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وآن امیران خسیس قلب‌ساز ** این گمان بردند بر حجره‌ی ایاز
- And those base Amírs, (who were) forgers of falsehood, conceived this evil thought about the chamber of Ayáz,
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کو دفینه دارد و گنج اندر آن ** ز آینه‌ی خود منگر اندر دیگران
- (Supposing) that he kept there a buried hoard and treasure. Do not look at others in the mirror of thyself!
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شاه می‌دانست خود پاکی او ** بهر ایشان کرد او آن جست و جو 1985
- The King, indeed, knew his innocence: (only) on their account was he making that investigation,
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کای امیر آن حجره را بگشای در ** نیم شب که باشد او زان بی‌خبر
- Saying, “O Amír, open the door of the chamber at midnight, when he (Ayáz) will be unaware of it,
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تا پدید آید سگالشهای او ** بعد از آن بر ماست مالشهای او
- In order that his (secret) thoughts may come to light: afterwards it rests with me to punish him.
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مر شما را دادم آن زر و گهر ** من از آن زرها نخواهم جز خبر
- I bestow the gold and jewels upon you: of those riches I desire naught but the information (concerning them).”
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این همی‌گفت و دل او می‌طپید ** از برای آن ایاز بی ندید
- Thus he spoke, while his heart was throbbing on account of the incomparable Ayáz,
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که منم کین بر زبانم می‌رود ** این جفاگر بشنود او چون شود 1990
- (Thinking), “Is it I who am uttering this (command)? How (grieved) he will be if he hear of this injustice!”
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باز می‌گوید به حق دین او ** که ازین افزون بود تمکین او
- Again he says (to himself), “By the truth of his religion, (I vow) that his constancy is too great
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کی به قذف زشت من طیره شود ** وز غرض وز سر من غافل بود
- For him to be annoyed by my foul aspersion and heedless of my purpose and meaning.