- God makes Hell to be wheresoever He will: He makes the zenith to be a snare and trap for the bird.
- هر کجا خدا دوزخ کند ** اوج را بر مرغ دام و فخ کند
- Likewise from thy teeth arise pangs of pain, to the end that thou mayst say, “‘Tis Hell and the dragon.”
- هم ز دندانت برآید دردها ** تا بگویی دوزخست و اژدها
- Or He makes the water of thy mouth to be (sweet as) honey, that thou mayst say, “’Tis Paradise and the robes (of Paradise).”
- یا کند آب دهانت را عسل ** که بگویی که بهشتست و حلل
- He makes sugar to grow from the roots of the teeth, that thou mayst know the power of the ordinance of the (Divine) decree.
- از بن دندان برویاند شکر ** تا بدانی قوت حکم قدر
- Do not, then, bite the innocent with thy teeth: bethink thee of the stroke that is not to be guarded against. 2815
- پس به دندان بی‌گناهان را مگز ** فکر کن از ضربت نامحترز
- God makes the Nile to be blood for the Egyptians; He makes the Israelites safe from calamity,
- نیل را بر قبطیان حق خون کند ** سبطیان را از بلا محصون کند
- That thou mayst know that with God there is discrimination between the sober (traveller) on the Way and the intoxicated.
- تا بدانی پیش حق تمییز هست ** در میان هوشیار راه و مست
- The Nile has learned from God to discriminate, for it opened (the door) for these (Israelites) and shut fast (the door) against those (Egyptians).
- نیل تمییز از خدا آموختست ** که گشاد آن را و این را سخت بست
- His grace makes the Nile intelligent; His wrath makes Cain foolish.
- لطف او عاقل کند مر نیل را ** قهر او ابله کند قابیل را
- He, from kindness, created intelligence in lifeless things; He, because of His wrath, cut off intelligence from the intelligent one. 2820
- در جمادات از کرم عقل آفرید ** عقل از عاقل به قهر خود برید