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;

کان نبد معروف بس مهجور بود ** از قلاع و از مناهج دور بود

For it was not well-known: it was exceedingly remote and aloof from the (other) fortresses and the highways.

چون بکرد آن منع دلشان زان مقال ** در هوس افتاد و در کوی خیال

(But) when he (the King) uttered that prohibition, their hearts were thrown by his speech into vain desire and into the quarter of phantasy,