I heard of a prince who was short and insignificant, while his other brothers were tall and handsome. His father looked at him with disdain and contempt. The son, with intelligence and insight, realized this and said: O father, a short wise man is better than a tall fool. Not everything that is greater in stature is better in value.

The sheep is clean, and the elephant is carrion.

The smallest of the mountains on earth is Tur, and yet

It is the greatest in God's eyes in worth and station.

Did you hear that a thin wise man

Once said to a fat fool:

An Arabian horse, even if it is weak,

Is still better than a stable of donkeys.

The father laughed, and the pillars of the state approved, and the brothers were deeply offended.

Until a man has spoken,

His faults and merits are hidden.

Do not think every small thing is a sapling,

It may be a sleeping leopard.

I heard that a formidable enemy appeared to the king in that vicinity. When the armies from both sides faced each other, the first person to enter the battlefield was this son. He said:

I am not the one whose back you will see on the day of battle,

I am the one you will see as a head in the midst of dust and blood.

For whoever brings war, plays with his own blood,

On the day of the battle, and whoever flees, with the blood of the army.

He said this and attacked the enemy army, throwing down several capable men. When he came before his father, he kissed the ground in homage and said:

O you who considered my person insignificant,

So that you do not consider roughness to be skill.

A lean-flanked horse is useful

On the day of battle, not a fattened ox.

It is said that the enemy army was large and theirs was small. A group intended to flee. The son shouted and said: O men, strive or wear women's clothes! The horsemen became more emboldened by his words and attacked all at once. I heard that they were victorious over the enemy on that very day. The king kissed his head and eyes, embraced him, and paid him more attention every day until he made him his heir apparent.

The brothers became envious and put poison in his food. The sister saw this from a window and slammed the window shut. The son understood and withdrew his hand from the food, saying: It is impossible for skilled people to die and unskilled people to take their place.

No one comes under the shadow of the owl,

Even if the Homa bird disappears from the world.

The father was informed of this. He summoned his brothers and punished them appropriately. Then he assigned each of them a share of the surrounding lands, so that the sedition subsided and the conflict ended, for ten dervishes can sleep in one rug, but two kings cannot fit in one region.

If a man of God eats half a loaf of bread,

He gives the other half to dervishes.

A king may conquer a region,

But he is still in pursuit of another region.