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عقل قوت گیرد از عقل دگر ** نی شکر کامل شود از نیشکر
- Mind gains strength from another mind: the sugar-cane is made perfect by the sugar-cane.
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من ز مکر نفس دیدم چیزها ** کاو برد از سحر خود تمییزها
- I have seen (wondrous) things (arising) from the deceitfulness of the fleshly soul, for by her magic she takes away the faculties of discernment.
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وعدهها بدهد ترا تازه به دست ** که هزاران بار آنها را شکست
- She will proffer afresh to you promises that she has broken thousands of times.
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عمر اگر صد سال خود مهلت دهد ** اوت هر روزی بهانهی نو نهد 2280
- If your life be prolonged even for a hundred years, she will lay before you a new pretext every day.
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گرم گوید وعدههای سرد را ** جادویی مردی ببندد مرد را
- She utters cold (vain) promises (as though) warm (from the heart); (she is) a witch, she ties up the manhood of a man.
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ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین بیا ** که نروید بیتو از شوره گیا
- O (thou who art the) radiance of God, Husámu’ddín, come! for without thee no herbs will grow from the brackish soil.
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از فلک آویخته شد پردهای ** از پی نفرین دل آزردهای
- A curtain has been let down from heaven because of the curse of one whose heart is sorely vexed.
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این قضا را هم قضا داند علاج ** عقل خلقان در قضا گیج است گیج
- This destiny only the (Divine) destiny can cure: the understanding of His creatures is stunned at His destiny, stunned.
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اژدها گشته ست آن مار سیاه ** آن که کرمی بود افتاده به راه 2285
- The lack serpent that was (as) a worm fallen on the road has become a dragon;
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اژدها و مار اندر دست تو ** شد عصا ای جان موسی مست تو
- (But) in thy hand, O thou with (love for) whom the soul of Moses is intoxicated, the dragon or serpent became (as) the rod (in the hand of Moses).