The young elephants are on your road: to hunt them down is what your hearts desire exceedingly.
بس ضعیف‌اند و لطیف و بس سمین ** لیک مادر هست طالب در کمین
They are very weak and tender and very fat, but their mother is searching (after them and) lying in wait.
از پی فرزند صد فرسنگ راه ** او بگردد در حنین و آه آه
She will roam a hundred leagues' distance in quest of her children, moaning and making lament.
آتش و دود آید از خرطوم او ** الحذر زان کودک مرحوم او
Fire and smoke issue from her trunk: beware of (hurting) those pitied (cherished) children of hers!”
اولیا اطفال حق‌اند ای پسر ** غایبی و حاضری بس با خبر
O son, the saints are God's children: (both) in (their) absence and presence (He is) well aware (of what befalls them).
غایبی مندیش از نقصانشان ** کو کشد کین از برای جانشان80
Do not deem absence (from Him) to be the result of imperfection on their part, for He takes vengeance for the sake of their spirits (which are one with Him).
گفت اطفال من‌اند این اولیا ** در غریبی فرد از کار و کیا
He said, “These saints are My children in exile, sundered from (My) dominion and glory;
از برای امتحان خوار و یتیم ** لیک اندر سر منم یار و ندیم
(They are) despised and orphaned for the sake of probation, but secretly I am their friend and intimate.