خود بدانی چون بر آری سر ز خواب ** ختم شد و الله أعلم بالصواب‏

You will surely know when you lift your head from (this sensuous) sleep. ’Tis the end (of my discourse), and God knows best what is right.

مر ترا نه قوت خوردن بدی ** نه ره و پروای قی کردن بدی‏

“(If I had told you about the snake), you would not have been able to eat, nor would you have been capable of vomiting or cared (to do so).

می‏شنیدم فحش و خر می‏راندم ** رب یسر زیر لب می‏خواندم‏

I heard (your) abuse and went on with my work; I kept repeating under my lip (breath), ‘O Lord, make (it) easy!’

از سبب گفتن مرا دستور نه ** ترک تو گفتن مرا مقدور نه‏ 1925

I had not permission to speak of the cause, and I had not power to abandon you.

هر زمان می‏گفتم از درد درون ** اهد قومی إنهم لا یعلمون‏

From the grief in my heart I was saying continually, ‘Guide my people; verily, they know not’.”

سجده‏ها می‏کرد آن رسته ز رنج ** کای سعادت ای مرا اقبال و گنج‏

The man that had been delivered from woe was falling on his knees and saying, “O (thou who art) my bliss, O my fortune and treasure,

از خدا یابی جزاها ای شریف ** قوت شکرت ندارد این ضعیف‏

Thou wilt get rewards from God, O noble one; this weakling has not the power to thank thee.

شکر حق گوید ترا ای پیشوا ** آن لب و چانه ندارم و آن نوا

God will say thanks to thee, O leader; I have not the lips and the chin and the voice for that.”

دشمنی عاقلان زین‏سان بود ** زهر ایشان ابتهاج جان بود 1930

Of this fashion is the enmity of the wise: their poison is gladness to the soul.

دوستی ابله بود رنج و ضلال ** این حکایت بشنو از بهر مثال‏

The friendship of the fool is woe and perdition: hear this tale as a parable.

اعتماد کردن بر تملق و وفای خرس‏

On putting trust in the fawningness and good faith of the bear.