Justice is the guardian of pleasures; not men who beat their rattles on the roofs at night.730
عدل باشد پاسبان گامها ** نه به شب چوبک‌زنان بر بامها
But his object in (listening to) the sound of the rebeck was, like (that of) ardent lovers (of God), (to bring into his mind) the phantasy of that (Divine) allocution;
لیک بد مقصودش از بانگ رباب ** هم‌چو مشتاقان خیال آن خطاب
(For) the shrill noise of the clarion and the menace of the drum somewhat resemble that universal trumpet.
ناله‌ی سرنا و تهدید دهل ** چیزکی ماند بدان ناقور کل
Hence philosophers have said that we received these harmonies from the revolution of the (celestial) sphere,
پس حکیمان گفته‌اند این لحنها ** از دوار چرخ بگرفتیم ما
(And that) this (melody) which people sing with pandore and throat is the sound of the revolutions of the sphere;
بانگ گردشهای چرخست این که خلق ** می‌سرایندش به طنبور و به حلق
(But) the true believers say that the influences of Paradise made every unpleasant sound to be beautiful.735
مومنان گویند که آثار بهشت ** نغز گردانید هر آواز زشت
We all have been parts of Adam, we have heard those melodies in Paradise.
ما همه اجزای آدم بوده‌ایم ** در بهشت آن لحنها بشنوده‌ایم
Although the water and earth (of our bodies) have caused a doubt to fall upon us, something of those (melodies) comes (back) to our memory;
گرچه بر ما ریخت آب و گل شکی ** یادمان آمد از آنها چیزکی
But since it is mingled with the earth of sorrow, how should this treble and bass give (us) the same delight?
لیک چون آمیخت با خاک کرب ** کی دهند این زیر و آن بم آن طرب
When water is mingled with urine and stalings, its temperament is made bitter and acid by the commixture.
آب چون آمیخت با بول و کمیز ** گشت ز آمیزش مزاجش تلخ و تیز