تا که روزی کین بمیرد ناگهان ** پیش چشم خود نهد او شمع جان

In order that, one day when this (bodily lamp) dies of a sudden, he may place before his eye the candle of the spirit.

او نکرد این فهم پس داد از غرر ** شمع فانی را بفانیی دگر

He (the king) did not understand this; therefore in his heedlessness he applied the perishing candle to another perishable.

عروس آوردن پادشاه فرزند خود را از خوف انقطاع نسل

How the king brought his son a bride for fear of his race coming to an end.

پس عروسی خواست باید بهر او ** تا نماید زین تزوج نسل رو

(The king said to himself), “It is necessary, then, to seek a bride for him, that from this marriage offspring may appear,

گر رود سوی فنا این باز باز ** فرخ او گردد ز بعد باز باز

(So that) if this falcon (my son) return to the state of mortality his young may become a falcon after (the death of) the falcon,

صورت او باز گر زینجا رود ** معنی او در ولد باقی بود 3115

(And that) if the form of this falcon go from here, his inward meaning may endure in his son.

بهر این فرمود آن شاه نبیه ** مصطفی که الولد سر ابیه

On account of this, that renowned (spiritual) king, Mustafá (Mohammed), said, ‘The son is the marrow of his father.’

بهر این معنی همه خلق از شغف ** می‌بیاموزند طفلان را حرف

For this reason all people, (being moved) by heartfelt love, teach their children (their own) trades,

تا بماند آن معانی در جهان ** چون شود آن قالب ایشان نهان

To the end that these inward meanings may remain in the world when that body of theirs becomes hidden.

حق به حکمت حرصشان دادست جد ** بهر رشد هر صغیر مستعد

God in His wisdom has given them intense desire for the right guidance of every little one capable (of learning).

من هم از بهر دوام نسل خویش ** جفت خواهم پور خود را خوب کیش 3120

I too, for the purpose of (ensuring) the continuance of my race, will seek for my son a wife of good principles.