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چون شنید اینها دوان شد تیز و تفت 
بر در موسی کلیم الله رفت
رو همی مالید در خاک او ز بیم 
که مرا فریاد رس زین ای کلیم
گفت رو بفروش خود را و بره 
چونک استا گشته ای بر جه ز چه
بر مسلمانان زیان انداز تو 
کیسه و همیانها را کن دوتو
من درون خشت دیدم این قضا 
که در آیینه عیان شد مر ترا
عاقل اول بیند آخر را بدل 
اندر آخر بیند از دانش مقل
باز زاری کرد کای نیکوخصال 
مر مرا در سر مزن در رو ممال
از من آن آمد که بودم ناسزا 
ناسزایم را تو ده حسن الجزا
گفت تیری جست از شست ای پسر 
نیست سنت کآید آن واپس به سر
لیک در خواهم ز نیکوداوری 
تا که ایمان آن زمان با خود بری
چونک ایمان برده باشی زنده ای 
چونک با ایمان روی پاینده ای
هم در آن دم حال بر خواجه بگشت 
تا دلش شوریده و آوردند طشت
شورش مرگست نه هیضهٔ طعام 
قی چه سودت دارد ای بدبخت خام
چار کس بردند تا سوی وثاق 
ساق می مالید او بر پشت ساق
پند موسی نشنوی شوخی کنی 
خویشتن بر تیغ پولادی زنی
شرم ناید تیغ را از جان تو 
آن تست این ای برادر آن تو

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## English translation
When he heard these things, he ran swiftly and urgently,\nHe went to the door of Moses, Kalīm Allāh.\nHe was rubbing his face in the dust out of fear,\nCrying: "Rescue me from this, O Kalīm!"\nHe said: "Go, sell yourself and flee,\nSince you have become a master, leap out of the pit.\nCast harm upon the Muslims,\nDouble up the purses and the saddlebags.\nI saw this fate within the brick,\nThat which became manifest to you in the mirror.\nThe wise man sees the end first with his heart,\nThe one of scant wisdom sees only at the end."\nAgain he lamented: "O you of noble character,\nDo not strike me down, do not rub my face in the dirt.\nFrom me came what marked me as unworthy,\nGive my unworthiness a beautiful recompense."\nHe said: "An arrow has sprung from the thumb-ring, O son,\nIt is not the custom to turn that arrow back.\nBut I will ask, in righteous judgment,\nThat you may carry your faith with you at that moment.\nSince if you carry faith, you are alive,\nSince if you go with faith, you are everlasting."\nAt that very moment, the state turned for the Khawja,\nHis heart became turbulent, and they brought a basin.\nThis turbulence is of death, not cholera from food,\nWhat good does vomiting do you, O wretched, raw one!\nFour people carried him toward the chamber,\nHe was rubbing his shin against the back of his shin.\nYou did not heed Moses' counsel, you acted insolently,\nYou hurled yourself against a blade of steel.\nThe blade feels no shame before your life —\nThis is yours, O brother, that is yours.

دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۶۱ - دویدن آن شخص به سوی موسی به زنهار چون از خروس خبر مرگ خود شنید / Book Three - Section 161 - That Person Running to Moses for Refuge When He Heard the News of His Death from the Rooster

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پس خروسش گفت تن زن غم مخور 
که خدا بدهد عوض زینت دگر
اسپ این خواجه سقط خواهد شدن 
روز فردا سیر خور کم کن حزن
مر سگان را عید باشد مرگ اسپ 
روزی وافر بود بی جهد و کسپ
اسپ را بفروخت چون بشنید مرد 
پیش سگ شد آن خروسش روی زرد
روز دیگر همچنان نان را ربود 
آن خروس و سگ برو لب بر گشود
کای خروس عشوه ده چند این دروغ 
ظالمی و کاذبی و بی فروغ
اسپ کش گفتی سقط گردد کجاست 
کور اخترگوی و محرومی ز راست
گفت او را آن خروس با خبر 
که سقط شد اسپ او جای دگر
اسپ را بفروخت و جست او از زیان 
آن زیان انداخت او بر دیگران
لیک فردا استرش گردد سقط 
مر سگان را باشد آن نعمت فقط
زود استر را فروشید آن حریص 
یافت از غم وز زیان آن دم محیص
روز ثالث گفت سگ با آن خروس 
ای امیر کاذبان با طبل و کوس
گفت او بفروخت استر را شتاب 
گفت فردایش غلام آید مصاب
چون غلام او بمیرد نانها 
بر سگ و خواهنده ریزند اقربا
این شنید و آن غلامش را فروخت 
رست از خسران و رخ را بر فروخت
شکرها می کرد و شادیها که من 
رستم از سه واقعه اندر زمن
تا زبان مرغ و سگ آموختم 
دیدهٔ سوء القضا را دوختم
روز دیگر آن سگ محروم گفت 
کای خروس ژاژخا کو طاق و جفت

