پرورش دادم مر او را زان چمن ** کی بگفت اندر بگنجد فن من

پرورش دادم مر او را زان چمن ** کی بگفت اندر بگنجد فن من 4835

I gave him nourishment from that garden: how should (the description of) My artfulness be contained in words.

داده من ایوب را مهر پدر ** بهر مهمانی کرمان بی‌ضرر

I bestowed on Job a father's love in order that he might entertain the worms hospitably and do them no harm.

داده کرمان را برو مهر ولد ** بر پدر من اینت قدرت اینت ید

I bestowed on the worms love for him like that of children for their father. Look, here is (a token of My) Power, here is (a token of My) Hand!

مادران را داب من آموختم ** چون بود لطفی که من افروختم

I have taught mothers to care (for their children): how (infinite) must be the kindness that I have kindled!

صد عنایت کردم و صد رابطه ** تا ببیند لطف من بی‌واسطه

(Unto him) I showed a hundred favours and (knit) a hundred ties (of obligation), that he might experience My kindness directly,

تا نباشد از سبب در کش‌مکش ** تا بود هر استعانت از منش 4840

And not be distracted by any secondary cause, to the end that every call for help should be made by him to Me,

ورنه تا خود هیچ عذری نبودش ** شکوتی نبود ز هر یار بدش

Or at least that he should have no excuse (for turning elsewhere) and no occasion to complain of any evil companion.

این حضانه دید با صد رابطه ** که بپروردم ورا بی‌واسطه

He enjoyed this tender care (cemented) by a hundred ties, for I fostered him (Myself) without an intermediary.

شکر او آن بود ای بنده‌ی جلیل ** که شد او نمرود و سوزنده‌ی خلیل

His thanks, O honoured servant, were this, that he became Nimrod and the burner of Khalíl (Abraham)”—

هم‌چنان کین شاه‌زاده شکر شاه ** کرد استکبار و استکثار جاه

Just as this prince, in return for the favours of the King, showed arrogance and sought to aggrandise himself,