بوک زان خوش وعده‌های مغتنم ** برگشاید قفل کفر صد منم

Perchance the lock of my hundred maunds' weight of unbelief may be opened by those fair and desirable promises.

بوک از تاثیر جوی انگبین ** شهد گردد در تنم این زهر کین

Perchance, by the effect of the river of honey, this poison of hatred may be turned into honey in my body;

یا ز عکس جوی آن پاکیزه شیر ** پرورش یابد دمی عقل اسیر

Or by the reflexion of the river of that pure milk, (my) captive intelligence may be nourished for a moment;

یا بود کز عکس آن جوهای خمر ** مست گردم بو برم از ذوق امر

Or perchance, by the reflexion of those rivers of wine, I may be intoxicated and obtain a scent of the delight of (obedience to) the (Divine) command;

یا بود کز لطف آن جوهای آب ** تازگی یابد تن شوره‌ی خراب 2520

Or perchance, by the favour of those rivers of water, my barren devastated body may gain refreshment—

شوره‌ام را سبزه‌ای پیدا شود ** خارزارم جنت ماوی شود

Some verdure may appear on my barren soil, my thorn-brake may become the Garden of (everlasting) abode;

بوک از عکس بهشت و چار جو ** جان شود از یاری حق یارجو

Perchance, by the reflexion of Paradise and the four rivers, my spirit, through God's befriending (it), may become a seeker of the Friend,

آنچنان که از عکس دوزخ گشته‌ام ** آتش و در قهر حق آغشته‌ام

In the same fashion as from the reflexion of Hell I have become fire and am steeped in the wrath of God.

گه ز عکس مار دوزخ هم‌چو مار ** گشته‌ام بر اهل جنت زهربار

At one moment, from the reflexion of the snake of Hell I have become (engaged in) dropping poison, like a snake, on those who shall dwell in Paradise;

گه ز عکس جوشش آب حمیم ** آب ظلمم کرده خلقان را رمیم 2525

At another time, from the reflexion of the boiling of the hot water (of Hell), the water of my oppression has made the people (like) rotten bones.