هر که بر در او من و ما می‌‌زند ** رد باب است او و بر لا می‌‌تند3055
Whosoever is uttering ‘I’ and ‘we’ at the door (of the Divine Court), he is turned back from the door and is continuing in not (nonentity).
قصه‌‌ی آن کس که در یاری بکوفت از درون گفت کیست گفت منم، گفت چون تو تویی در نمی‌‌گشایم هیچ کس را از یاران نمی‌‌شناسم که او من باشد
The story of the person who knocked at a friend's door: his friend from within asked who he was: he said, “’Tis I,” and the friend answered, “Since thou art thou, I will not open the door: I know not any friend that is ‘I.’ Begone!”
آن یکی آمد در یاری بزد ** گفت یارش کیستی ای معتمد
A certain man came and knocked at a friend's door: his friend asked him, “Who art thou, O trusty one?”
گفت من، گفتش برو هنگام نیست ** بر چنین خوانی مقام خام نیست
He answered, “I.” The friend said, “Begone, ’tis not the time (for thee to come in): at a table like this there is no place for the raw.”
خام را جز آتش هجر و فراق ** کی پزد کی وا رهاند از نفاق
Save the fire of absence and separation, who (what) will cook the raw one? Who (what) will deliver him from hypocrisy?
رفت آن مسکین و سالی در سفر ** در فراق دوست سوزید از شرر
The wretched man went away, and for a year in travel (and) in separation from his friend he was burned with sparks of fire.
پخته گشت آن سوخته پس باز گشت ** باز گرد خانه‌‌ی همباز گشت3060
That burned one was cooked: then he returned and again paced to and fro beside the house of his comrade.
حلقه زد بر در به صد ترس و ادب ** تا بنجهد بی‌‌ادب لفظی ز لب
He knocked at the door with a hundred fears and respects, lest any disrespectful word might escape from his lips.
بانگ زد یارش که بر در کیست آن ** گفت بر درهم تویی ای دلستان
His friend called to him, “Who is at the door?” He answered, “’Tis thou art at the door, O charmer of hearts.”
گفت اکنون چون منی ای من در آ ** نیست گنجایی دو من را در سرا
“Now,” said the friend, “since thou art I, come in, O myself: there is not room in the house for two I's.
نیست سوزن را سر رشته دو تا ** چون که یکتایی درین سوزن در آ
The double end of thread is not for the needle: inasmuch as thou art single, come into this needle.”