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

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,

که چرا من تابع غیری شوم ** چونک صاحب ملک و اقبال نوم 4845

Saying, “Why should I become the follower of another when I possess empire and new (splendid) fortune?”

لطف‌های شه که ذکر آن گذشت ** از تجبر بر دلش پوشیده گشت

(Hence) the King's favours, of which the tale has been told above, were veiled from his heart (in oblivion) by his outrageous insolence—

هم‌چنان نمرود آن الطاف را ** زیر پا بنهاد از جهل و عمی

“Even so did Nimrod ignorantly and blindly trample underfoot those favours (of Mine).

این زمان کافر شد و ره می‌زند ** کبر و دعوی خدایی می‌کند

Now he has become an infidel and is waylaying (the faithful): he is acting with arrogance and pretending to Divinity.

رفته سوی آسمان با جلال ** با سه کرکس تا کند با من قتال

By means of three vultures he has gone (flown) towards august Heaven in order to battle with Me,