پس مجاهد را زمانی بسط دل ** یک زمانی قبض و درد و غش و غل
Then (again), he that wages the (spiritual) warfare has at one time (joyous) expansion of heart, at another time (grievous) oppression and pain and torment,
ز انکه این آب و گلی کابدان ماست ** منکر و دزد و ضیای جان ماست
Because this water and clay, which is (the stuff of) our bodies, is the denier (enemy) and thief of the light of (our) souls.
حق تعالی گرم و سرد و رنج و درد ** بر تن ما مینهد ای شیر مرد
The High God lays upon our body, O man of fortitude, heat and cold and grief and pain,
خوف و جوع و نقص اموال و بدن ** جمله بهر نقد جان ظاهر شدن
Fear and hunger and impairment of wealth and body—all for the sake of the soul's coin being brought into sight (and use).
این وعید و وعدهها انگیخته ست ** بهر این نیک و بدی کامیخته ست2965
These threats and promises He hath sent forth on account of this good and evil which He hath mingled.
چون که حق و باطلی آمیختند ** نقد و قلب اندر حرمدان ریختند
Inasmuch as truth and falsehood have been mingled, and the good and bad coin have been poured into the travelling-bag,
پس محک میبایدش بگزیدهای ** در حقایق امتحانها دیدهای
Therefore they need a picked touchstone, one that has undergone (many) tests in (assaying) realities,
تا شود فاروق این تزویرها ** تا بود دستور این تدبیرها
So that it may become a criterion for these impostures; so that it may be a standard for these acts of providence.
شیر ده ای مادر موسی و را ** و اندر آب افکن میندیش از بلا
Give him milk, O mother of Moses, and cast him into the water: be not afraid of (putting him to) the trial.
هر که در روز أ لست آن شیر خورد ** همچو موسی شیر را تمییز کرد2970
Whoever drank that milk on the Day of Alast distinguishes the milk (in this world), even as Moses (distinguished and knew his mother's milk).