Thy enemy is none but thyself, O accursed one: do not despitefully call the innocent (thy) enemies.
دشمن تو جز تو نبود این لعین ** بی‌گناهان را مگو دشمن به کین
In thy sight this evil state (in which thou art) is dawlat (worldly fortune), whereof the beginning is dawádaw (running to and fro) and the end lat (blows).
پیش تو این حالت بد دولتست ** که دوادو اول و آخر لتست
If by degrees thou do not run away from this worldly fortune, autumn will come o’er this spring of thine.2740
گر ازین دولت نتازی خز خزان ** این بهارت را همی آید خزان
East and West have seen many like thee, whose heads have been severed from their bodies.
مشرق و مغرب چو تو بس دیده‌اند ** که سر ایشان ز تن ببریده‌اند
After all, how should East and West, which are not permanent, make any one enduring?
مشرق و مغرب که نبود بر قرار ** چون کنند آخر کسی را پایدار
Thou takest pride in the fact that men, from fear and bondage, have become thy flatterers for a few days.
تو بدان فخر آوری کز ترس و بند ** چاپلوست گشت مردم روز چند
When men bow in adoration to any one, they are (really) cramming poison into his soul.
هر کرا مردم سجودی می‌کنند ** زهر اندر جان او می‌آکنند
When his adorer turns away from him, he knows that that (adoration) was poisonous and destructive to him.2745
چونک بر گردد ازو آن ساجدش ** داند او کان زهر بود و موبدش
Oh, blest is he whose carnal soul was abased! Alas who became like a mountain from arrogance
ای خنک آن را که ذلت نفسه ** وای آنک از سرکشی شد چون که او
Know that this pride is a killing poison: that fool toxicated by the poisonous wine.
این تکبر زهر قاتل دان که هست ** از می پر زهر شد آن گیج مست