هشت سالت جوش دادم در فراق ** کم نشد یک ذره خامیت و نفاق

Eight years have I boiled, thee in separation (from me): thy rawness and hypocrisy have not become less by a single mote.

غوره‌ی تو سنگ بسته کز سقام ** غوره‌ها اکنون مویزند و تو خام 305

Thy young grape is indurated; for through sickness the (other) young grapes are now raisins, while thou art (still) immature.”

عذر خواستن آن عاشق از گناه خویش به تلبیس و روی پوش و فهم کردن معشوق آن را نیز

How the lover begged to be excused for his sin, (but) with duplicity and dissimulation; and how the beloved perceived that also.

گفت عاشق امتحان کردم مگیر ** تا ببینم تو حریفی یا ستیر

The lover said, “I made the trial—do not take offence—that I might see whether thou art a hetaera or a modest woman. [The lover said, “I made the trial—do not take offence—that I might see whether thou art a courtesan or a modest woman.]

من همی دانستمت بی‌امتحان ** لیک کی باشد خبر هم‌چون عیان

I was knowing (it) without the trial, but how should hearing be the same as seeing?

آفتابی نام تو مشهور و فاش ** چه زیانست ار بکردم ابتلاش

Thou art (like) the sun: thy name is renowned and known to all: what harm is there if I have tested it?

تو منی من خویشتن را امتحان ** می‌کنم هر روز در سود و زیان

Thou art I: every day I am making trial of myself in profit and loss (good and evil).

انبیا را امتحان کرده عدات ** تا شده ظاهر ازیشان معجزات 310

The prophets were put to the trial by their enemies, with the result that miracles were displayed by them.

امتحان چشم خود کردم به نور ** ای که چشم بد ز چشمان تو دور

I made trial of my own eye with light, O thou from whose eyes may the evil eye be far!

این جهان هم‌چون خرابست و تو گنج ** گر تفحص کردم از گنجت مرنج

This world is as the ruin, and thou the treasure (buried there): if I have made investigation concerning thy treasure, be not aggrieved.

زان چنین بی‌خردگی کردم گزاف ** تا زنم با دشمنان هر بار لاف

I recklessly committed such an indiscretion, that I may always boast (of thy virtue) to (thy) enemies;