God spoke to Moses by inspiration of the heart, saying, “O chosen one, I love thee.”
گفت موسی را به وحی دل خدا ** کای گزیده دوست می‌دارم ترا
He (Moses) said, “O Bountiful One, (tell me) what disposition (in me) is the cause of that, in order that I may augment it.”
گفت چه خصلت بود ای ذوالکرم ** موجب آن تا من آن افزون کنم
He (God) said, “Thou art like a child in the presence of its mother: when she chastises it, it still lays hold of her.
گفت چون طفلی به پیش والده ** وقت قهرش دست هم در وی زده
It does not even know that there is any one in the world except her: it is both afflicted with headache (sorrow) by her and intoxicated (with joy) by her.
خود نداند که جز او دیار هست ** هم ازو مخمور هم از اوست مست
If its mother give it a slap, still it comes to its mother and clings to her.2925
مادرش گر سیلیی بر وی زند ** هم به مادر آید و بر وی تند
It does not seek help from any one but her: she is all its evil and its good.
از کسی یاری نخواهد غیر او ** اوست جمله شر او و خیر او
Thy heart, likewise, in good or evil (plight) never turns from Me to other quarters.
خاطر تو هم ز ما در خیر و شر ** التفاتش نیست جاهای دگر
In thy sight all besides Me are as stones and clods, whether (they be) boys or youths or old men.”
غیر من پیشت چون سنگست و کلوخ ** گر صبی و گر جوان و گر شیوخ
Just as Thee we worship in yearning entreaty, (so) in tribulation we ask help of none but Thee.
هم‌چنانک ایاک نعبد در حنین ** در بلا از غیر تو لانستعین
This Thee we worship is (used) idiomatically for the purpose of (expressing) appropriation, and that (appropriation) is for the purpose of negating hypocrisy.2930
هست این ایاک نعبد حصر را ** در لغت و آن از پی نفی ریا