شب همی‌جوشم در آتش همچو دیگ ** روز تا شب خون خورم مانند ریگ
During the night I boil on the fire, like a kettle; (all) day till nightfall I drink blood, like the sand.
من پشیمانم که مکر انگیختم ** از مراد خشم او بگریختم
I repent that I set contrivance afoot (in order to escape) and fled from that which his anger desired.
گو بران بر جان مستم خشم خویش ** عید قربان اوست و عاشق گاومیش3895
Let him drive on (let him not restrain) his anger against my intoxicated soul: he is the Feast of the Sacrifice, and the lover is the buffalo (for slaughter).
گاو اگر خسپد وگر چیزی خورد ** بهر عید و ذبح او می‌پرورد
Whether the buffalo sleep or whether it eat something, he nurtures (fattens) it for the Feast and the slaughter.
گاو موسی دان مرا جان داده‌ای ** جزو جزوم حشر هر آزاده‌ای
Deem me to be (as) the cow of Moses that gave life (to the murdered man): each limb of me is the (means of) raising from the dead every one that is (spiritually) free.
گاو موسی بود قربان گشته‌ای ** کمترین جزوش حیات کشته‌ای
The cow of Moses was one offered in sacrifice: her smallest limb brought a murdered man to life.
برجهید آن کشته ز آسیبش ز جا ** در خطاب اضربوه بعضها
At its touch the murdered man sprang up from his place—at the words spoken (by God), Strike him with part of her.
یا کرامی اذبحوا هذا البقر ** ان اردتم حشر ارواح النظر3900
O my noble (friends), slaughter this cow (the fleshly soul), if ye desire to raise to life the spirits (possessed) of insight.
از جمادی مردم و نامی شدم ** وز نما مردم به حیوان برزدم
I died to the inorganic state and became endowed with growth, and (then) I died to (vegetable) growth and attained to the animal.
مردم از حیوانی و آدم شدم ** پس چه ترسم کی ز مردن کم شدم
I died from animality and became Adam (man): why, then, should I fear? When have I become less by dying?