- Because this water and clay, which is (the stuff of) our bodies, is the denier (enemy) and thief of the light of (our) souls.
- ز انکه این آب و گلی کابدان ماست ** منکر و دزد و ضیای جان ماست
- The High God lays upon our body, O man of fortitude, heat and cold and grief and pain,
- حق تعالی گرم و سرد و رنج و درد ** بر تن ما مینهد ای شیر مرد
- Fear and hunger and impairment of wealth and body—all for the sake of the soul's coin being brought into sight (and use).
- خوف و جوع و نقص اموال و بدن ** جمله بهر نقد جان ظاهر شدن
- These threats and promises He hath sent forth on account of this good and evil which He hath mingled. 2965
- این وعید و وعدهها انگیخته ست ** بهر این نیک و بدی کامیخته ست
- Inasmuch as truth and falsehood have been mingled, and the good and bad coin have been poured into the travelling-bag,
- چون که حق و باطلی آمیختند ** نقد و قلب اندر حرمدان ریختند
- Therefore they need a picked touchstone, one that has undergone (many) tests in (assaying) realities,
- پس محک میبایدش بگزیدهای ** در حقایق امتحانها دیدهای
- So that it may become a criterion for these impostures; so that it may be a standard for these acts of providence.
- تا شود فاروق این تزویرها ** تا بود دستور این تدبیرها
- Give him milk, O mother of Moses, and cast him into the water: be not afraid of (putting him to) the trial.
- شیر ده ای مادر موسی و را ** و اندر آب افکن میندیش از بلا
- Whoever drank that milk on the Day of Alast distinguishes the milk (in this world), even as Moses (distinguished and knew his mother's milk). 2970
- هر که در روز أ لست آن شیر خورد ** همچو موسی شیر را تمییز کرد
- If thou wishest fondly for thy child's discrimination (and recognition), suckle (him) now, O mother of Moses,
- گر تو بر تمییز طفلت مولعی ** این زمان یا ام موسی ارضعی