گفتم ار هر ذره‌‌ای خونی شود ** خنجر اندر کف به قصد تو رود3940
I said, ‘If every atom should become a murderer and, dagger in hand, go to attack thee,
یک سر مو از تو نتواند برید ** چون قلم بر تو چنان خطی کشید
None (of them) could cut from thee the tip of a single hair, since the Pen has written against thee such a line (of doom).
لیک بی‌‌غم شو شفیع تو منم ** خواجه‌‌ی روحم نه مملوک تنم
But do not grieve: I am intercessor for thee: I am the spirit's master, I am not the body's slave.
پیش من این تن ندارد قیمتی ** بی‌‌تن خویشم فتی ابن الفتی
This body hath no value in my sight: without my body I am the noble (in spirit), the son of the noble.
خنجر و شمشیر شد ریحان من ** مرگ من شد بزم و نرگسدان من
Dagger and sword have become my sweet basil: my death has become my banquet and narcissus-pot.’”
آن که او تن را بدین سان پی کند ** حرص میری و خلافت کی کند3945
He that hamstrings (mortifies) his body in this fashion, how should he covet the Princedom and the Caliphate?
ز آن به ظاهر کوشد اندر جاه و حکم ** تا امیران را نماید راه و حکم
Outwardly he strives after power and authority, (but only) that he may show to princes the (right) way and judgement;
تا امیری را دهد جانی دگر ** تا دهد نخل خلافت را ثمر
That he may give another spirit to the Princedom; that he may give fruit to the palm tree of the Caliphate.
بیان آن که فتح طلبیدن پیغامبر علیه السلام مکه را و غیر مکه را بجهت دوستی ملک دنیا نبود چون فرموده است که الدنیا جیفه بلکه به امر بود
Explaining that the motive of the Prophet, on whom be peace, in seeking to conquer Mecca and other (places) than Mecca was not love of worldly dominion, inasmuch as he has said “This world is a carcase,” but that on the contrary it was by the command (of God).
جهد پیغمبر به فتح مکه هم ** کی بود در حب دنیا متهم
Likewise the Prophet's struggle to conquer Mecca—how can he be suspected of (being inspired by) love of this world?
آن که او از مخزن هفت آسمان ** چشم و دل بر بست روز امتحان
He who on the day of trial shut his eyes and heart to the treasury of the Seven Heavens,