بر نیایی با وی و استیز او ** رو بر یاری بگیر آمیز او

(If) you cannot cope with her and her contumacy, go to a friend and mix with him.

عقل قوت گیرد از عقل دگر ** نی شکر کامل شود از نیشکر

Mind gains strength from another mind: the sugar-cane is made perfect by the sugar-cane.

من ز مکر نفس دیدم چیزها ** کاو برد از سحر خود تمییزها

I have seen (wondrous) things (arising) from the deceitfulness of the fleshly soul, for by her magic she takes away the faculties of discernment.

وعده‏ها بدهد ترا تازه به دست ** که هزاران بار آنها را شکست‏

She will proffer afresh to you promises that she has broken thousands of times.

عمر اگر صد سال خود مهلت دهد ** اوت هر روزی بهانه‏ی نو نهد 2280

If your life be prolonged even for a hundred years, she will lay before you a new pretext every day.

گرم گوید وعده‏های سرد را ** جادویی مردی ببندد مرد را

She utters cold (vain) promises (as though) warm (from the heart); (she is) a witch, she ties up the manhood of a man.

ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین بیا ** که نروید بی‏تو از شوره گیا

O (thou who art the) radiance of God, Husámu’ddín, come! for without thee no herbs will grow from the brackish soil.

از فلک آویخته شد پرده‏ای ** از پی نفرین دل آزرده‏ای‏

A curtain has been let down from heaven because of the curse of one whose heart is sorely vexed.

این قضا را هم قضا داند علاج ** عقل خلقان در قضا گیج است گیج‏

This destiny only the (Divine) destiny can cure: the understanding of His creatures is stunned at His destiny, stunned.

اژدها گشته ست آن مار سیاه ** آن که کرمی بود افتاده به راه‏ 2285

The lack serpent that was (as) a worm fallen on the road has become a dragon;