- That I may wash Thy clothes and kill Thy lice and bring milk to Thee, O worshipful One;
- جامهات شویم شپشهایت کشم ** شیر پیشت آورم ای محتشم
- That I may kiss Thy little hand and rub Thy little foot, (and when) bedtime comes I may sweep Thy little room,
- دستکت بوسم بمالم پایکت ** وقت خواب آید بروبم جایکت
- O Thou to whom all my goats be a sacrifice, O Thou in remembrance of whom are my cries of ay and ah!”
- ای فدای تو همه بزهای من ** ای به یادت هیهی و هیهای من
- The shepherd was speaking foolish words in this wise. Moses said, “Man, to whom is this (addressed)?” 1725
- این نمط بیهوده میگفت آن شبان ** گفت موسی با کی است این ای فلان
- He answered, “To that One who created us; by whom this earth and sky were brought to sight.”
- گفت با آن کس که ما را آفرید ** این زمین و چرخ از او آمد پدید
- “Hark!” said Moses, “you have become very backsliding (depraved); indeed you have not become a Moslem, you have become an infidel.
- گفت موسی های خیرهسر شدی ** خود مسلمان ناشده کافر شدی
- What babble is this? what blasphemy and raving? Stuff some cotton into your mouth!
- این چه ژاژست و چه کفر است و فشار ** پنبهای اندر دهان خود فشار
- The stench of your blasphemy has made the (whole) world stinking: your blasphemy has turned the silk robe of religion into rags.
- گند کفر تو جهان را گنده کرد ** کفر تو دیبای دین را ژنده کرد
- Shoes and socks are fitting for you, (but) how are such things right for (One who is) a Sun? 1730
- چارق و پا تابه لایق مر تراست ** آفتابی را چنینها کی رواست
- If you do not stop your throat from (uttering) these words, a fire will come and burn up the people.
- گر نبندی زین سخن تو حلق را ** آتشی آید بسوزد خلق را
- If a fire has not come, (then) what is this smoke? Why has your soul become black and your spirit rejected (by God)?
- آتشی گر نامده ست این دود چیست ** جان سیه گشته روان مردود چیست
- If you know that God is the Judge, how is it right for you (to indulge in) this doting talk and familiarity?
- گر همیدانی که یزدان داور است ** ژاژ و گستاخی ترا چون باور است
- Truly, the friendship of a witless man is enmity: the high God is not in want of suchlike service.
- دوستی بیخرد خود دشمنی است ** حق تعالی زین چنین خدمت غنی است
- To whom are you saying this? To your paternal and maternal uncles? Are the body and (its) needs among the attributes of the Lord of glory? 1735
- با که میگویی تو این با عم و خال ** جسم و حاجت در صفات ذو الجلال
- (Only) he that is waxing and growing drinks milk: (only) he that has need of feet puts on shoes.
- شیر او نوشد که در نشو و نماست ** چارق او پوشد که او محتاج پاست
- And if these words of yours are (meant) for His servant, of whom God said, ‘He is I and I myself am he’;
- ور برای بندهش است این گفتوگو ** آن که حق گفت او من است و من خود او
- (For him) of whom He (God) said, ‘Verily, I was sick and thou didst not visit Me,’ (that is), ‘I became ill, not he (the sick man) alone’;
- آن که گفت انی مرضت لم تعد ** من شدم رنجور او تنها نشد
- (For him) who has become seeing by Me and hearing by Me— this (talk of yours) is foolish nonsense even in regard to that servant.
- آن که بییسمع و بییبصر شده ست ** در حق آن بنده این هم بیهده ست
- To speak irreverently to one chosen of God causes the heart (spirit) to perish and keeps the page (record) black. 1740
- بیادب گفتن سخن با خاص حق ** دل بمیراند سیه دارد ورق
- If you should call a man ‘Fátima’—though men and women are all of one kind—
- گر تو مردی را بخوانی فاطمه ** گر چه یک جنسند مرد و زن همه
- He will seek to murder you, so far as it is possible (for him), albeit he is good-natured and forbearing and quiet.
- قصد خون تو کند تا ممکن است ** گر چه خوش خو و حلیم و ساکن است
- (The name) Fátima is (a term of) praise in regard to women, (but) if you address it to a man, ’tis (like) the blow of a spearhead.
- فاطمه مدح است در حق زنان ** مرد را گویی بود زخم سنان
- Hand and foot are (terms of) praise in relation to us; in relation to the holiness of God they are pollution.
- دست و پا در حق ما استایش است ** در حق پاکی حق آلایش است
- (The words) He begat not, He was not begotten are appropriate to Him: He is the Creator of begetter and begotten. 1745
- لم یلد لم یولد او را لایق است ** والد و مولود را او خالق است
- Birth is the attribute of everything that is (a) body: whatever is born is on this side of the river,
- هر چه جسم آمد ولادت وصف اوست ** هر چه مولود است او زین سوی جوست