چشم را بر نقش می‌انداختم ** هم‌چو طفلان عشقها می‌باختم2565
I was casting my eye on the picture and falling idly in love (with it), like children.”
پس نکو گفت آن حکیم کامیار ** که تو طفلی خانه پر نقش و نگار
That fortunate Sage, then, has said well, “Thou art a child: the house is full of pictures and paintings.”
در الهی‌نامه بس اندرز کرد ** که بر آر دودمان خویش گرد
In the Iláhí-náma he gave many an injunction, saying, “Raise the dust from (utterly demolish) thine own household.”
بس کن ای موسی بگو وعده‌ی سوم ** که دل من ز اضطرابش گشت گم
(Pharaoh said), “Enough, O Moses! Tell (me) the third promise, for my heart has become lost (distraught) from the agitation caused by (eagerness to hear) it.”
گفت موسی آن سوم ملک دوتو ** دو جهانی خالص از خصم و عدو
Moses said, “This third (promise) is a twofold empire—(an empire) appertaining to the two worlds (temporal and spiritual), free from adversary and enemy;
بیشتر زان ملک که اکنون داشتی ** کان بد اندر جنگ و این در آشتی2570
Greater than the empire of which thou art now in possession; for that was (whilst thou wert) at war (with God), and this (will be whilst thou art) at peace (with Him).
آنک در جنگت چنان ملکی دهد ** بنگر اندر صلح خوانت چون نهد
He who bestows on thee, (whilst thou art) at war, such an empire as this— consider how (bounteously) He will lay the table for thee (when thou art) at peace.
آن کرم که اندر جفا آنهات داد ** در وفا بنگر چه باشد افتقاد
That (Divine) bounty which gave thee those (goodly) things in thy unrighteousness—consider what will be (its) care (for thee) in thy faithfulness.”
گفت ای موسی چهارم چیست زود ** بازگو صبرم شد و حرصم فزود
“O Moses,” said he, “what is the fourth (promise)? Quickly declare (it): my patience is gone and my desire has waxed great.”
گفت چارم آنک مانی تو جوان ** موی هم‌چون قیر و رخ چون ارغوان
He said, “The fourth is that thou wilt remain (ever) young, (with) hair (black) like pitch and cheeks (pink) like the arghawán (flower of the Judas-tree).