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.

این که تو کردی دو صد مادر نکرد ** عیسی از افسونش با عازر نکرد 275

Two hundred mothers never did (to their children) this which thou hast done (to me); Jesus by his (life-giving) spells never did (so much as this) to ‘Ázar (Lazarus).

از تو جانم از اجل نک جان ببرد ** عازر ار شد زنده زان دم باز مرد

Lo, through thee, my soul hath been delivered from death: if ‘Ázar was revived by that breath (of Jesus), yet he died again.”