آنچ بر تو خواه آن باشد پسند ** بر دگر کس آن کن از رنج و گزند
Inflict upon another (only) the pain and injury that you would wish and approve for yourself,
زانک بر مرصاد حق واندر کمین ** می‌دهد پاداش پیش از یوم دین
For God is lying in wait and in ambush, ready to give retribution before the Day of Judgement.
آن عظیم العرش عرش او محیط ** تخت دادش بر همه جانها بسیط 4530
All-encompassing is the Throne of Him who is throned in grandeur: over all souls is spread the Throne of His justice.
گوشه‌ی عرشش به تو پیوسته است ** هین مجنبان جز بدین و داد دست
A corner of His throne is touching you: beware, do not move a hand to act impiously or unjustly.
تو مراقب باش بر احوال خویش ** نوش بین در داد و بعد از ظلم نیش
Keep a careful watch over your own behaviour: observe that the honey is (contained) in justice and that after injustice comes the sting.”
گفت آری اینچ کردم استم است ** لیک هم می‌دان که بادی اظلم است
He (Júhí) said, “Yes, what I did is wrong, but at the same time (you must) know (the proverb) that the aggressor is the more unjust (of the two).”
گفت نایب یک به یک ما بادییم ** با سواد وجه اندر شادییم
The deputy replied, “We are aggressors, every one of us, but notwithstanding our blackness of face we are happy,
هم‌چو زنگی کو بود شادان و خوش ** او نبیند غیر او بیند رخش 4535
Like the negro who is happy and pleased, (for) he does not see his face, (though) others see it.”
ماجرا بسیار شد در من یزید ** داد صد دینار و آن از وی خرید
The altercation in bidding (for the chest) was prolonged: (finally) he paid a hundred dinars and bought it from him.
هر دمی صندوقیی ای بدپسند ** هاتفان و غیبیانت می‌خرند
O thou that findest wickedness agreeable, thou art always in the chest: the hátifs (voices from Heaven) and those who belong to the Unseen are redeeming thee.
در تفسیر این خبر کی مصطفی صلوات‌الله علیه فرمود من کنت مولاه فعلی مولاه تا منافقان طعنه زدند کی بس نبودش کی ما مطیعی و چاکری نمودیم او را چاکری کودکی خلم آلودمان هم می‌فرماید الی آخره
Expounding the Tradition that Mustafá (Mohammed) said, the blessings of God be upon him: “When I am the protector of any one, ‘Alí too is his protector,” so that the Hypocrites asked sarcastically, “Was not he satisfied with the obedience and service rendered by us to himself that he bids us render the same service to a snivelling child?” etc.