لاجرم اغلب بلا بر انبیاست ** که ریاضت دادن خامان بلاست

Of necessity the most affliction falls on the prophets, for ’tis an affliction to give training to the raw (ignorant).

سکسکانید از دمم یرغا روید ** تا یواش و مرکب سلطان شوید 2010

Ye are stumbling along: at my word (in obedience to my command) go at a jog-trot, that ye may become gentle and be suitable for the king to ride.

قل تعالوا قل تعالو گفت رب ** ای ستوران رمیده از ادب

The Lord said, ‘Say, Come ye, say, Come ye, O beasts that have shied away from discipline.

گر نیایند ای نبی غمگین مشو ** زان دو بی‌تمکین تو پر از کین مشو

If they come not, O Prophet, be not grieved: be not full of hatred on account of those twain without steadfastness.’”

گوش بعضی زین تعالواها کرست ** هر ستوری را صطبلی دیگرست

The ears of some are deaf to these (cries of) ta‘álaw: every beast hath a different stable.

منهزم گردند بعضی زین ندا ** هست هر اسپی طویله‌ی او جدا

Some are put to flight by this call: the stall of every horse is separate.

منقبض گردند بعضی زین قصص ** زانک هر مرغی جدا دارد قفص 2015

Some are chagrined by this story, for every bird hath a separate cage.

خود ملایک نیز ناهمتا بدند ** زین سبب بر آسمان صف صف شدند

Even the angels too were not peers: for this reason they formed diverse ranks in Heaven.

کودکان گرچه به یک مکتب درند ** در سبق هر یک ز یک بالاترند

Children, though they are at one (the same) school, surpass each other in (their) lessons.

مشرقی و مغربی را حسهاست ** منصب دیدار حس چشم‌راست

Sense-perceptions are possessed by Easterner and Westerner, (but) the function of sight belongs to the ocular sense (alone).