آن مگر سلطان بود شاه رفیع ** یا بود مقبول سلطان و شفیع

That friend, in sooth, may be the (Divine) Sultan and exalted King, or he may be one accepted of the Sultan and one who intercedes (with Him).

رستی از قلاب و سالوس و دغل ** غر او دیدی عیان پیش از اجل 1520

You are (now) delivered from the false coiner and (his) hypocrisy and fraud: you have seen his tumour (imposture) plainly before death.

این جفای خلق با تو در جهان ** گر بدانی گنج زر آمد نهان

If you understood (aright) this injustice shown towards you by the people in the world, it is a hidden treasure of gold.

خلق را با تو چنین بدخو کنند ** تا ترا ناچار رو آن سو کنند

The people are made to be thus evil-natured towards you, that your face may inevitably be turned Yonder.

این یقین دان که در آخر جمله‌شان ** خصم گردند و عدو و سرکشان

Know this for sure that in the end all of them will become adversaries and foes and rebels.

تو بمانی با فغان اندر لحد ** لا تذرنی فرد خواهان از احد

You will be left in the tomb, lamenting and beseeching the One (God), (and crying), “Do not leave me (here) alone!

ای جفاات به ز عهد وافیان ** هم ز داد تست شهد وافیان 1525

O Thou whose harshness is better than the troth of the faithful, the honey (kindness) of the faithful is also from Thy bounty.”

بشنو از عقل خود ای انباردار ** گندم خود را به ارض الله سپار

Hearken to your own reason, O possessor of a granary, and commit your wheat to the earth of Allah,

تا شود آمن ز دزد و از شپش ** دیو را با دیوچه زوتر بکش

That it may be safe from thieves and weevils. Kill the Devil with the wood-fretter (of reason) as quickly as possible;

کو همی ترساندت هم دم ز فقر ** هم‌چو کبکش صید کن ای نره صقر

For he is always frightening you with (the threat of) poverty: make him your prey like a partridge, O valiant hawk.