She from whose disdain thy heart and soul are bleeding, how will it be when she turns to entreaty?
آن که از نازش دل و جان خون بود ** چون که آید در نیاز او چون بود
She in whose tyranny and cruelty we are snared, what plea shall we have when she rises to plead?
آن که در جور و جفایش دام ماست ** عذر ما چه بود چو او در عذر خاست
(The love of desired things, women, etc.) is decked out for men (made attractive to them): God has arranged it: how can they escape from what God has arranged?2425
زين للناس حق آراسته ست ** ز آن چه حق آراست چون دانند جست
Inasmuch as He created her (the woman) that he (Adam) might take comfort in her, how can Adam be parted from Eve?
چون پی یسکن الیهاش آفرید ** کی تواند آدم از حوا برید
Though he (the husband) be Rustam son of Zál and greater than Hamza (in valour), as regards authority he is his old woman's (his wife's) captive.
رستم زال ار بود وز حمزه بیش ** هست در فرمان اسیر زال خویش
He (the Prophet), by whose words the (whole) world was intoxicated, used to cry, “Speak to me, O Humayrá!”
آن که عالم مست گفتش آمدی ** کلمینی یا حمیراء می‌‌زدی
The water prevailed over (extinguished) the fire by its dread onset, (but) the fire makes it seethe when it (the water) is screened (hidden in the cauldron).
آب غالب شد بر آتش از نهیب ** آتشش جوشد چو باشد در حجاب
When a cauldron comes between them both, it (the fire) annihilates the water and converts it into air.2430
چون که دیگی حایل آید هر دو را ** نیست کرد آن آب را کردش هوا
If outwardly thou art dominating thy wife, like the (fire-quenching) water, (yet) inwardly thou art dominated and art seeking (the love of) thy wife.
ظاهرا بر زن چو آب ار غالبی ** باطنا مغلوب و زن را طالبی
This is characteristic of Man (alone): to the (other) animals love is wanting, and that (want of love) arises from (their) inferiority (to Man).
این چنین خاصیتی در آدمی است ** مهر حیوان را کم است آن از کمی است
Explanation of the Tradition, “Verily, they (women) prevail over the wise man, and the ignorant man prevails over them.”
در بیان این خبر که انهن یغلبن العاقل و یغلبهن الجاهل