I am the slave-born (slave) of that unique Lord—born of the (womb and) loins of slaves female and male.
بنده‌زاده‌ی آن خداوند وحید ** زاده از پشت جواری و عبید
My original lineage (is derived) from earth and water and clay: God gave unto water and clay a soul and heart.
نسبت اصلم ز خاک و آب و گل ** آب و گل را داد یزدان جان و دل
To earth also will return this earthen body of mine; to earth thou likewise wilt return, O terrible one.
مرجع این جسم خاکم هم به خاک ** مرجع تو هم به خاک ای سهمناک
Our origin and the origin of all the proud is from a piece of earth, and (there are) a hundred signs thereof;2315
اصل ما و اصل جمله سرکشان ** هست از خاکی و آن را صد نشان
For thy body receives support (sustenance) from the earth, and from earthly nutriment thy neck is wrapped in folds (of flesh).
که مدد از خاک می‌گیرد تنت ** از غذایی خاک پیچد گردنت
When the spirit departs, it (the body) will again become earth in the dreaded and horrible grave.
چون رود جان می‌شود او باز خاک ** اندر آن گور مخوف سهمناک
Both thou and we and all who resemble thee will become earth, and thy power will remain no more.”
هم تو و هم ما و هم اشباه تو ** خاک گردند و نماند جاه تو
He (Pharaoh) said, “Thou hast a name other than this lineage: truly that name is more proper for thee—
گفت غیر این نسب نامیت هست ** مر ترا آن نام خود اولیترست
‘Slave of Pharaoh and slave of his slaves,’ (a slave) whose body and soul were first nurtured by him (Pharaoh),2320
بنده‌ی فرعون و بنده‌ی بندگانش ** که ازو پرورد اول جسم و جانش
A hostile, insolent and unrighteous slave, who fled from this country on account of an ill-omened deed.
بنده‌ی یاغی طاغی ظلوم ** زین وطن بگریخته از فعل شوم
Thou art a murderer and treacherous and ungrateful: from just these qualities, forsooth, form a judgement (as to the rest).
خونی و غداری و حق‌ناشناس ** هم برین اوصاف خود می‌کن قیاس
(Thou art) in exile, despised and poor and threadbare, since thou didst not acknowledge gratitude and obligation to me.”
در غریبی خوار و درویش و خلق ** که ندانستی سپاس ما و حق
He (Moses) said, “Far be it that any other person should be a partner in Lordship with that King.
گفت حاشا که بود با آن ملیک ** در خداوندی کسی دیگر شریک
(He is) One: He hath no associate in Kingship; His slaves have no master but Him.2325
واحد اندر ملک او را یار نی ** بندگانش را جز او سالار نی
His creatures have no other owner: does any one claim partnership with Him except one that is doomed to perish?
نیست خلقش را دگر کس مالکی ** شرکتش دعوی کند جز هالکی
He hath made the design, He is my Designer; if another lay claim (to it), he is a seeker of iniquity.
نقش او کردست و نقاش من اوست ** غیر اگر دعوی کند او ظلم‌جوست
Thou canst not fashion my eyebrow: how canst thou know my soul?
تو نتوانی ابروی من ساختن ** چون توانی جان من بشناختن
Nay, ’tis thou who art the traitor and the insolent one, for thou claimest duality with God.
بلک آن غدار و آن طاغی توی ** که کنی با حق دعوی دوی
If I inadvertently killed a ruffian, I killed (him) neither for self's sake nor in sport.2330
گر بکشتم من عوانی را به سهو ** نه برای نفس کشتم نه به لهو
I struck (him) a blow with my fist, and he suddenly fell: one who really had no soul gave up a soul.
من زدم مشتی و ناگاه اوفتاد ** آنک جانش خود نبد جانی بداد
I killed a cur: thou the children of him who was sent (by God)—hundreds of thousands of innocent and harmless babes—
من سگی کشتم تو مرسل‌زادگان ** صدهزاران طفل بی‌جرم و زیان
Hast killed, and their blood is on thy neck: consider what shall come upon thee because of this blood-drinking of thine.
کشته‌ای و خونشان در گردنت ** تا چه آید بر تو زین خون خوردنت
Thou hast killed the progeny of Jacob—those sought after in hope of slaying me.
کشته‌ای ذریت یعقوب را ** بر امید قتل من مطلوب را
In despite of thee God Himself chose me out: that (plot) which thy soul was concocting was overthrown.”2335
کوری تو حق مرا خود برگزید ** سرنگون شد آنچ نفست می‌پزید
He (Pharaoh) said, “Let these things be without any doubt (grant that all this is true): is it (the gratitude) due to me and to the bread and salt (which thou hast eaten)
گفت اینها را بهل بی‌هیچ شک ** این بود حق من و نان و نمک