بر گشایم گر نمی‌ارزد مخر ** تا نباشد بر تو حیفی ای پدر
I will open (it): if it is not worth (the money), don't buy, lest you be defrauded, O father!”
گفت ای ستار بر مگشای راز ** سرببسته می‌خرم با من بساز 4525
He (the deputy) said (addressing God), “O Veiler (of faults), do not reveal the secret!” (Then he said to Júhí), “I will buy it with the lid on: come to terms with me.
ستر کن تا بر تو ستاری کنند ** تا نبینی آمنی بر کس مخند
Veil (the faults of others) in order that (the like) veiling may be vouchsafed to you: do not deride any one till you see (yourself in) security.
بس درین صندوق چون تو مانده‌اند ** خوش را اندر بلا بنشانده‌اند
Many like you have been left in this chest and have landed themselves in tribulation.
آنچ بر تو خواه آن باشد پسند ** بر دگر کس آن کن از رنج و گزند
Inflict upon another (only) the pain and injury that you would wish and approve for yourself,
زانک بر مرصاد حق واندر کمین ** می‌دهد پاداش پیش از یوم دین
For God is lying in wait and in ambush, ready to give retribution before the Day of Judgement.
آن عظیم العرش عرش او محیط ** تخت دادش بر همه جانها بسیط 4530
All-encompassing is the Throne of Him who is throned in grandeur: over all souls is spread the Throne of His justice.
گوشه‌ی عرشش به تو پیوسته است ** هین مجنبان جز بدین و داد دست
A corner of His throne is touching you: beware, do not move a hand to act impiously or unjustly.
تو مراقب باش بر احوال خویش ** نوش بین در داد و بعد از ظلم نیش
Keep a careful watch over your own behaviour: observe that the honey is (contained) in justice and that after injustice comes the sting.”
گفت آری اینچ کردم استم است ** لیک هم می‌دان که بادی اظلم است
He (Júhí) said, “Yes, what I did is wrong, but at the same time (you must) know (the proverb) that the aggressor is the more unjust (of the two).”