بت شکستی گیرم ابراهیم‌وار ** کو بت تن را فدی کردن بنار 2505
I grant you have (formally) broken the idol, like Abraham, (but) what of devoting the idol, (which is) your body, to the fire (of self-mortification)?
گر دلیلت هست اندر فعل آر ** تیغ چوبین را بدان کن ذوالفقار
If you have the proof (that you are a true saint), put it into practice: by means of that (practice) make your wooden sword (sharp) as Dhu ’l-faqár.
آن دلیلی که ترا مانع شود ** از عمل آن نقمت صانع بود
The proof that hinders you from the practice (of saintly works) is (the cause of your incurring) the vengeance of the (Divine) Maker.
خایفان راه را کردی دلیر ** از همه لرزان‌تری تو زیر زیر
You have emboldened those who are afraid of (travelling on) the Way, (but) underneath (inwardly) you are more tremulous (infirm) than all (the rest).
بر همه درس توکل می‌کنی ** در هوا تو پشه را رگ می‌زنی
You lecture to them all on trust in God, (while) you are slitting the vein of the gnat in the air.
ای مخنث پیش رفته از سپاه ** بر دروغ ریش تو کیرت گواه 2510
O pathice, qui exercitum praecessisti, barbae tuae mendaciam penis tuus testatur. [O impotent sodomite, (making a false show of) going ahead of the army, your penis (is) witness to the falsehood of your beard (your false claim of manhood).]
چون ز نامردی دل آکنده بود ** ریش و سبلت موجب خنده بود
When the heart is filled with unmanliness, the beard and moustache are a cause of laughter.
توبه‌ای کن اشک باران چون مطر ** ریش و سبلت را ز خنده باز خر
Make a (vow of) repentance, shed tears like rain, redeem your beard and moustache from laughter.
داروی مردی بخور اندر عمل ** تا شوی خورشید گرم اندر حمل
Restore your manliness (by engaging) in (devotional) works, that you may become (like) the hot sun in (the sign of) Aries.
معده را بگذار و سوی دل خرام ** تا که بی‌پرده ز حق آید سلام
Leave the belly and stride towards the heart (spirit), in order that the salutation may come to you from God without (any) veil.
یک دو گامی رو تکلف ساز خوش ** عشق گیرد گوش تو آنگاه کش 2515
Advance one or two paces, make a good endeavour: Love will lay hold of your ear and then draw (you onward).
غالب شدن حیله‌ی روباه بر استعصام و تعفف خر و کشیدن روبه خر را سوی شیر به بیشه
How the cunning of the fox prevailed over the desire of the ass to preserve and restrain himself (from yielding to temptation), and how the fox led the ass to the lion in the jungle.
روبه اندر حیله پای خود فشرد ** ریش خر بگرفت و آن خر را ببرد
The fox embarked on the plot: he seized the ass's beard and led him away.
مطرب آن خانقه کو تا که تفت ** دف زند که خر برفت و خر برفت
Where is the musician of that Súfí monastery, that he may quickly play the tambourine (and sing), “The ass is gone, the ass is gone”?
چونک خرگوشی برد شیری به چاه ** چون نیارد روبهی خر تا گیاه
Since a hare brings a lion to the well, how should not a fox lead an ass to the grass?
گوش را بر بند و افسونها مخور ** جز فسون آن ولی دادگر
Shut thine ear and do not swallow (beguiling) spells: (swallow naught) but the spell of the righteous saint—
آن فسون خوشتر از حلوای او ** آنک صد حلواست خاک پای او 2520
That spell of his, (which is) sweeter than halwá, that (spell) of whose feet a hundred halwá’s are (only) the dust.
خنبهای خسروانی پر ز می ** مایه برده از می لبهای وی
The imperial jars full of the wine (of mystical knowledge) have drawn their stock from the wine of his lips.
عاشق می باشد آن جان بعید ** کو می لبهای لعلش را ندید
(Only) that alien soul which has never seen the wine of his ruby lips is a lover of the wine (of conventional knowledge).
آب شیرین چون نبیند مرغ کور ** چون نگردد گرد چشمه‌ی آب شور
Since the blind bird does not see the sweet water, how should not it circle round the brackish water?
موسی جان سینه را سینا کند ** طوطیان کور را بینا کند
The spiritual Moses makes the breast a Sinai: he makes the blind parrots able to see.
خسرو شیرین جان نوبت زدست ** لاجرم در شهر قند ارزان شدست 2525
The Khusraw (who is the lover) of the spiritual Shírín has beaten the drum (of sovereignty); consequently sugar has become cheap in the city.
یوسفان غیب لشکر می‌کشند ** تنگهای قند و شکر می‌کشند
The Josephs of the unseen world are marching: they are bringing bales of candy and sugar.
اشتران مصر را رو سوی ما ** بشنوید ای طوطیان بانگ درا
The faces of the camels of Egypt are (turned) towards us: hearken, O parrots, to the sound of the (camel-)bell.
شهر ما فردا پر از شکر شود ** شکر ارزانست ارزان‌تر شود
To-morrow our city will be filled with sugar; sugar is cheap (to-day): (tomorrow) it will be cheaper.
در شکر غلطید ای حلواییان ** هم‌چو طوطی کوری صفراییان
O confectioners, wallow in sugar, like the parrot, in despite of the bilious ones.