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.
چون به آزادی نبوت هادیست ** مومنان را ز انبیا آزادیست
Since prophethood is the guide to freedom, freedom is bestowed on true believers by the prophets.
ای گروه مومنان شادی کنید ** هم‌چو سرو و سوسن آزادی کنید
Rejoice, O community of true believers: show yourselves to be “free” (pure and noble) as the cypress and the lily;
لیک می‌گویید هر دم شکر آب ** بی‌زبان چون گلستان خوش‌خضاب
But do ye, like the gay-coloured garden, at every moment give unspoken thanks to the Water.
بی‌زبان گویند سرو و سبزه‌زار ** شکر آب و شکر عدل نوبهار
The cypresses and the green orchard mutely thank the water (that nourishes them) and show (silent) gratitude for the justice of Spring:
حله‌ها پوشیده و دامن‌کشان ** مست و رقاص و خوش و عنبرفشان 4545
Clad in (fresh) robes and trailing their skirts, drunken and dancing and jubilant and scattering perfume;
جزو جزو آبستن از شاه بهار ** جسمشان چون درج پر در ثمار
Every part (of them) impregnated by royal Spring, their bodies as caskets filled with pearly fruit;
مریمان بی شوی آبست از مسیح ** خامشان بی لاف و گفتاری فصیح
(Like) Maries, having no husband, yet big with a Messiah; silent ones, wordless and devoid of articulate expression,
ماه ما بی‌نطق خوش بر تافتست ** هر زبان نطق از فر ما یافتست
(Saying implicitly), “Our Moon hath shone brightly (upon us) without speech: every tongue hath derived its speech from our beauty.”
نطق عیسی از فر مریم بود ** نطق آدم پرتو آن دم بود
The speech of Jesus is (derived) from the (spiritual) beauty of Mary; the speech of Adam is a ray (reflexion) of the (Divine) Breath.
تا زیادت گردد از شکر ای ثقات ** پس نبات دیگرست اندر نبات 4550
(This thanksgiving of the orchard is a lesson to you) in order that from (your) thanksgiving, O men of trust, increase (of spiritual glory) may accrue; (and if ye give thanks) then other plants are (springing up) amidst the herbage.
عکس آن اینجاست ذل من قنع ** اندرین طورست عز من طمع
Here the reverse (of the well-known Tradition) is (applicable), (for) he that is content (with a modicum of thanksgiving) shall be abased; (and similarly), in this case, he that covets (excess of thanksgiving) shall be exalted.
در جوال نفس خود چندین مرو ** از خریداران خود غافل مشو
Do not go so much into the sack of thy fleshly soul, do not be (so) forgetful of thy purchasers (redeemers).
باز آمدن زن جوحی به محکمه‌ی قاضی سال دوم بر امید وظیفه‌ی پارسال و شناختن قاضی او را الی اتمامه
How next year Júhí's wife returned to the court of the cadi, hoping for the same contribution (of money) as last year, and how the cadi recognised her, and so on to the end of the story.
بعد سالی باز جوحی از محن ** رو به زن کرد و بگفت ای چست زن
After a year Júhí, in consequence of the afflictions (of poverty), turned to his wife and said, “O clever wife,
آن وظیفه‌ی پار را تجدید کن ** پیش قاضی از گله‌ی من گو سخن
Renew last year's contribution (to our household): complain of me to the cadi.”
زن بر قاضی در آمد با زنان ** مر زنی را کرد آن زن ترجمان 4555
The wife came before the cadi with (some other) women: she made a certain woman her interpreter,
تا بنشناسد ز گفتن قاضیش ** یاد ناید از بلای ماضیش
Lest the cadi should recognise her by her speech and remember his past misfortune.
هست فتنه غمره‌ی غماز زن ** لیک آن صدتو شود ز آواز زن
The coquettish glances of a woman are fascinating, but that (fascination) is increased a hundredfold by her voice.
چون نمی‌توانست آوازی فراشت ** غمزه‌ی تنهای زن سودی نداشت
Since she durst not raise (utter) a sound, the wife's ogling looks alone were of no avail.
گفت قاضی رو تو خصمت را بیار ** تا دهم کار ترا با او قرار
“Go,” said the cadi, “and fetch the defendant, that I may settle thy quarrel with him.”
جوحی آمد قاضیش نشناخت زود ** کو به وقت لقیه در صندوق بود 4560
(When) Júhí arrived, the cadi did not recognise him at once, for at (their first) meeting he was in the chest.
زو شنیده بود آواز از برون ** در شری و بیع و در نقص و فزون
He had (only) heard his voice outside, during the buying and selling and chaffering.
گفت نفقه‌ی زن چرا ندهی تمام ** گفت از جان شرع را هستم غلام
He said (to Júhí), “Why won't you give your wife all the money she needs for expenses?” He replied, “I am devoted with (heart and) soul to the religious law,
لیک اگر میرم ندارم من کفن ** مفلس این لعبم و شش پنج زن
But if I die I do not possess (enough to pay for) the shroud: I am bankrupt in this game, I have gambled everything away.”