زانک بی‌لذت نروید هیچ جزو ** بلک لاغر گردد از هی پیچ جزو

For without pleasure no part will grow; on the contrary, at every spasm (of pain) the part (affected) becomes thin (dwindles).

جزو ماند و آن خوشی از یاد رفت ** بل نرفت آن خفیه شد از پنج و هفت

The part remained (in being), but the pleasure vanished from memory; nay, it did not vanish, (though) it became concealed from the five (senses) and the seven (members of the body).

هم‌چو تابستان که از وی پنبه‌زاد ** ماند پنبه رفت تابستان ز یاد 1800

(’Tis) like summer, from which cotton is born: the cotton remains, the summer is no more remembered;

یا مثال یخ که زاید از شتا ** شد شتا پنهان و آن یخ پیش ما

Or like the ice which is born of winter: winter disappears, but the ice is with us.

هست آن یخ زان صعوبت یادگار ** یادگار صیف در دی این ثمار

The ice is a souvenir of the hardships (of winter), and in December these fruits are a souvenir of summer.

هم‌چنان هر جزو جزوت ای فتی ** در تنت افسانه گوی نعمتی

Similarly, O youth, every single part in thy body is telling the story of a (past) bounty,

چون زنی که بیست فرزندش بود ** هر یکی حاکی حال خوش بود

As, (in the case of) a woman who has twenty children, each (child) is telling of a (past) delight.

حمل نبود بی ز مستی و ز لاغ ** بی بهاری کی شود زاینده باغ 1805

There is no pregnancy without (past) rapture and amorous sport: how should the orchard produce (fruit) without a Spring?

حاملان و بچگانشان بر کنار ** شد دلیل عشق‌بازی با بهار

The pregnant (trees) and the children on their laps are evidence of dalliance with the Spring.

هر درختی در رضاع کودکان ** هم‌چو مریم حامل از شاهی نهان

Every tree (engaged) in suckling its children is impregnated, like Mary, by a King unseen.