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دفتر سوم - بخش ۵۱ - مثل در بیان آنک حیرت مانع بحث و فکرتست / Book Three - Section 51 - A Parable in Explanation That Bewilderment Prevents Discussion and Reflection

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آن یکی مرد دومو آمد شتابپیش یک آیینه دار مستطاب
A certain man with two-colored hair came hastily before an esteemed mirror-holder/barber.
گفت از ریشم سپیدی کن جداکه عروس نو گزیدم ای فتی
He said, “Separate the white from my beard, for I have chosen a new bride, O young man.”
ریش او ببرید و کل پیشش نهادگفت تو بگزین مرا کاری فتاد
He cut off his beard and placed the whole of it before him, saying, “You choose; some business has come up for me.”
این سؤال و آن جوابست آن گزینکه سر اینها ندارد درد دین
This is the question and that is the answer; choose that, for one who has religious pain has no head for these things.
آن یکی زد سیلیی مر زید راحمله کرد او هم برای کید را
Someone slapped Zayd; he too attacked in order to strike back.
گفت سیلی زن سؤالت می کنمپس جوابم گوی وانگه می زنم
The slapper said, “I am asking you a question; answer me, and then I will strike.
بر قفای تو زدم آمد طراقیک سؤالی دارم اینجا در وفاق
I struck the nape of your neck and a crack sounded.
این طراق از دست من بودست یااز قفاگاه تو ای فخر کیا
I have a question here, by agreement: was this crack from my hand, or from the place of your nape, O pride of nobles?”
گفت از درد این فراغت نیستمکه درین فکر و تفکر بیستم
He said, “Because of this pain I have no leisure to stand in this thought and reflection.
تو که بی دردی همی اندیش ایننیست صاحب درد را این فکر هین
You, who are without pain, go on thinking about this; the one who has pain has no such thought, beware.”

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