Seven fat kine, exceedingly well-nourished: the seven lean kine devoured them.
هفت گاو فربه بس پروری ** خوردشان آن هفت گاو لاغری
The lean ones were lions within; else they would not have been devouring the (fat) kine.
در درون شیران بدند آن لاغران ** ورنه گاوان را نبودندی خوران
The man of (holy) works, then, is human in appearance, but in him is concealed a man-eating lion.935
پس بشر آمد به صورت مرد کار ** لیک در وی شیر پنهان مردخوار
He (the lion) heartily devours the (carnal) man and makes him single: his dregs become pure if he (the lion) inflict pain upon him.
مرد را خوش وا خورد فردش کند ** صاف گردد دردش ار دردش کند
By that one pain he is delivered from all dregs: he sets his foot upon Suhá.
زان یکی درد او ز جمله دردها ** وا رهد پا بر نهد او بر سها
How long wilt thou speak (caw) like the ill-omened crow? (Let me return to the parable and ask), “O Khalíl, wherefore didst thou kill the cock?”
چند گویی هم‌چو زاغ پر نحوس ** ای خلیل از بهر چه کشتی خروس
He replied, “(Because of) the (Divine) command.” “Tell (me) the wisdom of the (Divine) command, that I may glorify that (wisdom) punctiliously.”
گفت فرمان حکمت فرمان بگو ** تا مسبح گردم آن را مو به مو
Explaining that the killing of the cock by Abraham, on whom be peace, signifies the subdual and subjugation of certain blameworthy and pernicious qualities in the heart of the disciple.
بیان آنک کشتن خلیل علیه‌السلام خروس را اشارت به قمع و قهر کدام صفت بود از صفات مذمومات مهلکان در باطن مرید
He (the cock) is lustful and much addicted to lust, intoxicated by that poisonous insipid wine.940
شهوتی است او و بس شهوت‌پرست ** زان شراب زهرناک ژاژ مست
Had not it (lust) been (necessary) for the sake of procreation, O executor, Adam for shame of it would have made himself a eunuch.
گرنه بهر نسل بود ای وصی ** آدم از ننگش بکردی خود خصی
The accursed Iblís said to (God) the Dispenser of justice, “I want a powerful snare for this prey.”
گفت ابلیس لعین دادار را ** دام زفتی خواهم این اشکار را