صنعت زراد او کم دیده بود ** درعجب می‌ماند وسواسش فزود

He had not seen the armourer's handicraft (before), (so) he remained in astonishment and his curiosity increased—

کین چه شاید بود وا پرسم ازو ** که چه می‌سازی ز حلقه تو بتو 1845

“What can this be? I will ask him what he is making with the interfolded rings.”

باز با خود گفت صبر اولیترست ** صبر تا مقصود زوتر رهبرست

Again he said to himself, “Patience is better: patience is the quickest guide to the object of one's quest.”

چون نپرسی زودتر کشفت شود ** مرغ صبر از جمله پران‌تر بود

When you ask no question, the sooner will it (the secret) be disclosed to you: the bird, patience, flies faster than all (others);

ور بپرسی دیرتر حاصل شود ** سهل از بی صبریت مشکل شود

And if you ask, the more slowly will your object be gained: what is easy will be made difficult by your impatience.

چونک لقمان تن بزد هم در زمان ** شد تمام از صنعت داود آن

When Luqmán kept silence, straightway that (work of making rings) was finished by David's craftsmanship.

پس زره سازید و در پوشید او ** پیش لقمان کریم صبرخو 1850

Then he fashioned a coat of mail and put it on in the presence of the noble and patient Luqmán.

گفت این نیکو لباسست ای فتی ** درمصاف و جنگ دفع زخم را

“This,” he said, “is an excellent garment, O young man, for warding off blows on the battle-field and in war.”

گفت لقمان صبر هم نیکو دمیست ** که پناه و دافع هر جا غمیست

Luqmán said, “Patience too is of good effect, for it is the protection and defence against pain everywhere.”

صبر را با حق قرین کرد ای فلان ** آخر والعصر را آگه بخوان

He (God) hath joined sabr (patience) with haqq (the real and permanent): O reader, recite attentively the end of (the Súra) Wa’l-‘asr.