اخفش

صرف دینار و درهم مجموع
پیش او هست مطلقا ممنوع

بس که می داردش ز کسر نگاه
نیست کس را به کسری از وی راه

صرف را چون ندید صرفهٔ خویش
حرفی از نحو ساخته حرفهٔ خویش

با چنین سیرت ار کند به مثل
مدح او طامعی خسیس و دغل

کای چو حاتم به جود گشته سمر
پیش تو صد چو معن (؟من) بسته کمر

صیت جود کف تو در عالم
طعن معن است و ماتم حاتم

ذکر حاتم به عهد تو تا کی
شد ز نام تو نامه او طی

پیش تو یاد معن بی معنی ست
هر گدایی ز جود تو معنی ست

ز ابلهی گوش سوی او دارد
گفته اش جمله راست پندارد

زاغ عجب اندر آشیان دماغ
نهدش بیضه زان فسانه و لاغ

از خیالش زند نهالی سر
کش بود کبر برگ و نخوت بر

هرگز آن ابله سفله پیشه
نکند در دل خود اندیشه

کانچه گفت آن منافق طامع
نیست قطعا مطابق واقع

همه کذب است و افترا و نفاق
ندهد بویی از وفا و وفاق

نخوت آرد ز جانب ممدوح
که کند سد بابهی فتوح

زور و بهتان ز جانب مادح
که بود در کمال دین قادح

باشد القصه هر دو را مشئوم
زان به شرع هدی بود مذموم

ساده مردی ز عقل دور ترک
داشت در ده یکی ضعیف خرک

خرکی پیر و سست و لاغر و لنگ
که نرفتی دو روز یک فرسنگ

بس که از روزگار دیده دروش
نی دم او به جای مانده نه گوش

هرگز از ضرب گز نیاسودی
راه را جز به گز نپیمودی

بود دایم ز زخم مرد سلیم
سرخ کیمخت او به رنگ ادیم

گر رسیدی به جو یکی باریک
همه عالم بر او شدی تاریک

ور شدی راه هم ز بولش گل
بودی از گل گذشتش مشکل

روزی آن ساده سوی شهرش برد
به حریفان خر فروش سپرد

یکی از جمع خر فروشانه
بهر آن کار ریش زد شانه

بانگ می زد که کیست در بازار
که خرد بهر خود خری رهوار

خر مگو استری جوان و روان
سخت در راه و تند در میدان

جهد از جای اگر رسد به مثل
سایه تازیانه اش به کفل

بلکه بر سایه اش گر آید نیش
گامها بگذرد ز سایه خویش

می جهد همچو باد جای به جای
می رود همچو آب در گل و لای

هست جوی بزرگ و نهر عظیم
پیش او کم ز جدول تقویم

خلق ازان گفت و گوی می خندید
لیک آن ساده مرد چون بشنید

سر فراگوش خر فروش آورد
کای به بازار خر فروشان فرد

اگر این قصه راست می گویی
راه این عرصه راست می پویی

سخنی گویمت به من کن گوش
به منش باز ده به کس مفروش

دیر شد کاین چنین ستوده الاغ
که تو گفتی کنم به شهر سراغ

ای عجب کان خود آن من بوده ست
روز و شب زیر ران من بوده ست

یار در خانه و به گرد جهان
من طلبکارش آشکار و نهان

English translation

He answered him: 'O simple-hearted one, time has snatched understanding and knowledge from you. Rather, you never possessed it in the first place, for me to say someone stole it from you! For years you have been its rider, why do you seek its story from me?! With the exaggerations that I uttered on the tongues of two or three companions to warm up the market, in describing these worthless goods, why do you fall into error out of ignorance? Look at the master (the wealthy miser) who for long lifetimes has been in greed, stinginess, meanness, and avarice. He practiced nothing but the accumulation of dirhams, and never went near acquiring generosity. If thirty teeth are pulled from his palate, it is better to him than a single morsel of bread leaving his mouth. If they sever his five fingers from his hand, he would not let a single grain slip out of his fist. And if they take a dirham's worth from his hand, it is better than taking a dinar from his palm. When he lays his table out under the sun, out of fear he holds the hand of his own shadow (lest it eat). If a fly falls into his bowl, he does not throw it out without sucking it dry first. That cold character has memorized grammar (nahw) in his mind like Kisa'i and Akhfash, spending (sarf - also word conjugation) the accumulated dinars and dirhams is absolutely forbidden to him. So much does he guard it against fraction (kasr - also genitive case), that no one has any way to get a fraction from him. Since he saw no benefit in spending (sarf), he made a trade (or profession) out of the words of grammar (nahw). With such a character, if, for example, a greedy, base, and deceitful flatterer praises him: 'O you who have become famous in generosity like Hatim, in front of whom a hundred like Ma'n have girded their loins! The fame of the generosity of your palm in the world is a reproach to Ma'n and a mourning for Hatim. How long shall Hatim be mentioned in your era? His scroll was folded up by your name. In your presence, the mention of Ma'n is meaningless, and every beggar becomes a Ma'n from your generosity.' Out of foolishness, he listens to him and considers all his words to be true. The crow of vanity lays its egg in the nest of his brain from that fable and jest. From his imagination, a sapling sprouts whose leaves are pride and whose fruit is arrogance. That mean-spirited fool never reflects in his heart: 'That what that greedy hypocrite said is absolutely not in accordance with reality; it is all falsehood, slander, and hypocrisy, and smells nothing of loyalty and concord.' It brings arrogance on the part of the praised one, which blocks the doors of spiritual openings, and falsehood and slander on the part of the flatterer, which is damaging to the perfection of faith. In short, it is ominous for both, and that is why it is condemned in the law of guidance. There was a simple man, somewhat distant from intellect, who had a weak little donkey in the village. A donkey that was old, feeble, thin, and lame, which would not walk one parasang in two days. Since it had suffered so much from the times, neither its tail nor its ears remained in place. It never rested from the blow of the measuring-rod, and measured the road only yard by yard. Due to the wounds from the simpleton, its shagreen skin was always red like tanned leather. If it reached a narrow stream of water, the whole world would turn dark before its eyes. And if the road became muddy even from its own urine, its passage through the mud would be difficult. One day, that simpleton took it to the city and handed it over to the donkey-selling merchants. One of the group of donkey-sellers combed his beard for that task. He began to shout: 'Who is there in the market to buy a swift-paced donkey for himself? Do not call it a donkey! It is a mule, young and fast-running, robust on the road and swift in the arena. It leaps from its spot if, for example, the shadow of a whip touches its rump. Nay, if a prick comes upon its shadow, it outruns its own shadow by several steps! It leaps like the wind from place to place, and moves like water through the mud and clay. To it, a large stream and a great river are less than a thin line on a calendar page.' The people were laughing at that talk, but when that simple man heard it, He brought his head close to the donkey-seller's ear and said, 'O peerless one in the donkey-sellers' market, if you are speaking the truth in this story, and walking the straight path in this arena, I will tell you a word, listen to me: return it to me, do not sell it to anyone! It has been a long time that I have been searching the city for such a praised donkey as you described. Oh, what a wonder! That very donkey was mine all along, and day and night it was under my thigh! The beloved was in the house, yet I was wandering around the world, seeking him openly and secretly.'

Updated 2026-07-07

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