Truth and the Traveler
A wayfaring man, traveling in the desert, met a woman standing alone and terribly dejected. He inquired of her, "Who are you?" "My name is Truth," she replied. "And for what cause," he asked, "have you left the city to dwell alone here in the wilderness?" She answered, "Because in former times, falsehood was with few, but is now with all men."
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الْحَقِيقَـةُ وَالْمُسَافِـرُ
الْتَقَى رَجُلٌ رحَّالةٌ أَثْنَاءَ سَفَرِهِ فِي الصَّحَرَاءَ امْرَأَةً تَقِفُ وَحِيدَةً، وَهِيَ فِي حَالَةِ إِحْبَاطٍ شَدِيدٍ. فَاقْتَرَبَ مِنْهَا وَسَأَلَهَا: "مَنْ أَنْتِ؟ فَأَجَابَتْهُ قَائِلَةً: "أَنَا الْحَقِيقَةُ". فَقَالَ: "وَمَا الَّذِي دَعَاكِ إِلَى هَجْرِ الْمَدِينَةِ حَيْثُ الْحَيَاةِ الْبَاذِخَةِ، وَالصُّحْبَةِ الَّتِي لاَ تَنْقَطِعُ، وَالسُّكْنَى وَحِيدَةً هُنَا فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ؟". فَقَالَتْ: "لأَنَّهُ فِيمَا مَضَى، كَانَ الْبَاطِلُ يُصَاحِبُ عَدَدًا قَلِيلاً مِنَ النَّاسِ، أَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَهُوَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ، وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ وَالْوَلَدِ".

The Manslayer
A man committed a murder, and was pursued by the relations of the man whom he murdered. On his reaching the river Nile he saw a Lion on its bank and being fearfully afraid, climbed up a tree to escape from the Lion. He found a spotted serpent in the upper branches of the tree, and again being greatly alarmed, he threw himself into the river, where a crocodile caught him and devoured him. Thus the earth, the air, and the water alike refused shelter to a murderer.

الْقَـاتِـلُ
ارْتَكَبَ رَجُلٌ جَرِيمَةَ قَتْلٍ ثُمَّ أَطْلَقَ سَاقَهُ لِلرِّيحِ؛ فَطَارَدَهُ أَقَارِبُ الْقَتِيلِ؛ لِيَنَالُوا مِنْهُ. وَقَادَتْهُ قَدَمَاهُ إِلَى نَهْرِ النِّيلِ، وَهُنَاكَ رَأَى أَسَدًا ضَارِيًا عَلَى ضَفَّتِهِ، فَأَصَابَهُ خَوْفٌ شَدِيدٌ، لَمْ يَمْلِكْ مَعَهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَتَسَلَّقَ شَجَرَةًمُجَاوِرَةً لِلْفِرَارِ مِنْ بَرَاثِنِ الأَسَدِ. وَبَيْنَمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ إِذْ أَبْصَرَ عَلَى الأَغْصَانِ الْعُلْيَا لِلشَّجَرَةِ حَيَّةً رَقْطَاءَ؛ فَأَصَابَهُ مِنَ الذُّعْرِ الشَّدِيدِ مَا أَصَابَهُ، حَتَّى أَنَّهُ أَلْقَى بِنَفْسِهِ فِي النَّهْرِ، وَهُنَاكَ انْقَضَّ عَلَيْهِ تِمْسَاحٌ شَرِسٌ، وَالْتَهَمَهُ.وَهَكَذَا رَفَضَتْ الأَرْضُ وَالسَّمَاءُ وَالْمَاءُ جَمِيعًا أَنْ تَكُونَ مَأْوًى لِقَاتِلٍ.