Perchance the lock of my hundred maunds' weight of unbelief may be opened by those fair and desirable promises.
بوک از تاثیر جوی انگبین ** شهد گردد در تنم این زهر کین
Perchance, by the effect of the river of honey, this poison of hatred may be turned into honey in my body;
یا ز عکس جوی آن پاکیزه شیر ** پرورش یابد دمی عقل اسیر
Or by the reflexion of the river of that pure milk, (my) captive intelligence may be nourished for a moment;
یا بود کز عکس آن جوهای خمر ** مست گردم بو برم از ذوق امر
Or perchance, by the reflexion of those rivers of wine, I may be intoxicated and obtain a scent of the delight of (obedience to) the (Divine) command;
یا بود کز لطف آن جوهای آب ** تازگی یابد تن شوره‌ی خراب2520
Or perchance, by the favour of those rivers of water, my barren devastated body may gain refreshment—
شوره‌ام را سبزه‌ای پیدا شود ** خارزارم جنت ماوی شود
Some verdure may appear on my barren soil, my thorn-brake may become the Garden of (everlasting) abode;
بوک از عکس بهشت و چار جو ** جان شود از یاری حق یارجو
Perchance, by the reflexion of Paradise and the four rivers, my spirit, through God's befriending (it), may become a seeker of the Friend,
آنچنان که از عکس دوزخ گشته‌ام ** آتش و در قهر حق آغشته‌ام
In the same fashion as from the reflexion of Hell I have become fire and am steeped in the wrath of God.
گه ز عکس مار دوزخ هم‌چو مار ** گشته‌ام بر اهل جنت زهربار
At one moment, from the reflexion of the snake of Hell I have become (engaged in) dropping poison, like a snake, on those who shall dwell in Paradise;
گه ز عکس جوشش آب حمیم ** آب ظلمم کرده خلقان را رمیم2525
At another time, from the reflexion of the boiling of the hot water (of Hell), the water of my oppression has made the people (like) rotten bones.
من ز عکس زمهریرم زمهریر ** یا ز عکس آن سعیرم چون سعیر
From the reflexion of the zamharír (intense cold of Hell) I am (as) the zamharír; or from the reflexion of the sa‘ír (flames of Hell) I am as the sa‘ír.
I am now the Hell of the poor and oppressed: woe to him whom I suddenly find subject (to me)!”
شرح کردن موسی علیه‌السلام آن چهار فضیلت را جهت پای مزد ایمان فرعون
How Moses, on whom be peace, explained those four excellent qualities (which should be bestowed) as a reward for Pharaoh's coming into the Faith.
گفت موسی که اولین آن چهار ** صحتی باشد تنت را پایدار
Moses said, "The first of those four will be constant health for thy body:
این علل‌هایی که در طب گفته‌اند ** دور باشد از تنت ای ارجمند
These maladies that are described in (books of) Medicine will be far from thy body, O estimable one.
ثانیا باشد ترا عمر دراز ** که اجل دارد ز عمرت احتراز2530
Secondly, thou wilt have a long life, for death will be cautious of (attacking) thy life;
وین نباشد بعد عمر مستوی ** که بناکام از جهان بیرون روی
And after a life uniform (in happiness) this will not be (the sequel, namely) that thou wilt go forth from the world against thy will;
بلک خواهان اجل چون طفل شیر ** نه ز رنجی که ترا دارد اسیر
Nay, but (thou wilt go) desiring death as the sucking babe (desires milk), not on account of the pain that holds thee captive.
مرگ‌جو باشی ولی نه از عجز رنج ** بلک بینی در خراب خانه گنج
Thou wilt be seeking death, but not from painful infirmity; nay, thou wilt see the treasure in the ruin of the house (of the body).
پس به دست خویش گیری تیشه‌ای ** می‌زنی بر خانه بی‌اندیشه‌ای
Therefore with thine own hand thou wilt take a pick-axe and smite upon the house without any care;
که حجاب گنج بینی خانه را ** مانع صد خرمن این یک دانه را2535
For thou wilt deem the house to be the barrier to the treasure, and this single grain to be the obstacle to a hundred corn-stacks.
پس در آتش افکنی این دانه را ** پیش گیری پیشه‌ی مردانه را
This grain, then, thou wilt cast into the fire and adopt the (only) profession that is worthy of a man.”
ای به یک برگی ز باغی مانده ** هم‌چو کرمی برگش از رز رانده
O thou who because of (addiction to) a single leaf hast been left without (enjoyment of) a (whole) orchard, thou art like the worm which (desire for) a leaf has driven away from (deprived of) the vineyard.
چون کرم این کرم را بیدار کرد ** اژدهای جهل را این کرم خورد
When Grace awakened this worm, this worm devoured the dragon of ignorance.