Hekayat No. 17: Likewise, in a vast plain, a traveler was lost
حکایت شماره ۱۷: همچنین در قاع بسیط مسافری گم شده بود و قوت و ...
Similarly, in a vast plain, a traveler was lost, and his strength and power were exhausted, and he had a few dirhams with him. He searched extensively and found no way out, so he perished in hardship. A group arrived and saw the dirhams placed before him and written on the ground:
همچنین در قاعِ بسیط مسافری گم شده بود و قوت و قوَّتش به آخر آمده و دِرَمی چند بر میان داشت، بسیاری بگردید و ره به جایی نبرد، پس به سختی هلاک شد. طایفهای برسیدند و درمها دیدند پیشِ رویش نهاده و بر خاک نبشته:
Even if he has all the Ja'fari gold
A man without provisions cannot take a step
گر همه زَرِّ جعفرى دارد
مَردِ بىتوشه برنگیرد گام
For a scorched poor man in the desert
Cooked turnip is better than raw silver
در بیابان فقیرِ سوخته را
شلغمِ پخته بِه که نقرهٔ خام
Hekayat No. 17: Likewise, in a vast plain, a traveler was lost
Book: Gulistan