هین مکن خود را خصی رهبان مشو ** زانک عفت هست شهوت را گرو

Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk; for chastity is in pawn to (depends on the existence of) lust.

بی‌هوا نهی از هوا ممکن نبود ** غازیی بر مردگان نتوان نمود

Without (the existence of) sensuality ’tis impossible to forbid sensuality: heroism cannot be displayed against the dead.

انفقوا گفتست پس کسپی بکن ** زانک نبود خرج بی‌دخل کهن

He (God) hath said ‘Spend’: therefore earn something, since there can be no expenditure without an old (previously acquired) income.

گر چه آورد انفقوا را مطلق او ** تو بخوان که اکسبوا ثم انفقوا 580

Although He used (the word) Spend absolutely, (yet) read (it as meaning) ‘Earn, then spend.’

هم‌چنان چون شاه فرمود اصبروا ** رغبتی باید کزان تابی تو رو

Similarly, since the King (God) has given the command ‘Refrain yourselves,’ there must be some desire from which thou shouldst avert thy face.

پس کلوا از بهر دام شهوتست ** بعد از آن لاتسرفوا آن عفتست

Hence (the command) ‘Eat ye’ is for the sake of the snare (temptation) of appetite; after that (comes) ‘Do not exceed’: that is temperance.

چونک محمول به نبود لدیه ** نیست ممکن بود محمول علیه

When there is no ‘predicate’ (relative quality) in him (any one), the existence of the ‘subject’ (the correlative term) is impossible.

چونک رنج صبر نبود مر ترا ** شرط نبود پس فرو ناید جزا

When thou hast not the pain of self-restraint, there is no protasis: therefore the apodosis (recompense) does not follow.

حبذا آن شرط و شادا آن جزا ** آن جزای دل‌نواز جان‌فزا 585

How admirable is that protasis and how joyful is that apodosis (recompense), a recompense that charms the heart and increases the life of the spirit!

در بیان آنک ثواب عمل عاشق از حق هم حق است

Explaining that God (Himself) is the reward bestowed by Him for the (devotional) work of the lover.

عاشقان را شادمانی و غم اوست ** دست‌مزد و اجرت خدمت هم اوست

For (His) lovers He (alone) is (all their) joy and sorrow; He (alone) is their wages and hire for service.