- I said, ‘Counsel is barred by ill-treatment: the milk of counsel gushes forth from love and joy.
- من بگفته پند شد بند از جفا ** شیر پند از مهر جوشد وز صفا
- Much ill-treatment have ye bestowed on me, (so that) the milk of counsel is curdled in my veins.’
- بس که کردید از جفا بر جای من ** شیر پند افسرد در رگهای من
- God said to me, ‘I will give thee a boon, I will lay a plaster on those wounds (of thine).’ 2550
- حق مرا گفته ترا لطفی دهم ** بر سر آن زخمها مرهم نهم
- God made my heart clear as the sky, He swept your oppression out of my mind.
- صاف کرده حق دلم را چون سما ** روفته از خاطرم جور شما
- I went (back) once more to admonition, I spake parables and words (sweet) as sugar,
- در نصیحت من شده بار دگر ** گفته امثال و سخنها چون شکر
- I produced fresh milk from the sugar, I mingled milk and honey with my words.
- شیر تازه از شکر انگیخته ** شیر و شهدی با سخن آمیخته
- In you those words became like poison, because ye were filled with poison from the root and foundation.
- در شما چون زهر گشته آن سخن ** ز آن که زهرستان بدید از بیخ و بن
- How should I be grieved that grief is overthrown? Ye were grief (to me), O obstinate people. 2555
- چون شوم غمگین که غم شد سر نگون ** غم شما بودید ای قوم حرون
- Does any one lament the death of grief? Does any one tear out his hair when the sore on his head is removed?”
- هیچ کس بر مرگ غم نوحه کند ** ریش سر چون شد کسی مو بر کند
- (Then) he turned to himself and said, “O mourner, those folk are not worth thy mourning.”
- رو به خود کرد و بگفت ای نوحه‌‌گر ** نوحه‌‌ات را می‌‌نیرزد آن نفر