او توست اما نه این تو آن توست ** که در آخر واقف بیرون‌شوست

He (the prophet) is thou, but not this (unreal) “thou”: (he is) that “thou” which in the end is conscious of escape (from the world of illusion).

توی آخر سوی توی اولت ** آمدست از بهر تنبیه و صلت 3775

Thy last (unreal) “thou” has come to thy first (real) “thou” to receive admonition and gifts.

توی تو در دیگری آمد دفین ** من غلام مرد خودبینی چنین

Thy (real) “thou” is buried in another (unreal “thou”): I am the (devoted) slave of a man who thus (truly) sees himself.

آنچ در آیینه می‌بیند جوان ** پیر اندر خشت بیند بیش از آن

That which the youth sees in the mirror the Elder sees beforehand in the (crude iron) brick.

ز امر شاه خویش بیرون آمدیم ** با عنایات پدر یاغی شدیم

(The princes said), “We have transgressed the command of our King, we have rebelled against the favours of our father.

سهل دانستیم قول شاه را ** وان عنایت‌های بی اشباه را

We have lightly esteemed the King's word and those incomparable favours.

نک در افتادیم در خندق همه ** کشته و خسته‌ی بلا بی ملحمه 3780

Lo, we all are fallen into the moat, killed and wounded by affliction without combat.

تکیه بر عقل خود و فرهنگ خویش ** بودمان تا این بلا آمد به پیش

We relied on our own intelligence and wisdom, so that this tribulation has come to pass.

بی‌مرض دیدیم خویش و بی ز رق ** آنچنان که خویش را بیمار دق

We regarded ourselves as being without disease and emancipated (from fear of death), just as one suffering from phthisis regards himself.

علت پنهان کنون شد آشکار ** بعد از آنک بند گشتیم و شکار

Now, after we have been made prisoners and a prey, the hidden malady has become apparent.”