دشمنان او را ز غیرت می‌‌درند ** دوستان هم روزگارش می‌‌برند

Foes tear him to pieces from jealousy; even friends take his lifetime away.

آن که غافل بود از کشت بهار ** او چه داند قیمت این روزگار

He that was heedless of the sowing and the springtide, how should he know the value of this lifetime?

در پناه لطف حق باید گریخت ** کاو هزاران لطف بر ارواح ریخت‌‌

You must flee to the shelter of God's grace, who shed thousand fold grace upon (our) spirits,

تا پناهی یابی آن گه چون پناه ** آب و آتش مر ترا گردد سپاه‌‌ 1840

That you may find a shelter. Then how (will you lack) shelter? Water and fire will become your army.

نوح و موسی را نه دریا یار شد ** نه بر اعداشان به کین قهار شد

Did not the sea become a friend to Noah and Moses? Did it not become overbearing in vengeance against their enemies?

آتش ابراهیم را نی قلعه بود ** تا بر آورد از دل نمرود دود

Was not the fire a fortress for Abraham, so that it raised smoke (sighs of despair) from the heart of Nimrod?

کوه یحیی را نه سوی خویش خواند ** قاصدانش را به زخم سنگ راند

Did not the mountain call Yahyá (John the Baptist) to itself and drive off his pursuers with blows of stone?

گفت ای یحیی بیا در من گریز ** تا پناهت باشم از شمشیر تیز

“O Yahyá,” it said, “come, take refuge in me, that I may be thy shelter from the sharp sword.”

وداع کردن طوطی خواجه را و پریدن‌‌

How the parrot bade farewell to the merchant and flew away.

یک دو پندش داد طوطی بی‌‌نفاق ** بعد از آن گفتش سلام الفراق‌‌ 1845

The parrot gave him one or two counsels devoid of hypocrisy and after that bade him the farewell of parting.

خواجه گفتش فی أمان الله برو ** مر مرا اکنون نمودی راه نو

The merchant said to her, “Go, God protect thee! Just now thou hast shown to me a new Way.”