Since (as thou sayest) thou wert rendered impotent to abandon the thought of this (repentance), at that time thou wert also impotent to commit sin.
چون ز ترک فکر این عاجز شدی ** از گناه آنگاه هم عاجز بدی
Since thou wert impotent (to commit sin), on account of what is thy repentance? Inquire concerning impotence, by whose pull (exertion of power) is it (produced)?
چون بدی عاجز پشیمانی ز چیست ** عاجزی را باز جو کز جذب کیست
No one has seen impotence in the world without power, nor will it (ever) be (so). Know this (for sure).
عاجزی بی‌قادری اندر جهان ** کس ندیدست و نباشد این بدان
Similarly, (with) every desire that thou cherishest, thou art debarred from (perceiving) its faultiness;
همچنین هر آرزو که می‌بری ** تو ز عیب آن حجابی اندری
And if the viciousness of that desire had been shown, thy soul of its own accord would have recoiled from seeking (to gratify it).1350
ور نمودی علت آن آرزو ** خود رمیدی جان تو زان جست و جو
If He (God) had shown unto thee the faultiness of that work, no one, dragging (thee) along (by force), would have taken thee in that direction;
گر نمودی عیب آن کار او ترا ** کس نبردی کش کشان آن سو ترا
And (as regards) that other work from which thou art exceedingly averse, the reason is that its faultiness has come into clear view.
وان دگر کار کز آن هستی نفور ** زان بود که عیبش آمد در ظهور
O God who knowest the secret and who art gracious in speech, do not hide from us the faultiness of the evil work;
ای خدای رازدان خوش‌سخن ** عیب کار بد ز ما پنهان مکن
(And) do not show unto us the faultiness of the good work, lest we become cold (disgusted) and distracted from journeying (in the Way).
عیب کار نیک را منما به ما ** تا نگردیم از روش سرد و هبا
According to that (aforesaid) habit, the exalted Solomon went into the Mosque in the brightness (of dawn).1355
هم بر آن عادت سلیمان سنی ** رفت در مسجد میان روشنی