کل توی و جملگان اجزای تو ** بر گشا که هست پاشان پای تو

کل توی و جملگان اجزای تو ** بر گشا که هست پاشان پای تو 35

Thou art all, and they all are parts of thee: open (the prison), for their feet are thy feet.

از تو عالم روح زاری می‌شود ** پشت صد لشکر سواری می‌شود

By thee the (whole) world is made a place abounding in spirit: a single cavalier becomes the support of a hundred armies.

زانک این تن شد مقام چار خو ** نامشان شد چار مرغ فتنه‌جو

Inasmuch as this body is the abode (nest) of (these) four dispositions, they are named the four mischief-seeking birds.

خلق را گر زندگی خواهی ابد ** سر ببر زین چار مرغ شوم بد

If thou wish the people to have everlasting life, cut off the heads of these four foul and evil birds,

بازشان زنده کن از نوعی دگر ** که نباشد بعد از آن زیشان ضرر

(And then) revive them again in another sort, so that afterwards no harm will be done by them.

چار مرغ معنوی راه‌زن ** کرده‌اند اندر دل خلقان وطن 40

The four immaterial birds which infest the Way have made their home in the hearts of the people.

چون امیر جمله دلهای سوی ** اندرین دور ای خلیفه‌ی حق توی

Since in this epoch thou, O Vicegerent of God, art the commander of all righteous hearts,

سر ببر این چار مرغ زنده را ** سر مدی کن خلق ناپاینده را

Cut off the heads of these four live birds and make everlasting the creatures that are not enduring for ever.

بط و طاوسست و زاغست و خروس ** این مثال چار خلق اندر نفوس

There is the duck and the peacock and the crow and the cock: these are a parable of the four (evil) dispositions in (human) souls.

بط حرصست و خروس آن شهوتست ** جاه چون طاوس و زاغ امنیتست

The duck is greed, and the cock is lust; eminence is like the peacock, and the crow is (worldly) desire.