فوت شد از ما و حملش شد پدید ** نطفهاش جست و رحم اندر خزید930
(Now) it (the prevention of this calamity) has eluded us, and his conception has occurred: semen ejus exsiliit et in uterum irrepsit; [(Now) it (the prevention of this calamity) has eluded us, and his conception has occurred: his semen spurted forth and crept into the womb;]
لیک استغفار این روز ولاد ** ما نگه داریم ای شاه و قباد
But (we crave) pardon for this, (and) we shall watch the day of birth, O King and Sovereign.
روز میلادش رصد بندیم ما ** تا نگردد فوت و نجهد این قضا
We shall observe (by the stars) the day of his nativity, that this event may not escape and evade us.
گر نداریم این نگه ما را بکش ** ای غلام رای تو افکار و هش
If we do not keep watch for this, kill us, O thou to whose judgement (our) thoughts and intelligence are slaves.”
تا بنه مه میشمرد او روز روز ** تا نپرد تیر حکم خصمدوز
For nine months he was counting day after day, lest the arrow of the Decree that transfixes its enemy should fly (from the bow).
بر قضا هر کو شبیخون آورد ** سرنگون آید ز خون خود خورد935
When (the world of) space makes an assault upon (the world of) non-spatiality, it falls headlong and drinks its own blood.
چون زمین با آسمان خصمی کند ** شوره گردد سر ز مرگی بر زند
When the earth shows enmity to the sky, it becomes salty (barren) and presents a spectacle of death.
نقش با نقاش پنجه میزند ** سبلتان و ریش خود بر میکند
(When) the picture (creature) struggles hand to hand with the Painter (Creator), it (only) tears out its own moustaches and beard.
خواندن فرعون زنان نوزاده را سوی میدان هم جهت مکر
How Pharaoh summoned the women who had new-born children to the maydán, (doing this) also for the sake of his plot (against Moses).
بعد نه مه شه برون آورد تخت ** سوی میدان و منادی کرد سخت
After nine months the King brought out his throne to the maydán and made a strict proclamation.
کای زنان با طفلکان میدان روید ** جمله اسرائیلیان بیرون شوید
“O women, go with your babes to the maydán; go forth, all ye of Israel.