Learn Before
Prose

بخش ۲۲ / Section 22

Original content

خلیفه با اعرابیی از مایده طعام می خورد، در آن اثنا نظرش بر لقمه وی افتاد، مویی به چشم وی درآمد، گفت: ای اعرابی موی را از لقمه خود دور کن!
اعرابی گفت: بر مایده کسی که چندان در لقمه خورنده نگرد که موی را بیند طعام نتوان خورد و دست از طعام باز کشید و سوگند خورد که دیگر بر مایده وی طعام نخورد.

چو میزبان بنهد خوان مکرمت آن به
که از ملاحظه میهمان کنار کند

نه آن که بر سر خوان لقمه لقمه او را
به زیر چشم ببیند به دل شمار کند

English translation

The caliph was eating food with a Bedouin at the table. In that moment his gaze fell upon the Bedouin's morsel, and he saw a hair in it. He said: 'O Bedouin, remove the hair from your morsel!' The Bedouin said: 'At the table of someone who watches the eater's morsel so closely that he can spot a hair, one cannot eat food.' And he drew his hand back from the food and swore that he would never again eat at that man's table. When a host lays out the table of generosity, it is better that he refrain from scrutinizing his guest; Not that, morsel by morsel at the table, he watches him beneath his eye and reckons it in his heart.

0

1

Updated 2026-07-20

Contributors are:

Who are from:

References


Tags

Humanities

Literature

Persian Literature Prerequisite Course