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من كليلة ودمنة لابن المقفع

زعموا إن خبا ومغفلا اشتركا في تجارة وسافرا , فينما هما في الطريق تخلف المغفل لبعض حاجته فوجد كيسا فيه ألف دينار فأخذه , فأحس به الخب. فرجعا إلى بلدهما حتى إذا ما دنوا من المدينة قعدا لاقتسام المال فقال المغفل : خذ نصفه وأعطيني نصفه وكان الخب قد قرر في نفسه أن يذهب بالإلف دينار جميعها فقال :لا نقتسم فان الشركة والمفاوضة اقرب إلى الصفاء والمخالطة, ولكن خذ نفقة وسآخذ مثلها وندفن الباقي في أصل هذه الشجرة فهو مكان حريز وذلك اكتم لأمرنا فإذا احتجنا جئنا أنا وأنت فنأخذ حاجتنا منه ولا يعلم بموضعنا احد فأخذا منه يسيرا ودفنا الباقي في أصل الشجرة ودخلا البلد , ثم إن الخب خالف المغفل فاخذ الدنانير وسوى الأرض كما كانت وجاء المغفل بعد ذلك فقال للخب قد احتجت إلى نفقة فانطلق بنا نأخذ حاجتنا فقام الخب معه وذهبا إلى المكان فحفرا فلم يجدا شيئا.
فاقبل الخب على وجهه يلطمه ويقول لا تعتد بصحبة صاحب خالفتني إلى الدنانير فأخذتها فجعل المغفل يحلف بأنه لم يأخذها ثم طال بينهما الخلاف فترافقا إلى القاضي فقال القاضي للخب : هل لديك دليل قال نعم( الشجرة) التي كانت الدنانير تحتها هي من يشهد أن المغفل أخذها.
وكان الخب قد أتى أباه فقص عليه القصة وطلب إليه أن يذهب فيتوارى بحيث إذا سئل أجاب ولم يزل به حتى طاوعه وانطلق معه فدخل جوف الشجرة.
ثم إن القاضي لما سمع من الخب حديث شهادة الشجرة أكبره! فانطلق هو وأصحابه والخب والمغفل معه حتى وافى الشجرة فسألها عن الخبر فقال الشيخ من جوفها نعم المغفل أخذها فلما سمع القاضي ذلك اشتد تعجبه... وجعل يطوف بالشجرة وأمر أن تحرق الشجرة فأضرمت حولها النيران فاستغاث أبو الخب عند ذلك فاخرج وقد اشرف على الهلاك فسأله القاضي عن القصة فاخبره بالخبر فأوقع بالخب ضربا وبابيه صفعا واركبه مشهورا وغرم الخب الدنانير فأخذها وأعطاها المغفل.
It is related that one day tow men were partners on trading, one of them is called the Fraud the other is Foolish.
While they were traveling the Foolish lingered for awhile to do something of his own purpose, soon he found sack contains thousand dinars.
The Fraud felt on what the Foolish has found, and then he asked his fellow to divide the money.
When they were about to reach their country they sat down to portion out the money equally between them as the Foolish advice, but the Fraud conceals his decision to possess all the money, and said to the Foolish; I think the partnership and negotiation is better to maintain the sincerity of friendship, and I suggest to take a part of the money as temporal expense for both, then we hide the remaining underneath the trunk of this tree because it is safer place , and when we need some money later we come there and take what we need.
The Fraud returned to the place at secret and picked up all the money after flattened the ground as its former shape.
After a time the Foolish asks his fellow that he is in necessity for money. The Fraud took him to the place but they found nothing. At once the Fraud began to slap his face rebuking his fellow and accusing him that he who stole the money.
The Foolish began to swear that won't who do that and after disagreeing the matter they went to the judge to settle the problem.
The judge asked the Fraud; do you have evidence to insure what you say?
The Fraud answered yes, that's the tree and you can ask it.
The judge astonished! How could tree witness! But the Fraud in advance went to his father and told him the story and requested him to hide himself inside the tree and when the judge comes to the place and asks; who stole the money? He may reply that the Foolish who steals it. After awhile the father satisfied the trick and decided to do what his son has counseled.
They altogether the judge and his attendants and both litigants went to the place immediately.
The judge asked the tree; who stole the money? The man inside there replied; the Foolish Sir.
The judge astonished! And began to walk around the tree and said to his attendants; we must burn this tree and they set up a big fire surrounding the tree. Soon the father began to cry and shouted to them please; take me out.
The judge knows what's best to make decision and at once began to hit both the son and the father in well flapping kicks, and ordered the Fraud to pay all compensation.


زقاق المدق
هكذا جلس زيطة غارقا في أخيلته يترقب وقت العمل وعندما انتصف الليل أو كاد نهض قائما ونفخ المصباح فانطفأ وساد ظلام ثقيل ثم تلمس طريقه إلى الباب وفتحه بهدوء بالغ ثم اخترق الفرن إلى الزقاق وانعطف صانع العاهات إلى سيدنا الحسين في خطوات قصيرة وئيدة وكان يقترب في سيره من جدران البيوت رغم الظلمة لحالكة وكانت بعض قيود الإضاءة ما تزال موجودة فلا يراه المقبل نحوه في الطريق حتى يصطدم بعينيه البراقتين تلمعان في الظلام لمعان القطعة المعدنية في حزام الشرطي وفي الطريق كان يداخله شعور الإنعاش والزهو والسرور فهو لا يشقه إلا حين يكاد ينقطع إلا من الشحاذين الذين يدينون له بالسيادة المطلقة.

Zeta sat drowning on his imagination watching the work's time and when it was at a mid of night or nearly about he stands up and blowing upon the lantern and after extinguishing it the place was covered by heavily darkness.
He grabbles his way through this darkness to find the door, opened it carefully then he passed the furnace to the lane, following his way the handicapped rough man to the Al- Hussein area at slowly short paces.
On his way he was orderly came near the houses' walls even of that pitch-black and lanterns still glow a bit of their faint lights, but who passed him can see his glimmering eyes glow as the metallic piece on the belt of policeman.
On the way his mind was engaged by rejoicing, pleasure and vanity in which he couldn't pass there only when the road is clear of beggars who indebted him the absolute primacy.