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## English translation
Then the rooster said: "Be still, do not grieve,
For God will give another grace in recompense.
This master's horse will perish—
Eat your fill tomorrow, lessen your sorrow.
The death of the horse will be a feast for dogs,
Abundant sustenance without toil or trade."

The man sold the horse when he heard this—
The rooster came before the dog, pale-faced.
The next day the rooster snatched the bread just as before,
And the dog opened his lips against him:

"O deceiving rooster, how long these lies?
You are unjust, a liar, and without light.
The horse you said would perish—where is it?
Blind astrologer, you are deprived of truth!"

The knowing rooster said to him:
"His horse did perish, but in another place.
He sold the horse and escaped the loss;
He cast that loss upon others.
But tomorrow his mule will perish—
That bounty will belong to the dogs alone."

That greedy one quickly sold the mule,
And in that moment found escape from grief and loss.
On the third day the dog said to the rooster:
"O chief of liars, with drum and trumpet!"

He said: "He sold the mule in haste."
He said: "Tomorrow his slave will meet with calamity.
When his slave dies, the relatives
Will scatter bread upon the dog and the beggar."

He heard this and sold that slave of his;
He was saved from loss, and his face shone bright.
He gave thanks and rejoiced: "I
Have escaped three calamities in this age!
Since I have learned the language of bird and dog,
I have stitched shut the eye of ill-fate."

The next day that deprived dog said:
"O babbling rooster, where is odd and even?"

دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۵۸ - جواب خروس سگ را / Book Three - Section 158 - The Rooster's Answer to the Dog

In Book 3 of Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, the narrative of the seeker who wishes to learn the language of animals serves as a profound allegory regarding the dangers of premature knowledge and spiritual readiness. The tale begins with a man begging the Prophet Moses to teach him the speech of the domestic fowl and the dog. Moses warns him, but eventually grants the request. The next morning, the seeker tests his newly acquired ability by eavesdropping on a dispute over a piece of stale bread dropped by a servant. A rooster swiftly snatches the bread, prompting a sharp rebuke from the dog. The dog points out the rooster's greed, arguing that while the bird can eat any grain like wheat or barley, the dog is solely dependent on bread. Rumi uses this opening vignette to introduce themes of greed, contentment with one's divinely allotted sustenance, and the unforeseen consequences of uncovering secrets beyond one's spiritual capacity.

