Hark, come into our boat, O wretched man, or (at least) tie that boat (of thine) to this boat (of ours).”
هی در آ در کشتی ما ای نژند ** یا تو آن کشتی برین کشتی ببند
He replies, “How should I abandon power and dominion? How should I follow thee blindly?”
گوید او چون ترک گیرم گیر و دار ** چون روم من در طفیلت کوروار
A blind man is certainly better off with a guide than (when he goes) alone: in the former case there is (only) one ignominy, while in the latter there are a hundred.
کور با رهبر به از تنها یقین ** زان یکی ننگست و صد ننگست ازین
Thou art fleeing from a gnat to a scorpion, thou art fleeing from a dewdrop into an ocean.
می‌گریزی از پشه در کزدمی ** می‌گریزی در یمی تو از نمی
Thou art fleeing from thy father's unkindnesses into the midst of scoundrels and mischief and trouble.4110
می‌گریزی از جفاهای پدر ** در میان لوطیان و شور و شر
Like Joseph, thou art fleeing from one sorrow to fall into a well (of woe) through (being beguiled by) “let us frolic and play.”
می‌گریزی هم‌چو یوسف ز اندهی ** تا ز نرتع نلعب افتی در چهی
Because of this pastime thou fallest into a well, like him; but where is the (Divine) favour to help thee (as it helped him)?
در چه افتی زین تفرج هم‌چو او ** مر ترا لیک آن عنایت یار کو
Had it not been (done) by his father's leave, he would never have emerged from the well till the Resurrection;
گر نبودی آن به دستوری پدر ** برنیاوردی ز چه تا حشر سر
(But) in order to please him his father gave the permission and said, “Since this is thy desire, may good come (of it)!”
آن پدر بهر دل او اذن داد ** گفت چون اینست میلت خیر باد
Any blind man who turns away in scorn from a Messiah will be left, like the Jews, without guidance;4115
هر ضریری کز مسیحی سر کشد ** او جهودانه بماند از رشد