چون جماع طفل دان این شهوتی ** که همی‌‌رانند اینجا ای فتی
Know, O youth, that the lust in which men are indulging here (in this world) is like the sexual intercourse of children.
آن جماع طفل چه بود بازیی ** با جماع رستمی و غازیی
What is the child's sexual intercourse? An idle play, compared with the sexual intercourse of a Rustam and a brave champion of Islam.
جنگ خلقان همچو جنگ کودکان ** جمله بی‌‌معنی و بی‌‌مغز و مهان3435
The wars of mankind are like children's fights—all meaningless, pithless, and contemptible.
جمله با شمشیر چوبین جنگشان ** جمله در لاینفعی آهنگشان
All their fights are (fought) with wooden swords, all their purposes are (centred) in futility;
جمله‌‌شان گشته سواره بر نیی ** کاین براق ماست یا دلدل پیی
They all are riding on a reed-cane (hobby-horse), saying, “This is our Buráq or mule that goes like Duldul.”
حامل‌‌اند و خود ز جهل افراشته ** راکب و محمول ره پنداشته
They are (really) carrying (their hobby-horses), but in their folly they have raised themselves on high: they have fancied themselves to be riders and carried along the road.
باش تا روزی که محمولان حق ** اسب تازان بگذرند از نه طبق
Wait till the day when those who are borne aloft by God shall pass, galloping, beyond the nine tiers (of Heaven)!
تعرج الروح إلیه و الملک ** من عروج الروح یهتز الفلک3440
“The spirit and the angels shall ascend to Him”: at the ascension of the spirit Heaven shall tremble.
Like children, ye all are riding on your skirts: ye have taken hold of the corner of your skirt (to serve) as a horse.
از حق إن الظن لا يغنی رسید ** مرکب ظن بر فلک‌‌ها کی دوید
From God came (the text), “Verily, opinion doth not enable (you) to dispense (with the Truth)”: when did the steed of opinion run (mount) to the Heavens?