بخش 42 - بیان توکّل و ترک جهد گفتن نخچیران به شیر
Setting forth how the beasts of chase told the lion to trust in God and cease from exerting himself.
Toggle stanza 1طایفهٔ نخچیر دَر وادی خوش
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طایفهٔ نخچیر دَر وادی خوش
بودشان از شیر دایم کشمکش
A number of beasts of chase in a pleasant valley were harassed by a lion.
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بس که آن شیر از کمین می در ربود
آن چَرا بر جمله ناخوش گشته بود
Inasmuch as the lion was (springing) from ambush and carrying them away, that pasturage had become unpleasant to them all.
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حیله کردند آمدند ایشان بَشیر
کز وظیفه ما ترا داریم سیر
They made a plot: they came to the lion, saying, “We will keep thee full-fed by means of a (fixed) allowance.
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بعد ازین اندر پی صیدی میا
تا نگردد تلخْ بر ما این گیا
Do not go after any prey beyond thy allowance, in order that this grass may not become bitter to us.”