آنچنانک گفت جالینوس راد ** از هوای این جهان و از مراد

آنچنانک گفت جالینوس راد ** از هوای این جهان و از مراد 3960

That is even as wise Galen said on account of (his) passion for this world and because of what he desired (in it)—

راضیم کز من بماند نیم جان ** که ز کون استری بینم جهان

“I am content that (only) half of my vital spirit should remain, so that I may see the world through the arse of a mule.”

گربه می‌بیند بگرد خود قطار ** مرغش آیس گشته بودست از مطار

He sees around him cats in troops: his bird has despaired of flying;

یا عدم دیدست غیر این جهان ** در عدم نادیده او حشری نهان

Or he has deemed all except this world to be non-existence and has not perceived in non-existence a hidden resurrection.

چون جنین کش می‌کشد بیرون کرم ** می‌گریزد او سپس سوی شکم

Like the embryo which (the Divine) Bounty is drawing forth: it is fleeing back towards the belly.

لطف رویش سوی مصدر می‌کند ** او مقر در پشت مادر می‌کند 3965

(The Divine) Grace is turning its (the embryo's) face towards the place of exit, (while) it (the embryo) is making its abode in the mother's loins,

که اگر بیرون فتم زین شهر و کام ** ای عجب بینم بدیده این مقام

Saying, “Oh, I wonder, if I fall outside of this city and (abode of) pleasure, shall I see with my eye this dwelling-place;

یا دری بودی در آن شهر وخم ** که نظاره کردمی اندر رحم

Or would there be in that noisome city a door, so that I might gaze into the womb,

یا چو چشمه‌ی سوزنی راهم بدی ** که ز بیرونم رحم دیده شدی

Or would there be for me a path, (narrow) as the eye of a needle, so that the womb might become visible to me from outside?”

آن جنین هم غافلست از عالمی ** همچو جالینوس او نامحرمی

That embryo, too, is unaware of a world (outside): it is one unfamiliar (therewith), like Galen.