1. A gazelle saw his image in the water
So he raised his head to the sky

2. And said, "O Creator of this beauty
Adorn it with a necklace of precious pearls."

3. The water replied eloquently,
"O gazelle, you ask for what you will not be granted.

4. He who gave you this beauty
Left no room for more handsomeness.

5. If his beauty was bestowed on faces
No pearls would come out from the seas."

6. So the gazelle was infatuated by the smooth talk
And it increased his yearning for the unattainable.

7. His sickly mouth did not get it
So he lived an age wandering distraught.

8. Until his lifetime was spent in passions
And avoiding the goodness of sleep and food.

9. Once he headed towards the water
To complain to it of his benefits and harm.

10. While the two were talking
The monk's shepherd approached in the darkness.

11. Following him walked a pig
With a necklace shining on its neck.

12. The gazelle rushed weeping to the pig
And said, after recovering from the shock,

13. "The ill of effort is nothing but going astray!
The ill of lifetime is nothing but wishes!

14. If not for the judgment of the Almighty
The necklace would not have come to the pig."

15. So the water turned to the gazelle
And said, "The state of the old is the worst state.

16. No wonder, years awakened him.
If only you had preserved the advice you kept for years."