مثنوی معنوی/چرب کردن مرد لافی لب و سبلت خود را هر بامداد به پوست دنبه و بیرون آمدن میان حریفان کی من چنین خورده‌ام و چنان

The opening of a story from Book Three of the Masnavi. A poor man greases his moustache every morning with a piece of sheep's tail fat and boasts among the rich that he has eaten rich food, but his belly answers: may God confound the schemes of liars. Rumi concludes that had he shown his need, some generous person would have pitied him, and asks the reader either to show what he truly has or to keep silent.