رو بترس و طعنه کم زن بر بدان ** پیش دام حکم عجز خود بدان‌‌

Go, fear (God) and do not rail at the wicked: know thine own impotence before the snare of the (Divine) decree.

تعجب کردن آدم علیه السلام از ضلالت ابلیس لعین و عجب آوردن‌‌

How Adam, on whom be peace, marvelled at the perdition of the accursed Iblís and showed vanity.

چشم آدم بر بلیسی کو شقی ست ** از حقارت و از زیافت بنگریست‌‌

The eye of Adam looked with contempt and scorn on Iblís who is damned.

خویش بینی کرد و آمد خود گزین ** خنده زد بر کار ابلیس لعین‌‌

He behaved with self-conceit and became self-approving: he laughed at the plight of accursed Iblís.

بانگ بر زد غیرت حق کای صفی ** تو نمی‌‌دانی ز اسرار خفی‌‌ 3895

The jealousy of God cried out (against him)—“O chosen one, thou art ignorant of the hidden mysteries (of His providence).

پوستین را باژگونه گر کند ** کوه را از بیخ و از بن بر کند

If He should turn the fur inside out, He would tear up from root and bottom (even) the (firmest) mountain (of faith);

پرده‌‌ی صد آدم آن دم بر درد ** صد بلیس نو مسلمان آورد

At that instant He would rend the veil of (put to shame) a hundred Adams and bring (to light) a hundred Devils newly converted to Islam.”

گفت آدم توبه کردم زین نظر ** این چنین گستاخ نندیشم دگر

Adam said, “I repent of this look; I will not think so disrespectfully again.”

یا غیاث المستغیثین اهدنا ** لا افتخار بالعلوم و الغنی‌‌

O Help of them that call for help, lead us (aright)! There is no (cause for) pride in knowledge or riches.

لا تزغ قلبا هدیت بالکرم ** و اصرف السوء الذی خط القلم‌‌ 3900

Do not let a heart stray that Thou hast guided by Thy grace, and avert the evil which the Pen has written.

بگذران از جان ما سوء القضا ** وا مبر ما را ز اخوان صفا

Let the evil of Thy ordainment pass from our souls: do not cut us off from those who are sincere.

تلخ‌‌تر از فرقت تو هیچ نیست ** بی‌‌پناهت غیر پیچا پیچ نیست‌‌

There is naught more bitter than separation from Thee: without Thy protection there is naught but perplexity.

رخت ما هم رخت ما را راه زن ** جسم ما مر جان ما را جامه کن‌‌

Our (worldly) goods waylay (and plunder) our (spiritual) goods: our bodies tear the garment (of spirituality) from our souls.

دست ما چون پای ما را می‌‌خورد ** بی‌‌امان تو کسی جان چون برد

Inasmuch as (the evil wrought by) our hand devours (the good towards which we move) our foot, how shall any one save his soul without Thy security?

ور برد جان زین خطرهای عظیم ** برده باشد مایه‌‌ی ادبار و بیم‌‌ 3905

And (even) if (unaided) he save his soul from these awful dangers, he will (only) have saved a stock of misfortune and fear,

ز آن که جان چون واصل جانان نبود ** تا ابد با خویش کور است و کبود

Because the soul, when it is not united with the Beloved, is blind and blue (miserable) with itself for ever.

چون تو ندهی راه جان خود برده گیر ** جان که بی‌‌تو زنده باشد مرده گیر

When Thou wilt not give him admission (to Thy presence) —even suppose he has saved his soul, regard as dead the soul that would live without Thee.

گر تو طعنه می‌‌زنی بر بندگان ** مر ترا آن می‌‌رسد ای کامران‌‌

If Thou art upbraiding Thy slaves, that is suitable to Thee, O Thou whose every wish is fulfilled.

ور تو ماه و مهر را گویی جفا ** ور تو قد سرو را گویی دوتا

And if Thou utter abuse of the moon and sun, and if Thou say that the (straight) stature of the cypress is (bent) double,

ور تو چرخ و عرش را خوانی حقیر ** ور تو کان و بحر را گویی فقیر 3910

And if Thou call the sky and the empyrean contemptible, and if Thou say that the mine and the sea are poor—

آن به نسبت با کمال تو رواست ** ملک اکمال فناها مر تراست‌‌

That is proper in reference to Thy perfection: Thine is the power of perfecting (all) mortalities,

که تو پاکی از خطر و ز نیستی ** نیستان را موجد و معنیستی‌‌

For Thou art holy (and free) from danger and from non-existence: Thou art He that brings the non-existent ones into being and endows (them with existence).

آن که رویانید داند سوختن ** ز آن که چون بدرید داند دوختن‌‌

He that made to grow can burn (destroy), because when He has torn, He can sew (mend).

می‌‌بسوزد هر خزان مر باغ را ** باز رویاند گل صباغ را

Every autumn He burns (withers) the garden; (then) He makes to grow again the rose that dyes (the garden),

کای بسوزیده برون آ تازه شو ** بار دیگر خوب و خوب آوازه شو 3915

Saying, “O thou who wert withered, come forth, be fresh, once more be fair and of fair renown!”

چشم نرگس کور شد بازش بساخت ** حلق نی ببرید و بازش خود نواخت‌‌

The eye of the narcissus became blind: He restored it; the throat of the reed was cut: He himself fostered it again (and revived it).