有一年，我和大马士革人从巴尔赫出发，路上有强盗，路上很危险，有一个年轻人陪着我们。他精通盾和弓，能使用各种武器，他是如此的强壮，以至于十个人都不能跨越他的弓弦。此外，地球上的运动员不能把他的背弯向地面。然而，他很富有，在阴凉处长大，没有经历过世界，战士的鼓声从来没有传到他的耳朵里，骑兵的剑的闪电也没有进入他的眼睛。他并没有沦为敌人的俘虏。他周围并没有箭雨。我碰巧和这个年轻人一起跑步，他用手臂的力量推倒挡在他面前的每一堵墙，用拳头的力量拉起他看到的每一棵大树，大声疾呼，吹嘘:大象在哪里，他可以看到英雄的肩膀?狮子在哪里，好看见人的拳头呢?这时，两个印第安人从岩石后面探出头来，想要攻击我们。其中一个手里拿着一根棍棒，另一个胳膊下夹着一个吊带。 I asked our youth what he was waiting for. Show what thou hast of bravery and strength For here is the foe, coming on his own feet to the grave. I saw the arrow and bow falling from the hands of the young man and his bones trembling: Not everyone who splits a hair with a cuirass-piercing arrow Can, on the day of attack by warriors, extricate his feet. We saw no other remedy but to abandon our baggage, arms and clothes, whereby we saved our lives. Employ an experienced man in important affairs Who is able to ensnare a fierce lion with his lasso. A youth, though he may have a strong arm and elephant-body, His joints will snap asunder for fear in contact with a foe. The issue of a battle is known by a tried man before the contest Like the solution of a legal question to a learned man.