Hekayat No. 14: A man developed an eye ache and went to a veterinarian to get medicine. ...

حکایت شماره ۱۴: مردکی را چشم درد خاست، پیش بیطار رفت که دوا کن. ...

A man's eye became sore, and he went to a veterinarian to have it treated. The veterinarian applied to his eye what he uses for the eyes of animals, and he became blind. They took the case to a judge, who said that he has no liability. If this man were not a fool, he would not have gone to a veterinarian. The purpose of this story is to make you understand that whoever entrusts a great task to an inexperienced person, even if he suffers regret, will be considered foolish by wise people.

مردکی را چشم درد خاست، پیش بیطار رفت که دوا کن. بیطار از آنچه در چشم چارپای می‌کند در دیده او کشید و کور شد. حکومت به داور بردند گفت بر او هیچ تاوان نیست. اگر این خر نبودی، پیش بیطار نرفتی. مقصود از این سخن آن است تا بدانی که هر آن که ناآزموده را کار بزرگ فرماید با آن که ندامت برد به نزدیک خردمندان به خفت رای منسوب گردد.

A wise and insightful person does not give

Important tasks to an inferior person

ندهد هوشمند روشن‌رای

به فرومایه کارهای خطیر

Although a mat weaver is a weaver

They do not take him to a silk workshop

بوریاباف اگر چه بافنده‌ست

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