چون زند شهوت درین وادی دهل ** چیست عقل تو فجل ابن الفجل
When lust beats the drum (of victory) in this vale, what is thy reason? A (worthless) radish and the son of a radish.
صد خلیفه گشته کمتر از مگس ** پیش چشم آتشینش آن نفس
To his fiery eye a hundred Caliphs seemed at that moment less than a gnat.
چون برون انداخت شلوار و نشست ** در میان پای زن آن زن‌پرست 3880
Postquam ille feminarum cultor bracas exuit et inter crura mulieris recubavit, [When that adorer of women threw off (his) trousers and sat between the woman’s legs,]
چون ذکر سوی مقر می‌رفت راست ** رستخیز و غلغل از لشکر بخاست
Quo tempore penis ejus ad sedem suam recte ibat, tumultus ingens et clamor militum exortus est. [When (his) penis went straight toward (her) seat (buttocks), a commotion and outcry arose from the army.]
برجهید و کون‌برهنه سوی صف ** ذوالفقاری هم‌چو آتش او به کف
Exsiliit et nudo podice in aciem (currebat), grasping a (flashing) scimitar in his hand. [He jumped up (and ran) naked of buttocks to the (army) ranks, grasping a fiery (flashing) scimitar in his hand.]
دید شیر نر سیه از نیستان ** بر زده بر قلب لشکر ناگهان
He saw that a fierce black lion from the jungle had suddenly rushed upon the centre of the army;
تازیان چون دیو در جوش آمده ** هر طویله و خیمه اندر هم زده
(That) the Arab horses were demoniacally excited, (that) every stable and tent was in confusion;
شیر نر گنبذ همی‌کرد از لغز ** در هوا چون موج دریا بیست گز 3885
(And that) the fierce lion from the covert was bounding twenty ells into the air, like billows of the sea.
پهلوان مردانه بود و بی‌حذر ** پیش شیر آمد چو شیر مست نر
The captain was manful and intrepid: he advanced, like a furious lion, to meet the lion.
زد به شمشیر و سرش را بر شکافت ** زود سوی خیمه‌ی مه‌رو شتافت
He smote (it) with his sword and clove its head; (then) at once he hastened (back) to the tent of the beauty.
چونک خود را او بدان حوری نمود ** مردی او هم‌چنین بر پای بود
Ubi sese puellae formosissimae ostendit, penis ejus itidem erectus erat. [When he showed himself to the hourí (lovely woman), his (organ of) manhood was erect in the same manner (as before).]
با چنان شیری به چالش گشت جفت ** مردی او مانده بر پای و نخفت
Pugna congressus erat cum tali leone: penis ejus erectus manebat nec languore jacuerat. [He joined in battle with such a lion: (yet) his manhood remained erect and did not rest (go limp).]
آن بت شیرین‌لقای ماه‌رو ** در عجب در ماند از مردی او 3890
Illa diva, facie venusta lunae simili praedita, virilitatis ejus admiratione obstupuit. [That moon-faced idol, sweet of countenance, was amazed at his manhood.]
جفت شد با او به شهوت آن زمان ** متحد گشتند حالی آن دو جان
Protinus cum eo magna cupidine coivit: illae duae animae statim unitae evaserunt. [She joined with him (eagerly) in that moment with lust: those two souls immediately became united.]
ز اتصال این دو جان با همدگر ** می‌رسد از غیبشان جانی دگر
Through the union of these two souls with one another, there will come to them from the Unseen World another soul.
رو نماید از طریق زادنی ** گر نباشد از علوقش ره‌زنی
It will appear by the road of birth, if there be naught to waylay (prevent) its conception.
هر کجا دو کس به مهری یا به کین ** جمع آید ثالثی زاید یقین
Wherever two persons unite in a love or hate, a third will certainly be born;
لیک اندر غیب زاید آن صور ** چون روی آن سو ببینی در نظر 3895
But those forms are born in the Unseen World: when you go thither, you will see them in (clear) view.
آن نتایج از قرانات تو زاد ** هین مگرد از هر قرینی زود شاد
That progeny is born of your associations: beware, do not rejoice too soon in any associate.
منتظر می‌باش آن میقات را ** صدق دان الحاق ذریات را
Remain in expectation of the appointed time (of meeting): recognise the truth of the (Divine) promise that the offspring shall join (their parents);
کز عمل زاییده‌اند و از علل ** هر یکی را صورت و نطق و طلل
For they are born of action and causes: each one hath form and speech and dwelling-place.