To recall the bounties of the World-Provider which are hidden in the pages of Time.1795
ذکر نعمتهای رزاق جهان ** که نهان شد آن در اوراق زمان
By day and night thou art eagerly seeking (to hear) stories, while each several part of thee is telling thee the story (of His bounties).
روز و شب افسانه‌جویانی تو چست ** جزو جزو تو فسانه‌گوی تست
(Ever) since each several part of thee grew up from non-existence, how much joy have they experienced and how much pain!
جزو جزوت تا برستست از عدم ** چند شادی دیده‌اند و چند غم
For without pleasure no part will grow; on the contrary, at every spasm (of pain) the part (affected) becomes thin (dwindles).
زانک بی‌لذت نروید هیچ جزو ** بلک لاغر گردد از هی پیچ جزو
The part remained (in being), but the pleasure vanished from memory; nay, it did not vanish, (though) it became concealed from the five (senses) and the seven (members of the body).
جزو ماند و آن خوشی از یاد رفت ** بل نرفت آن خفیه شد از پنج و هفت
(’Tis) like summer, from which cotton is born: the cotton remains, the summer is no more remembered;1800
هم‌چو تابستان که از وی پنبه‌زاد ** ماند پنبه رفت تابستان ز یاد
Or like the ice which is born of winter: winter disappears, but the ice is with us.
یا مثال یخ که زاید از شتا ** شد شتا پنهان و آن یخ پیش ما
The ice is a souvenir of the hardships (of winter), and in December these fruits are a souvenir of summer.
هست آن یخ زان صعوبت یادگار ** یادگار صیف در دی این ثمار
Similarly, O youth, every single part in thy body is telling the story of a (past) bounty,
هم‌چنان هر جزو جزوت ای فتی ** در تنت افسانه گوی نعمتی
As, (in the case of) a woman who has twenty children, each (child) is telling of a (past) delight.
چون زنی که بیست فرزندش بود ** هر یکی حاکی حال خوش بود