با خود آمد او ز مستی عقار ** زان گنه گشته سرش خانه‌ی خمار
He came to himself (recovered) from the intoxication caused by the wine (of egoism); (but) in consequence of that sin his head became the abode of crop-sickness.
خورده گندم حله زو بیرون شده ** خلد بر وی بادیه و هامون شده
He had eaten the wheat (the forbidden fruit), his celestial robe had been stripped off him, and Paradise had become for him a desert and sandy plain.
دید کان شربت ورا بیمار کرد ** زهر آن ما و منیها کار کرد
He perceived that that (intoxicating) draught had made him ill and that the poison of those egoistic pretensions had done its work.
جان چون طاوس در گل‌زار ناز ** هم‌چو چغدی شد به ویرانه‌ی مجاز 4785
His soul that was (formerly) like a peacock in the (eternal) garden of delight (now) became like an owl in the wilderness of unreality.
هم‌چو آدم دور ماند او از بهشت ** در زمین می‌راند گاوی بهر کشت
Like Adam, he was left far away from Paradise, driving an ox on the earth for the purpose of sowing.
اشک می‌راند او کای هندوی زاو ** شیر را کردی اسیر دم گاو
He was shedding tears and crying, “O Hindú mighty (in craft), thou hast made the lion a captive of the cow's tail.
کردی ای نفس بد بارد نفس ** بی‌حفاظی با شه فریادرس
O wicked fleshly soul with thy chill breath, thou hast acted disloyally to the King who answers every call for help.
دام بگزیدی ز حرص گندمی ** بر تو شد هر گندم او کزدمی
In thy greed for a grain of wheat thou hast chosen (to enter) the trap, and every grain of its wheat has become a scorpion to (sting) thee.
در سرت آمد هوای ما و من ** قید بین بر پای خود پنجاه من 4790
The vain fancy of egoism came into thy head: (now) behold a shackle weighing fifty mann on thy foot!”
نوحه می‌کرد این نمط بر جان خویش ** که چرا گشتم ضد سلطان خویش
In this fashion was he mourning for his soul, saying, “Why did I become the antagonist of my sovereign?”