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shahr ghattei. Yao vindei porstei: Haniv chiz yerk go ?* khattei : tabibi 

 town arrived. Him saw asked: Now what work 

 gom.* Porstei chiz-ar ? Khattei, Yao jinib 



I do. He asked what for ? He said, (for) that reason 

 gunah gokham, shet yao piir-dost dikht. 



fault I make, earth it on inside (strikes) presses. 

 10. Mir Iskandar Zu-'l-karnain i 



King Alexander Lord-of-two horns one 

 shokhhstei. Khattei: Eh fakir. 



passed by. He said : Oh 



Khattei : Mags tashwish randan, 



doest ? 



ki agar 

 that if 



I : doctoring 



dam yerk 



in this work 



He said : flies trouble give, 

 khattei : sa maz-an i chiz 



said : from me (abl.) something ask that in my 

 khattei: agar mags da ti ikhtyar na hiimut, 



said : if flies in thy 



rwar sa i fakir-an 

 day from a beggar 

 sa maz-an i chiz chalg. 



ix, from me (abl.) something ask. 



ramai ki ma-randan. Mir 



chalgam ? 



shall I ask ? 



11. I 



command that (they) should not give. King 

 chalg ki da zii hnkm hiimut. Fakir 

 power may be. Beggar 

 sa tao-an chiz 

 from thee (abl.) what 



power not may be 



da 



rwar i khalg khat-ar khattei ki har chiz da wundr 

 one day a person self to said that whatever in earth in 



asman hiimiit, kokht sa zii jinib hiimut ; a-maz Khuda ghafch 

 heaven maybe all from (for) my sake may be (is) ; me' God very 

 lup afrida gokhtei. Ya wakt i mags dam mis neinei. Khattei : 

 great created made. That time a fly on his nose alighted. It said : 

 tar azi takaburi na sazd. Yao jinib ki 



to thee such superciliousness is-not-becoming. (For) that reason that 

 har chiz da wundr da asman hiimiit, Khuda ti jinib afrida gokhtei ; 

 whatever in earth in heaven may be, God (for) thy sake created made ; 

 balki a-tao sa zii jinib-an. Na dish' a ki sa tao-an 



but thee from (for) my sake (abl.) Perceivest-thou-not that than thee (abl.) 

 luptar am wuz. 

 greater (I) I, 



12. I khalg 1 bai sifat gokhtei. Hech chiz na gottei. 



a person a merchant's praise made. nothing not received. 

 Yao sibas-an ghaibat gokhtei ; bai yaor hech chiz na khattei. 



That after slander made ; merchant to him any thing not said. 

 Bfi. rwar-an sibas ya khalg dam darwaza ragdei neinei. Bai 

 Two days (abl.) after that person at his gate went sat. Merchant 



khattei : Eh khalg ! 



said : Oh such-an-one ! 



rattei ; ghaibat at 

 gave ; slander (thou) 

 dram chiz-ar 



in this (place) what for 



ki agar morio ti baid khanam. 



that if thou mayest die thy lament I will sing. 



* Go and gom short for gokh and gokham, 



sifat 



praise 



gokhtei 



madest 



at 

 (thou) 



at gokhtei, wuz hech chiz am na 

 (thou) madest, I any thing (I) not 

 hech chiz am na khattei : haniv 

 any thing (I) not said : now 



nieng ? Khattei : Haniv chalgam 

 hast sat down ? He said : Now I desire 



