بخش 53 - جواب قاضی سؤال صوفی را و قصهٔ ترک و درزی را مثل آوردن

The Cadi said, “You are a very idle vagabond Súfí: you are devoid of intelligence, (you are) like the Kúfic káf.

Haven't you heard that a certain sugar-lipped (story-teller) used to tell at nightfall of the perfidy of tailors,

Setting forth to the people old stories concerning the thievery of that class (of men)?

To that one and this one he would relate tales of their snatching (stealing) pieces of cloth while cutting it,

And during the night-talk he would read aloud a book on (the tricks of) tailors, when a throng had gathered round him.

Since he found eager listeners among those who came (to hear him), all parts of him had become the story (that he was telling).