گوش تو پر بوده است از طمع خام ** پس طمع کر می‏کند کور ای غلام‏

Your ear has been filled with foolish hope; (such) hope, then, makes (one) deaf (and) blind, my lad.”

تا کلوخ و سنگ بشنید این بیان ** مفلس است و مفلس است این قلتبان‏

Even clods and stones heard this advertisement—“he is insolvent, he is insolvent, this scoundrel.”

تا به شب گفتند و در صاحب شتر ** بر نزد کاو از طمع پر بود پر

They (the criers) said it till nightfall, and it made no impression on the owner of the camel, because he was full of (idle) hope, full.

هست بر سمع و بصر مهر خدا ** در حجب بس صورت است و بس صدا

God's seal lies upon the hearing and sight: within the veils is many a form and many a sound.

آن چه او خواهد رساند آن به چشم ** از جمال و از کمال و از کرشم‏ 680

He communicates to the eye that which He wills of beauty and of perfection and of amorous looks;

و انچه او خواهد رساند آن به گوش ** از سماع و از بشارت وز خروش‏

And He communicates to the ear that which He wills of music and glad tidings and cries (of rapture).

کون پر چاره ست و هیچت چاره نی ** تا که نگشاید خدایت روزنی‏

The world is full of remedies, but you have no remedy till God opens a window for you.

گر چه تو هستی کنون غافل از آن ** وقت حاجت حق کند آن را عیان‏

Though you are unaware of that (remedy) just now, God will make it plain in the hour of need.

گفت پیغمبر که یزدان مجید ** از پی هر درد درمان آفرید

The Prophet said that the glorious God has created a remedy for every pain;

لیک ز آن درمان نبینی رنگ و بو ** بهر درد خویش بی‏فرمان او 685

But of that remedy for your pain you will not see (even) the colour or scent without His command.