حسن حق بینند اندر روی حور ** هم‌چو مه در آب از صنع غیور

Through the working of the Jealous One, they (the mystics) behold the beauty of God in the faces of the houris, like the moon (reflected) in water.

غیرتش بر عاشقی و صادقیست ** غیرتش بر دیو و بر استور نیست

His jealousy is (directed) against a lover and sincere (adorer); His jealousy is not (directed) against a (human) devil and beast;

دیو اگر عاشق شود هم گوی برد ** جبرئیلی گشت و آن دیوی بمرد

(But) if the devil become a lover (of God), he has carried off the palm: he has become a Gabriel and his devilish nature is dead.

اسلم الشیطان آنجا شد پدید ** که یزیدی شد ز فضلش بایزید

(The meaning of) ‘the Devil became a true believer’ is made manifest on the occasion when by His (God's) grace a Yazíd becomes a Báyazíd.

این سخن پایان ندارد ای گروه ** هین نگه دارید زان قلعه وجوه 3650

This topic is endless. Beware, O company (of travellers), keep your faces (safe) from that fortress!

هین مبادا که هوستان ره زند ** که فتید اندر شقاوت تا ابد

Oh, let not vain desire waylay you, or ye will fall into everlasting misery.

از خطر پرهیز آمد مفترض ** بشنوید از من حدیث بی‌غرض

’Tis a bounden duty to abstain from peril: hear disinterested advice from me.

در فرج جویی خرد سر تیز به ** از کمین‌گاه بلا پرهیز به

In seeking relief (from sorrow) ’tis better that one's wits should be sharp: ’tis better to abstain from (falling into) the ambuscade of tribulation.”

گر نمی‌گفت این سخن را آن پدر ** ور نمی‌فرمود زان قلعه حذر

If their father had not spoken these words and had not warned them against that fortress,

خود بدان قلعه نمی‌شد خیلشان ** خود نمی‌افتاد آن سو میلشان 3655

Their party would never have approached the fortress, their desire would never have inclined towards it;