خویشتن را مسخ کردی زین سفول ** ز آن وجودی که بد آن رشک عقول
By this fall you metamorphosed yourself from that (state of) existence which was the envy of the (spiritual) intelligences.
پس ببین کین مسخ کردن چون بود ** پیش آن مسخ این به غایت دون بود
Consider, then, how is (what is the character of) this metamorphosis: compared with that metamorphosis (of the woman) this (which you have suffered) is exceedingly vile.
اسب همت سوی اختر تاختی ** آدم مسجود را نشناختی540
You urged the steed of ambition towards the stars: you did not acknowledge Adam who was worshipped (by the angels).
آخر آدم زاده‌‌ای ای ناخلف ** چند پنداری تو پستی را شرف
After all, you are a son of Adam. O degenerate! how long will you regard lowness as nobility?
چند گویی من بگیرم عالمی ** این جهان را پر کنم از خود همی
How long will you say, “I will conquer a whole world, I will make this world full of myself”?
گر جهان پر برف گردد سربه‌‌سر ** تاب خور بگدازدش با یک نظر
If the world should be filled with snow from end to end, the glow of the sun would melt it with a single look.
وزر او و صد وزیر و صد هزار ** نیست گرداند خدا از یک شرار
God by a single spark (of His mercy) maketh naught his (the vizier's) burden (of sin) and (the burden) of a hundred viziers and a hundred thousand.
عین آن تخییل را حکمت کند ** عین آن زهر آب را شربت کند545
He maketh the essence of that (false) imagination to be wisdom; He maketh the essence of that poisoned water to be a (wholesome) drink.
آن گمان انگیز را سازد یقین ** مهرها رویاند از اسباب کین
That which raises doubt He turneth into certainty; He maketh loving kindnesses grow from the causes of hatred.
پرورد در آتش ابراهیم را ** ایمنی روح سازد بیم را
He cherisheth Abraham in the fire; He turneth fear into security of spirit.