“O hera stulta,” inquit, “hoc (facinus ineptum) quid fuit, etsi ea quae perita est technam tibi ostenderat? [She said, “O foolish lady, what was this (foolish deed), even if your teacher showed you a plan (of the method)?]
گفت ای خاتون احمق این چه بود ** گر ترا استاد خود نقشی نمود
Technae quod patebat vidisti, tibi ignotum quod latebat: imperita tabernam aperuisti. [You saw its outward (form); its secret (was) hidden from you. Not having become a master (of the craft), you opened the shop.]
ظاهرش دیدی سرش از تو نهان ** اوستا ناگشته بگشادی دکان
Veretrum tanquam mel vel cibum ex dactylis et butyro comparatum vidisti: cur illam cucurbitam non vidisti, O avida? [You saw the penis, like honey or like dates (cooked with flour and butter): why did you not see the gourd, O greedy one?]1420
کیر دیدی هم‌چو شهد و چون خبیص ** آن کدو را چون ندیدی ای حریص
Vel cur, cum asini amore obruta esses, cucurbita visu tuo sejuncta manebat? [Or (why), when you were immersed in love for the ass, did the gourd remain hidden from your sight?]
یا چون مستغرق شدی در عشق خر ** آن کدو پنهان بماندت از نظر
Docta ab ea quae perita est vidisti technae speciem externam: peritiam ipsa valde gaudens assumpsisti.” [You saw the external (form) of the craft from the master, (and then) you assumed expertise very joyfully. ]
ظاهر صنعت بدیدی زوستاد ** اوستادی برگرفتی شاد شاد
Oh, there is many a stupid ignorant hypocrite who has seen nothing of the Way of the (holy) men except the woollen mantle (súf).
ای بسا زراق گول بی‌وقوف ** از ره مردان ندیده غیر صوف
Oh, there are many impudent fellows who, with little practice (in the religious life), have learned from the (spiritual) kings nothing but talk and brag.
ای بسا شوخان ز اندک احتراف ** از شهان ناموخته جز گفت و لاف
Every one (of them), staff (rod) in hand, says, “I am Moses,” and breathes upon the foolish folk, saying, “I am Jesus.”1425
هر یکی در کف عصا که موسی‌ام ** می‌دمد بر ابلهان که عیسی‌ام
Alas the Day when the touchstone will demand from thee the sincerity of the sincere!
آه از آن روزی که صدق صادقان ** باز خواهد از تو سنگ امتحان
Come, inquire of the Master (what is) the remainder (of the Way); or are the greedy ones all blind and deaf?
آخر از استاد باقی را بپرس ** یا حریصان جمله کورانند و خرس