تلخی هجر از ذکور و از اناث ** دور دار ای مجرمان را مستغاث

Keep the bitterness of banishment aloof from males and females, O thou whose help is besought by sinners!

بر امید وصل تو مردن خوشست ** تلخی هجر تو فوق آتشست

‘Tis sweet to die in hope of union with thee; the bitterness of banishment from thee is worse than fire.”

گبر می‌گوید میان آن سقر ** چه غمم بودی گرم کردی نظر

Amidst Hell-fire the infidel is saying, “What pain should I feel if He (God) were to look on me (with favour)?”

کان نظر شیرین کننده‌ی رنجهاست ** ساحران را خونبهای دست و پاست

For that look makes (all) pains sweet: it is the blood-price (paid) to the magicians (of Pharaoh) for (the amputation of) their hands and feet.

تفسیر گفتن ساحران فرعون را در وقت سیاست با او کی لا ضیر انا الی ربنا منقلبون

Commentary on the Saying of Pharaoh's magicians in the hour of their punishment, “’Tis no harm, for lo, we shall return unto our Lord.”

نعره‌ی لا ضیر بشنید آسمان ** چرخ گویی شد پی آن صولجان 4120

Heaven heard the cry, “’Tis no harm”: the celestial sphere became a ball for that bat.

ضربت فرعون ما را نیست ضیر ** لطف حق غالب بود بر قهر غیر

(The magicians said), “The punishment inflicted by Pharaoh is no harm to us: the grace of God prevails over the violence of (all) others.

گر بدانی سر ما را ای مضل ** می‌رهانیمان ز رنج ای کوردل

If thou shouldst (come to) know our secret, O misleader, (thou wouldst see that) thou art delivering us from pain, O man whose heart is blind.

هین بیا زین سو ببین کین ارغنون ** می‌زند یا لیت قومی یعلمون

Hark, come and from this quarter behold this organ pealing ‘Oh, would that my people knew!’

داد ما را داد حق فرعونیی ** نه چو فرعونیت و ملکت فانیی

God's bounty hath bestowed on us a Pharaohship, (but) not a perishable one like thy Pharaohship and kingdom.

سر بر آر و ملک بین زنده و جلیل ** ای شده غره به مصر و رود نیل 4125

Lift up thy head and behold the living and majestic kingdom, O thou who hast been deluded by Egypt and the river Nile.