زنده کرده و معتق و دربان تو ** این جهان و آن جهان بر خوان تو

زنده کرده و معتق و دربان تو ** این جهان و آن جهان بر خوان تو 265

I am made living by thee and liberated by thee, and am thy doorkeeper (eating) at thy table in this world and in the next.

هر که بگزیند جزین بگزیده خوان ** عاقبت درد گلویش ز استخوان

Whosoever chooses any but this choice table, in the end his gullet will be torn by the bone (of perdition).

هر که سوی خوان غیر تو رود ** دیو با او دان که هم‌کاسه بود

Whosoever goes to the table of any but thee, know that the Devil shares his cup.

هر که از همسایگی تو رود ** دیو بی‌شکی که همسایه‌ش شود

Whosoever departs from thy neighbourhood, without any doubt the Devil will become his neighbour;

ور رود بی‌تو سفر او دوردست ** دیو بد همراه و هم‌سفره‌ی ویست

And if without thee he go on a far journey, the wicked Devil is his fellow-traveller and table-companion;

ور نشیند بر سر اسپ شریف ** حاسد ماهست دیو او را ردیف 270

And if he mount a noble horse, (since) he is envious of the Moon, the Devil sits behind him;

ور بچه گیرد ازو شهناز او ** دیو در نسلش بود انباز او

And if his Shahnáz be got with child by him, the Devil is his partner in begetting it.”

در نبی شارکهم گفتست حق ** هم در اموال و در اولاد ای شفق

O thou that glowest (with faith), God hath said in the Qur’án, “Share with them in their wealth and children.”

گفت پیغامبر ز غیب این را جلی ** در مقالات نوادر با علی

The Prophet, (who drew inspiration) from the Unseen, explained this (matter) clearly in his marvellous discourses with ‘Alí.

یا رسول‌الله رسالت را تمام ** تو نمودی هم‌چو شمس بی‌غمام

“O Prophet of Allah, thou hast displayed (the truth of) thy prophetic mission completely, like the cloudless sun.