(To say) ‘I reck not’ is permitted to that One (alone) who loses nothing by perfidy and (gains nothing) by probity.
لا ابالی مر کسی را شد مباح ** کش زیان نبود ز غدر و از صلاح
We will kindle up a goodly fire of grace, in order that no sin and fault, great or small, may endure—
آتشی خوش بر فروزیم از کرم ** تا نماند جرم و زلت بیش و کم
Such a fire that the least spark of the flame thereof is consuming (all) sin and necessity and free-will.
آتشی کز شعله‌اش کمتر شرار ** می‌بسوزد جرم و جبر و اختیار
We will set fire to the tenement of Man and make the thorns (in it) a spiritual garden of roses.1850
شعله در بنگاه انسانی زنیم ** خار را گلزار روحانی کنیم
We have sent from the Ninth Sphere (the highest Heaven) the elixir (namely), He will rectify for you your actions.”
ما فرستادیم از چرخ نهم ** کیمیا یصلح لکم اعمالکم
What in sooth is Adam's (Man's) sovereignty and power of choice beside the Light of the Everlasting Abode?
خود چه باشد پیش نور مستقر ** کر و فر اختیار بوالبشر
His speaking organ is a piece of flesh; the seat of his vision is a piece of fat;
گوشت‌پاره آلت گویای او ** پیه‌پاره منظر بینای او
The seat of his hearing consists of two pieces of bone; the seat of his (intellectual) perception is two drops of blood, that is to say, the heart.
مسمع او آن دو پاره استخوان ** مدرکش دو قطره خون یعنی جنان
Thou art a little worm and art stuffed with filth; (yet) thou hast made a (great) display of pomp in the world.1855
کرمکی و از قذر آکنده‌ای ** طمطراقی در جهان افکنده‌ای
Thou wert (originally composed) of seed: relinquish egoism! O Ayáz, keep in mind that sheepskin jacket!
از منی بودی منی را واگذار ** ای ایاز آن پوستین را یاد دار
The Story of Ayáz and his having a chamber for his rustic shoon and sheepskin jacket; and how his fellow-servants thought he had a buried treasure in that room, because the door was so strong and the lock so heavy.
قصه‌ی ایاز و حجره داشتن او جهت چارق و پوستین و گمان آمدن خواجه تاشانس را کی او را در آن حجره دفینه است به سبب محکمی در و گرانی قفل