Assuredly, by the decree and just dispensation (of God), (both) the waylaid and the waylayer are in the pit of farness (from God) and in an evil resting-place.3620
ره‌زده و ره‌زن یقین در حکم و داد ** در چه بعدند و در بس المهاد
(Both) the fool and the ghoul who deceived him must ever endure to be deprived of salvation and felicity.
گول را و غول را کو را فریفت ** از خلاص و فوز می‌باید شکیفت
Both the ass and he that caught the ass are (stuck) in the mud here: here (in this world) they are forgetful of (God) and there (in the next world) they are sunk (in woe)—
هم خر و خرگیر اینجا در گلند ** غافلند اینجا و آن‌جا آفلند
(All) except those who turn back from that (deception) and come (forth) from the autumn (of sensuality) into the springtide of (Divine) grace,
جز کسانی را که وا گردند از آن ** در بهار فضل آیند از خزان
And who repent, for God is ready to accept repentance, and cleave to His command, for a goodly Commander is He!
توبه آرند و خدا توبه‌پذیر ** امر او گیرند و او نعم الامیر
When, (moved) by sorrow, they raise a piteous cry, the highest Heaven trembles at the moaning of the sinners.3625
چون بر آرند از پشیمانی حنین ** عرش لرزد از انین المذنبین
It trembles even as a mother for her child: it takes them by the hand and draws them upward,
آن‌چنان لرزد که مادر بر ولد ** دستشان گیرد به بالا می‌کشد
Saying, “O ye whom God hath redeemed from delusion, behold the gardens of (Divine) grace and behold the forgiving Lord!
کای خداتان وا خریده از غرور ** نک ریاض فضل و نک رب غفور
Henceforth ye have everlasting provision and sustenance from God's air, not from the gutter (on the roof).”
بعد ازینتان برگ و رزق جاودان ** از هوای حق بود نه از ناودان
Inasmuch as the Sea is jealous of intermediaries, he that is thirsty as a fish takes leave of the water-skin.
چونک دریا بر وسایط رشک کرد ** تشنه چون ماهی به ترک مشک کرد
How the princes, having bidden the King farewell, set out on a journey through their father's empire, and how the King repeated his injunctions at the moment of farewell.
روان شدن شه‌زادگان در ممالک پدر بعد از وداع کردن ایشان شاه را و اعادت کردن شاه وقت وداع وصیت را الی آخره
The (King's) three sons set out, in the fashion of (men equipped for) travel, to (visit) their father's (distant) possessions,3630
عزم ره کردند آن هر سه پسر ** سوی املاک پدر رسم سفر
And to make a tour of his cities and fortresses for the purpose of regulating the administrative and economic conditions.
در طواف شهرها و قلعه‌هاش ** از پی تدبیر دیوان و معاش
They kissed the King's hand and bade him farewell; then the King, (who is) obeyed (by all), said to them:
دست‌بوس شاه کردند و وداع ** پس بدیشان گفت آن شاه مطاع
“Direct your course whithersoever your heart (inclination) may lead you, go (your way) under the protection of God, waving your hands (dancing joyously).
هر کجاتان دل کشد عازم شوید ** فی امان الله دست افشان روید
(Go anywhere) except to one fortress, the name of which is ‘the robber of reason’: it makes the coat tight for wearers of the tiara.
غیر آن یک قلعه نامش هش‌ربا ** تنگ آرد بر کله‌داران قبا
For God's sake, for God's sake, keep far away from that castle adorned with pictures, and beware of the peril!3635
الله الله زان دز ذات الصور ** دور باشید و بترسید از خطر
The front and back of its towers and its roof and floor are all (covered with) images and decorations and pictures,
رو و پشت برجهاش و سقف و پست ** جمله تمثال و نگار و صورتست
Like the chamber of Zalíkhá (which she made) full of pictures in order that Joseph should look upon her willy-nilly.
هم‌چو آن حجره‌ی زلیخا پر صور ** تا کند یوسف بناکامش نظر
Since Joseph would not look at her, she cunningly filled the room with portraits of herself,
چونک یوسف سوی او می‌ننگرید ** خانه را پر نقش خود کرد آن مکید
So that, wherever the fair-cheeked (youth) looked, he might see her face without having the power to choose.
تا به هر سو که نگرد آن خوش‌عذار ** روی او را بیند او بی‌اختیار
The peerless God hath made (all) the six directions a theatre for the display of His signs to the clairvoyant,3640
بهر دیده‌روشنان یزدان فرد ** شش جهت را مظهر آیات کرد
In order that, whatever animal or plant they look upon, they may feed on the meadows of Divine Beauty.
تا بهر حیوان و نامی که نگزند ** از ریاض حسن ربانی چرند
Hence He said unto the company (of mystics), ‘Wheresoever ye turn, His Face is there.
بهر این فرمود با آن اسپه او ** حیث ولیتم فثم وجهه
If in thirst ye drink some water from a cup, ye are beholding God within the water.’
از قدح‌گر در عطش آبی خورید ** در درون آب حق را ناظرید
He that is not a lover (of God) sees in the water his own image, O man of insight;
آنک عاشق نیست او در آب در ** صورت صورت خود بیند ای صاحب‌بصر