ای ستیره هیچ تو برخاستی ** خویشتن را بهر کور آراستی
O chaste woman, hast thou ever risen up and decked thyself for the sake of him that is blind?
گر جهان را پر در مکنون کنم ** روزی تو چون نباشد چون کنم2390
If I should fill the world with hidden pearls (of wisdom), how should I fare (what good would it do me), since they are not thy portion (since thou art unfit to receive them)?
ترک جنگ و ره زنی ای زن بگو ** ور نمی‌‌گویی به ترک من بگو
O wife, take leave of quarrelling and waylaying, and if thou wilt not, (then) take leave of me!
مر مرا چه جای جنگ نیک و بد ** کاین دلم از صلحها هم می‌‌رمد
What room have I for quarrelling with the good or the bad? —for this heart of mine is recoiling (even) from acts of peace.
گر خمش کردی و گرنه آن کنم ** که همین دم ترک خان و مان کنم
If thou keep silence, (’tis well), and if not, I will so do that at this very moment I will leave my house and home.”
مراعات کردن زن شوهر را و استغفار کردن از گفته‌‌ی خویش
How the wife paid regard to her husband and begged God to forgive her for what she had said.
زن چو دید او را که تند و توسن است ** گشت گریان گریه خود دام زن است
When the wife saw that he was fierce and unmanageable, she began to weep: tears in sooth are a woman's lure.
گفت از تو کی چنین پنداشتم ** از تو من اومید دیگر داشتم2395
She said, “When did I imagine such (words) from thee? I hoped of thee something different.”
زن در آمد از طریق نیستی ** گفت من خاک شمایم نه ستی
The wife approached by the way of self-naughting (self-abasement). “I am thy dust,” said she, “not (worthy to be) thy lady-wife.
جسم و جان و هر چه هستم آن تست ** حکم و فرمان جملگی فرمان تست
Body and soul and all I am is thine: the entire authority and command belongs to thee.
گر ز درویشی دلم از صبر جست ** بهر خویشم نیست آن بهر تو است
If because of poverty my heart has lost patience, it is not for my own sake, but for thine.