گفت گفت تو چو در نان سوزن است ** از دل من تا دل تو روزن است‌‌

He said, “Your words are like a needle in bread (specious but pernicious); there is a window between my heart and yours.

من از آن روزن بدیدم حال تو ** حال تو دیدم ننوشم قال تو

Through that window I have seen your (real) state: I see your state and will not heed your words.”

گر نبودی جان عیسی چاره‌‌ام ** او جهودانه بکردی پاره‌‌ام‌‌

Had not the spirit of Jesus been my aid, he would in Jewish fashion have torn me to pieces.

بهر عیسی جان سپارم سر دهم ** صد هزاران منتش بر خود نهم‌‌ 355

For Jesus' sake I would yield my life and give my head and lay on myself (confess) myriads of obligations to him.

جان دریغم نیست از عیسی و لیک ** واقفم بر علم دینش نیک نیک‌‌

I do not grudge Jesus my life, but full well am I versed in the knowledge of his religion.

حیف می‌‌آمد مرا کان دین پاک ** در میان جاهلان گردد هلاک‌‌

Grief was coming over me (it seemed to me a pity) that that holy religion should perish amongst those who are ignorant (of it).

شکر ایزد را و عیسی را که ما ** گشته‌‌ایم آن کیش حق را رهنما

Thanks be to God and to Jesus that I have become a guide to the true faith.

از جهود و از جهودی رسته‌‌ام ** تا به زناری میان را بسته‌‌ام‌‌

I have escaped from Jews and Judaism so (entirely) that I have bound my waist with a (Christian) girdle.

دور دور عیسی است ای مردمان ** بشنوید اسرار کیش او به جان‌‌ 360

The (present) epoch is the epoch of Jesus. O men, hearken with your souls unto the mysteries of his religion!’”

کرد با وی شاه آن کاری که گفت ** خلق حیران مانده ز ان مکر نهفت‌‌

The king did to him that deed (mutilation) which he had proposed: the people remained in amazement at that hidden (mysterious) plot.