او به حمام زنان دلاک بود ** در دغا و حیله بس چالاک بود

او به حمام زنان دلاک بود ** در دغا و حیله بس چالاک بود 2230

He was a shampooer in the women's bath, and very active in (contriving) fraud and deceit.

سالها می‌کرد دلاکی و کس ** بو نبرد از حال و سر آن هوس

For (many) years he went on shampooing, and no one suspected the (real) nature and secret of his fondness (for that employment).

زانک آواز و رخش زن‌وار بود ** لیک شهوت کامل و بیدار بود

(’Twas) because, (though) his voice and countenance were woman-like, yet his lust was at full strength and wide-awake.

چادر و سربند پوشیده و نقاب ** مرد شهوانی و در غره‌ی شباب

He wore the chádar and snood and veil, (but he was) a man lustful and in the prime of youth.

دختران خسروان را زین طریق ** خوش همی‌مالید و می‌شست آن عشیق

In this fashion that enamoured man was massaging and washing the daughters of emperors,

توبه‌ها می‌کرد و پا در می‌کشید ** نفس کافر توبه‌اش را می‌درید 2235

(And though) he often resolved on repentance and was turning his back (on sin), the miscreant carnal soul would always tear his repentance to pieces.

رفت پیش عارفی آن زشت‌کار ** گفت ما را در دعایی یاد دار

That evil-doer (Nasúh) went to a gnostic and said, “Remember me in a prayer.”

سر او دانست آن آزادمرد ** لیک چون حلم خدا پیدا نکرد

The holy man knew his secret but, (acting) like the forbearance of God, he did not divulge it;

بر لبش قفلست و در دل رازها ** لب خموش و دل پر از آوازها

(For) on his (the gnostic's) lips is a lock, while his heart is full of mysteries: his lips are silent, though his heart is filled with voices.

عارفان که جام حق نوشیده‌اند ** رازها دانسته و پوشیده‌اند

Gnostics, who have drunk of the cup of God, have known the mysteries and kept them hidden.