همچنین کشت و دم و دام و جماع ** آن موالید است حق را مستطاع
So with sowing and breathing (speaking) and (laying) snares and sexual intercourse: the results of those (actions) are amenable to (determined by the will of) God.
اولیا را هست قدرت از اله ** تیر جسته باز آرندش ز راه
The saints possess power (derived) from God: they turn back from its course the arrow that has sped.
بسته درهای موالید از سبب ** چون پشیمان شد ولی ز آن دست رب1670
When the saint repents, he closes the doors of the results (shuts off the results) from the cause by that hand (power) of the Lord.
گفته ناگفته کند از فتح باب ** تا از آن نه سیخ سوزد نه کباب
Through the opening of the door (of Divine grace), he makes unsaid what has been said, so that neither spit nor roast-meat is burnt thereby.
از همه دلها که آن نکته شنید ** آن سخن را کرد محو و ناپدید
He wipes out the saying from all the minds that heard it, and makes it imperceptible.
گرت برهان باید و حجت مها ** باز خوان من آية أو ننسها
O sire, if thou must needs have demonstration and proof (of this), recite “(Whatever) verse (We cancel) or cause to be forgotten. ”
آیت أنسوکم ذکری بخوان ** قدرت نسیان نهادنشان بدان
Read the verse “They made you forget My warning”: acknowledge their (the saints') power to put forgetfulness (in men's hearts).
چون به تذکیر و به نسیان قادراند ** بر همه دلهای خلقان قاهراند1675
Since they are able to make (you) remember and forget, they are mighty over all the hearts of (God's) creatures.
چون به نسیان بست او راه نظر ** کار نتوان کرد ور باشد هنر
When he (the saint) has blocked the road of (your) mental perception by means of forgetfulness, it is impossible (for you) to act, even if there be virtue (in you).
خلتم سخریه اهل السمو ** از نبی خوانید تا أنسوکم
Think ye those exalted ones are a laughing-stock? Recite from the Qur’án as far as (the words) “They made you forget.”