حال خود تنها ندید آن متقی ** بلک حال مغربی و مشرقی

That God-fearing man did not see his own destiny only; nay, the destiny of (every) inhabitant of the West and East.

نور در چشم و دلش سازد سکن ** بهر چه سازد پی حب الوطن

The Light makes its abode in his eye and heart. Wherefore does it make (its abode there)? For love of home.

هم‌چو یوسف کو بدید اول به خواب ** که سجودش کرد ماه و آفتاب

(He is) like Joseph, who at first dreamed that the sun and moon bowed in worship before him:

از پس ده سال بلک بیشتر ** آنچ یوسف دید بد بر کرد سر

After ten years, nay, more, that which Joseph had seen came to pass.

نیست آن ینظر به نور الله گزاف ** نور ربانی بود گردون شکاف 3400

That (saying), ‘he sees by the Light of God,’ is not vain: the Divine Light rives the sky asunder.

نیست اندر چشم تو آن نور رو ** هستی اندر حس حیوانی گرو

In thine eye that Light is not. Go! Thou art in pawn to the animal senses.

تو ز ضعف چشم بینی پیش پا ** تو ضعیف و هم ضعیفت پیشوا

From weakness of eye thou seest (only) in front of thy foot: thou art weak and thy guide, too, is weak.

پیشوا چشمست دست و پای را ** کو ببیند جای را ناجای را

The eye is the guide for hand and foot, for it sees (both) the right and the wrong place.

دیگر آنک چشم من روشن‌ترست ** دیگر آنک خلقت من اطهرست

Another thing is that my eye is clearer; another, that my nature is purer,

زانک هستم من ز اولاد حلال ** نه ز اولاد زنا و اهل ضلال 3405

Because I am one of the lawfully begotten, not one of the children of adultery and the people of perdition.