گر ندارد صبر زین نان جان حس ** کیمیا را گیر و زر گردان تو مس‌‌

If the sensual soul cannot refrain from this bread, take the elixir and turn thy copper into gold.

جامه شویی کرد خواهی ای فلان ** رو مگردان از محله‌‌ی گازران‌‌ 3880

Wouldst thou wash thy garment (clean), O so-and-so, do not avert thy face from the bleachers' quarter.

گر چه نان بشکست مر روزه‌‌ی ترا ** در شکسته بند پیچ و برتر آ

Although the bread has broken thy fast, cling to Him that binds what is broken, and ascend!

چون شکسته بند آمد دست او ** پس رفو باشد یقین اشکست او

Inasmuch as His hand binds what is broken, it follows that His breaking is assuredly mending.

گر تو آن را بشکنی گوید بیا ** تو درستش کن نداری دست و پا

It thou break it, He will say to thee, “Come, make it whole (again)”; and thou hast neither hand nor foot (thou art helpless).

پس شکستن حق او باشد که او ** مر شکسته گشته را داند رفو

Therefore He (alone) has the right to break, for He (alone) can mend what has been broken.

آن که داند دوخت او داند درید ** هر چه را بفروخت نیکوتر خرید 3885

He that knows how to sew (together) knows how to tear (asunder); whatsoever He sells, He buys (something) better (in exchange).

خانه را ویران کند زیر و زبر ** پس به یک ساعت کند معمورتر

He lays the house in ruins, upside down; then in one moment He makes it more habitable (than it was before).

گر یکی سر را ببرد از بدن ** صد هزاران سر بر آرد در زمن‌‌

If He sever one head from the body, He at once raises up hundreds of thousands of heads (for the beheaded person).

گر نفرمودی قصاصی بر جناة ** یا نگفتی فی القصاص آمد حیات‌‌

If He had not ordained a retaliation upon the guilty, or if He had not said, “In retaliation there is (for you) a life,”