A chivalrous man received a terrible wound in the war against the Tatars.

Someone said: 'So-and-so merchant has an antidote; if you want it, perhaps he will not withhold it.'

They say that merchant was known for his stinginess.

If instead of bread, there was sunshine on his table

No one would see a bright day in the world until the Day of Judgment

The chivalrous man said: 'If I ask, he may give the medicine or not. And if he gives it, it may benefit me or not. In any case, asking it from him is a deadly poison.'

Whatever you ask from the ignoble with obligation

Increases in your body and decreases from your soul

And wise men have said: 'If they were to sell the water of life, for example, for one's honor, the wise would not buy it, for dying with dignity is better than living with disgrace.'

If you eat colocynth from the hand of a good-natured person

It is better than sweetness from the hand of a sullen person