تو بدان عادت که او را پیش از این ** خورده بودی ای وجود نازنین

According as thou hadst formerly been in the habit of eating it, O gracious being,

بر همان بو می‌‌خوری این خشک را ** بعد از آن کامیخت معنی با ثری‌‌

In the same hope thou (still) are eating this dry stuff, after the spirit has become mingled with clay.

گشت خاک آمیز و خشک و گوشت بر ** ز آن گیاه اکنون بپرهیز ای شتر 4000

It has become mixed with earth and dry and flesh-cutting: abstain now from that herbage, O camel!

سخت خاک آلود می‌‌آید سخن ** آب تیره شد سر چه بند کن‌‌

The words are coming (forth) very earth-soiled; the water has become turbid: stop up the mouth of the well,

تا خدایش باز صاف و خوش کند ** او که تیره کرد هم صافش کند

That God may again make it pure and sweet, that He who made it turbid may likewise make it pure.

صبر آرد آرزو را نه شتاب ** صبر کن و الله اعلم بالصواب‌‌

Patience brings the object of desire, not Haste. Have patience—and God knoweth best what is right.