Explain, in order that the tale may be the means of curing (our malady); explain, that it may be a salve for our souls.
باز گو تا قصه درمانها شود ** باز گو تا مرهم جانها شود
Explain! for in consequence of the iniquity of that tyrant our souls have myriads of wounds.”
باز گو کز ظلم آن استم نما ** صد هزاران زخم دارد جان ما
“O Sirs,” said he, “it was (by) God's aid; else, who in the world is a hare (who am I, that I should have been able to do this)?1365
گفت تایید خدا بود ای مهان ** ور نه خرگوشی که باشد در جهان
He (God) bestowed power on me and gave light to my heart: the light in my heart gave strength to hand and foot.”
قوتم بخشید و دل را نور داد ** نور دل مر دست و پا را زور داد
From God come preferments (to high position), from God also come changes (which bring one to low estate).
از بر حق می‌‌رسد تفضیلها ** باز هم از حق رسد تبدیلها
God in (due) course and turn is ever displaying this (Divine) aid to doubters and seers (alike).
حق به دور و نوبت این تایید را ** می‌‌نماید اهل ظن و دید را
How the hare admonished the beasts, saying, “Do not rejoice in this!”
پند دادن خرگوش نخجیران را که بدین شاد مشوید
Take heed! Do not exult in a kingdom bestowed in turns (passing from one to another), O thou who art the bondsman of Vicissitude, do not act as though thou wert free!
هین به ملک نوبتی شادی مکن ** ای تو بسته‌‌ی نوبت آزادی مکن
(But) those for whom is prepared a kingdom beyond Vicissitude, for them the drums (of sovereignty) are beaten beyond the Seven Planets.1370
آن که ملکش برتر از نوبت تنند ** برتر از هفت انجمش نوبت زنند
Beyond Vicissitude are the kings everlasting: their spirits are circling with the Cupbearer perpetually.
برتر از نوبت ملوک باقی‌‌اند ** دور دایم روحها با ساقی‌‌اند
If thou wilt renounce this drinking (of worldly pleasures) for a day or two (for thy brief lifetime), thou wilt dip thy mouth in the drink of Paradise.
ترک این شرب ار بگویی یک دو روز ** در کنی اندر شراب خلد پوز
Commentary on (the Tradition) “We have returned from the lesser Jihád to the greater Jihád.”