The Tale of the Seeker and the Language of Animals in the Masnavi

## متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation
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<table dir="rtl" aria-label="Persian poem with couplet translations" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 1.9;">
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<td data-source-line="1" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">گفت باری نطق سگ کو بر درست</td>
<td data-source-line="2" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">نطق مرغ خانگی کاهل پرست</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="0">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">He said: &quot;At least, where is the speech of the dog, truly? 
The speech of the domestic fowl, the worshipper of sloth?&quot;</td>
</tr>
<tr data-poem-unit="1" data-kind="couplet">
<td data-source-line="3" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">گفت موسی هین تو دانی رو رسید</td>
<td data-source-line="4" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">نطق این هر دو شود بر تو پدید</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="1">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">Moses said: &quot;Heed! Go — you know — the time has come; 
The speech of these two shall become manifest to you.&quot;</td>
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<td data-source-line="5" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">بامدادان از برای امتحان</td>
<td data-source-line="6" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">ایستاد او منتظر بر آستان</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="2">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">At dawn, for the sake of trial, 
He stood waiting at the threshold.</td>
</tr>
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<td data-source-line="7" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">خادمه سفره بیفشاند و فتاد</td>
<td data-source-line="8" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">پاره ای نان بیات آثار زاد</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="3">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">The handmaid shook out the tablecloth and there fell 
A piece of stale bread, remnants of provisions.</td>
</tr>
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<td data-source-line="9" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">در ربود آن را خروسی چون گرو</td>
<td data-source-line="10" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">گفت سگ کردی تو بر ما ظلم رو</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="4">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">A rooster snatched it up like a pledge; 
The dog said: &quot;You have done us wrong — go!</td>
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<td data-source-line="11" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">دانهٔ گندم توانی خورد و من</td>
<td data-source-line="12" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">عاجزم در دانه خوردن در وطن</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">You are able to eat wheat grain, but I 
Am helpless to eat grain in this homeland.</td>
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<td data-source-line="13" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">گندم و جو را و باقی حبوب</td>
<td data-source-line="14" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">می توانی خورد و من نه ای طروب</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">Wheat and barley, and the rest of the grains, 
You can eat, but I cannot, O joyful one.</td>
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<td data-source-line="15" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">این لب نانی که قسم ماست نان</td>
<td data-source-line="16" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">می ربایی این قدر را از سگان</td>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">This crust of bread that is our portion of bread, 
You are snatching even this much from the dogs.&quot;</td>
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## متن و ترجمه / Text and Translation
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<td data-source-line="1" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">گفت موسی را یکی مرد جوان</td>
<td data-source-line="2" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">که بیاموزم زبان جانوران</td>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">A young man said to Moses: 
&quot;Teach me the language of animals,</td>
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<td data-source-line="3" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">تا بود کز بانگ حیوانات و دد</td>
<td data-source-line="4" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">عبرتی حاصل کنم در دین خود</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="1">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">So that from the cries of beasts and wild creatures 
I may gain a moral lesson in my religion.</td>
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<td data-source-line="5" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">چون زبان های بنی آدم همه</td>
<td data-source-line="6" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">در پی آبست و نان و دمدمه</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="2">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">For the languages of the children of Adam are all 
In pursuit of water, bread, and idle chatter.</td>
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<td data-source-line="7" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">بوک حیوانات را دردی دگر</td>
<td data-source-line="8" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">باشد از تدبیر هنگام گذر</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">Perhaps the animals possess a different sorrow, 
From wisdom, at the time of passing.&quot;</td>
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<td data-source-line="9" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 1rem 0.2rem 0;">گفت موسی رو گذر کن زین هوس</td>
<td data-source-line="10" lang="fa" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0.45rem 0 0.2rem 1rem;">کاین خطر دارد بسی در پیش و پس</td>
</tr>
<tr data-translation-for="4">
<td colspan="2" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.15rem 1rem 0.8rem; font-size: 0.92em; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.28);">Moses said: &quot;Go, pass from this desire, 
For this holds great danger before and behind.</td>

دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۵۵ - استدعاء آن مرد از موسی زبان بهایم با طیور / Book Three - Section 155 - That Man's Request to Moses for the Language of Beasts and Birds

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دفتر سوم - بخش ۱۵۷ - قانع شدن آن طالب به تعلیم زبان مرغ خانگی و سگ و اجابت موسی علیه السلام / Book Three - Section 157 - That Seeker Being Content with Learning the Language of the Domestic Fowl and the Dog, and the Compliance of Moses, Peace Be Upon Him

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گفت باری نطق سگ کو بر درست	نطق مرغ خانگی کاهل پرست
He said: "At least, where is the speech of the dog, truly? The speech of the domestic fowl, the worshipper of sloth?"
گفت موسی هین تو دانی رو رسید	نطق این هر دو شود بر تو پدید
Moses said: "Heed! Go — you know — the time has come; The speech of these two shall become manifest to you."
بامدادان از برای امتحان	ایستاد او منتظر بر آستان
At dawn, for the sake of trial, He stood waiting at the threshold.
خادمه سفره بیفشاند و فتاد	پاره ای نان بیات آثار زاد
The handmaid shook out the tablecloth and there fell A piece of stale bread, remnants of provisions.
در ربود آن را خروسی چون گرو	گفت سگ کردی تو بر ما ظلم رو
A rooster snatched it up like a pledge; The dog said: "You have done us wrong — go!
دانهٔ گندم توانی خورد و من	عاجزم در دانه خوردن در وطن
You are able to eat wheat grain, but I Am helpless to eat grain in this homeland.
گندم و جو را و باقی حبوب	می توانی خورد و من نه ای طروب
Wheat and barley, and the rest of the grains, You can eat, but I cannot, O joyful one.
این لب نانی که قسم ماست نان	می ربایی این قدر را از سگان
This crust of bread that is our portion of bread, You are snatching even this much from the dogs."