خیز بلقیسا کنون با اختیار ** پیش از آنک مرگ آرد گیر و دار

O Bilqís, arise now with free-will, ere Death appear in his sovereign might.

بعد از آن گوشت کشد مرگ آنچنان ** که چو دزد آیی به شحنه جان‌کنان

After that, Death will pull thy ear (torment thee) in such wise that thou wilt come in agony, like a thief to the magistrate.

زین خران تا چند باشی نعل‌دزد ** گر همی دزدی بیا و لعل دزد

How long wilt thou be (engaged in) stealing shoes from these asses? If thou art going to steal, come and steal a ruby!

خواهرانت یافته ملک خلود ** تو گرفته ملکت کور و کبود

Thy sisters have gained the kingdom of everlasting life; thou hast won the kingdom of misery.

ای خنک آن را کزین ملکت بجست ** که اجل این ملک را ویران‌گرست 1100

Oh, happy he that escaped from this kingdom, for Death makes this kingdom desolate.

خیز بلقیسا بیا باری ببین ** ملکت شاهان و سلطانان دین

Arise, O Bilqís! Come, behold for once the kingdom of the Sháhs and Sultans of the (true) Religion.

شسته در باطن میان گلستان ** ظاهر آحادی میان دوستان

He (such a king) is seated inwardly (in spirit) amidst the rose-garden (of union with God); outwardly (in the body) he is acting as a hádí amongst his friends.

بوستان با او روان هر جا رود ** لیک آن از خلق پنهان می‌شود

The garden is going with him wherever he goes, but it is (always) being concealed from the people.

میوه‌ها لایه‌کنان کز من بچر ** آب حیوان آمده کز من بخور

The fruit is making entreaty, saying, “Eat of me”; the Water of Life is come, saying, “Drink of me.”

طوف می‌کن بر فلک بی‌پر و بال ** هم‌چو خورشید و چو بدر و چون هلال 1105

Make a circuit of heaven without wing and pinion, like the sun and like the full-moon and like the new moon.