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شاد پر و بال او بخا له ** تا امام جمله آزادان شد او
- Glad (glistening) are its wings and pinions: how goodly it is, since it has become the leader of all the free.
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هر که او را مقتدا سازد برست ** در مقام امن و آزادی نشست
- Every one who makes it his model is saved and sits in the abode of security and freedom,
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زانک شاه حازمان آمد دلش ** تا گلستان و چمن شد منزلش
- Because his heart has become the king of the prudent, so that the rosery and garden (of Paradise) has become his dwelling-place.
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حزم ازو راضی و او راضی ز حزم ** این چنین کن گر کنی تدبیر و عزم
- Prudence is pleased with him, and he pleased with Prudence: do likewise, if you would act with foresight and resolution.
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بارها در دام حرص افتاده‌ای ** حلق خود را در بریدن داده‌ای 2870
- Many a time have you fallen into the snare of greed and given up your throat to be cut;
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بازت آن تواب لطف آزاد کرد ** توبه پذرفت و شما را شاد کرد
- Again He that graciously disposes (hearts) to repentance hath set you free and accepted your repentance and made you glad.
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گفت ان عدتم کذا عدنا کذا ** نحن زوجنا الفعال بالجزا
- He hath said, “If ye return thus, We will return thus: We have wedded the actions to the retribution.
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چونک جفتی را بر خود آورم ** آید آن را جفتش دوانه لاجرم
- When I bring one mate to Myself, the other mate inevitably comes running (after it).
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جفت کردیم این عمل را با اثر ** چون رسد جفتی رسد جفتی دگر
- We have mated this action with the effect: when one mate arrives, another mate arrives.”
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چون رباید غارتی از جفت شوی ** جفت می‌آید پس او شوی‌جوی 2875
- When a raider carries off the husband from the wife, the wife comes after him, seeking her husband.