گوشه‌ی عرشش به تو پیوسته است ** هین مجنبان جز بدین و داد دست
A corner of His throne is touching you: beware, do not move a hand to act impiously or unjustly.
تو مراقب باش بر احوال خویش ** نوش بین در داد و بعد از ظلم نیش
Keep a careful watch over your own behaviour: observe that the honey is (contained) in justice and that after injustice comes the sting.”
گفت آری اینچ کردم استم است ** لیک هم می‌دان که بادی اظلم است
He (Júhí) said, “Yes, what I did is wrong, but at the same time (you must) know (the proverb) that the aggressor is the more unjust (of the two).”
گفت نایب یک به یک ما بادییم ** با سواد وجه اندر شادییم
The deputy replied, “We are aggressors, every one of us, but notwithstanding our blackness of face we are happy,
هم‌چو زنگی کو بود شادان و خوش ** او نبیند غیر او بیند رخش 4535
Like the negro who is happy and pleased, (for) he does not see his face, (though) others see it.”
ماجرا بسیار شد در من یزید ** داد صد دینار و آن از وی خرید
The altercation in bidding (for the chest) was prolonged: (finally) he paid a hundred dinars and bought it from him.
هر دمی صندوقیی ای بدپسند ** هاتفان و غیبیانت می‌خرند
O thou that findest wickedness agreeable, thou art always in the chest: the hátifs (voices from Heaven) and those who belong to the Unseen are redeeming thee.
در تفسیر این خبر کی مصطفی صلوات‌الله علیه فرمود من کنت مولاه فعلی مولاه تا منافقان طعنه زدند کی بس نبودش کی ما مطیعی و چاکری نمودیم او را چاکری کودکی خلم آلودمان هم می‌فرماید الی آخره
Expounding the Tradition that Mustafá (Mohammed) said, the blessings of God be upon him: “When I am the protector of any one, ‘Alí too is his protector,” so that the Hypocrites asked sarcastically, “Was not he satisfied with the obedience and service rendered by us to himself that he bids us render the same service to a snivelling child?” etc.
زین سبب پیغامبر با اجتهاد ** نام خود وان علی مولا نهاد
For this reason the Prophet, who laboured with the utmost zeal (in devotion), applied the name “protector” (mawlá) to himself and to ‘Alí.
گفت هر کو را منم مولا و دوست ** ابن عم من علی مولای اوست
He said, “My cousin ‘Alí is the protector and friend of every one who is under my protection.”
کیست مولا آنک آزادت کند ** بند رقیت ز پایت بر کند 4540
Who is the “protector”? He that sets you free and removes the fetters of servitude from your feet.