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صورتی که یوسف ار دیدی عیان ** دست از حیرت بریدی چو زنان 3705
- (’Twas) such a form that if Joseph had beheld it plainly, he would have cut his hand in amazement, like the (Egyptian) women.
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همچو گل پیشش برویید آن ز گل ** چون خیالی که بر آرد سر ز دل
- It blossomed from the earth like a rose before her—like a phantasy which lifts its head from the heart.
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گشت بی‌خود مریم و در بی‌خودی ** گفت بجهم در پناه ایزدی
- Mary became selfless (beside herself), and in her selflessness she said, “I will leap into the Divine protection,”
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زانک عادت کرده بود آن پاک‌جیب ** در هزیمت رخت بردن سوی غیب
- Because that pure-bosomed one had made a habit of betaking herself in flight to the Unseen.
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چون جهان را دید ملکی بی‌قرار ** حازمانه ساخت زان حضرت حصار
- Since she deemed the world a kingdom without permanence, she prudently made a fortress of that (Divine) Presence,
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تا به گاه مرگ حصنی باشدش ** که نیابد خصم راه مقصدش 3710
- In order that in the hour of death she should have a stronghold which the Enemy would find no way to attack.
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از پناه حق حصاری به ندید ** یورتگه نزدیک آن دز برگزید
- She saw no better fortress than the protection of God: she chose her abiding-place near to that castle.
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چون بدید آن غمزه‌های عقل‌سوز ** که ازو می‌شد جگرها تیردوز
- When she beheld those amorous reason-destroying glances whereby hearts were ever being pierced (as) by arrows—
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شاه و لشکر حلقه در گوشش شده ** خسروان هوش بیهوشش شده
- King and army are enthralled by Him, the sovereigns of wit (intelligence) are made witless by Him;
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صد هزاران شاه مملوکش برق ** صد هزاران بدر را داده به دق
- Hundreds of thousands of kings are held in servitude by Him; hundreds of thousands of full-moons He hath given over to (love's) wasting fever;