For I am subject to command, I am not in command of myself: when am I forgetful, like thee, of my King?
ز آنک مامورم امیر خود نیم ** من چو تو غافل ز شاه خود کیم
If thy (spiritual) state resembled that of Solomon, I should have carried thee as (I carried) Solomon.
گر سلیمان‌وار بودی حال تو ** چون سلیمان گشتمی حمال تو
I am (only) lent (to thee); I should have become a possession in thy hand: I should have made thee acquainted with my mystery.4695
عاریه‌ستم گشتمی ملک کفت ** کردمی بر راز خود من واقفت
But since thou art rebellious and I am (only) taken on loan to serve thee for three or four days,
لیک چون تو یاغیی من مستعار ** می‌کنم خدمت ترا روزی سه چار
Therefore I will lay thee low, like ‘Ád, and dash away in revolt from thy army,
پس چو عادت سرنگونی‌ها دهم ** ز اسپه تو یاغیانه بر جهم
In order that thy faith in the Unseen may become firm at the moment when thy faith is (only) a source of woe.”
تا به غیب ایمان تو محکم شود ** آن زمان که ایمانت مایه‌ی غم شود
(For) at that moment, in sooth, all become believers: at that moment even the (most) headstrong run on their heads.
آن زمان خود جملگان مؤمن شوند ** آن زمان خود سرکشان بر سر دوند
At that moment they cry piteously and make humble supplication, like robbers and brigands under the gibbet.4700
آن زمان زاری کنند و افتقار ** هم‌چو دزد و راه‌زن در زیر دار
But if you become upright in (your faith in) the Unseen, you are owner of the two worlds and a magistrate (exercising sovereign authority) over yourself.
لیک گر در غیب گردی مستوی ** مالک دارین و شحنه‌ی خود توی
The abiding (spiritual) magistracy and kingship is not (something) taken on loan for two days and ailing (perishable).
شحنگی و پادشاهی مقیم ** نه دو روزه و مستعارست و سقیم