هین مکش بهر هوا آن بار علم ** تا ببینی در درون انبار علم
Beware! Do not carry that burden of knowledge for the sake of selfish desire (but mortify yourself), so that you may behold the barn (store-house) of knowledge within (you),
تا که بر رهوار علم آیی سوار ** بعد از آن افتد ترا از دوش بار
So that you may mount the smooth-paced steed of knowledge, (and that) afterwards the burden may fall from your shoulder.
از هواها کی رهی بی‌‌جام هو ** ای ز هو قانع شده با نام هو
How wilt thou be freed from selfish desires without the cup of Hú (Him), O thou who hast become content with no more of Hú than the name of Hú?
از صفت و ز نام چه زاید خیال ** و آن خیالش هست دلال وصال
From attribute and name what comes to birth? Phantasy; and that phantasy shows the way to union with Him.
دیده‌‌ای دلال بی‌‌مدلول هیچ ** تا نباشد جاده نبود غول هیچ3455
Hast thou ever seen a subject that shows without (the existence of) an object that is shown: unless there is the road, there can never be the ghoul (which entices travelers to stray from the road).
هیچ نامی بی‌‌حقیقت دیده‌‌ای ** یا ز گاف و لام گل گل چیده‌‌ای
Hast thou ever seen a name without the reality (denoted by the name)? Or hast thou plucked a rose (gul) from the (letters) gáf and lám of (the word) gul?
اسم خواندی رو مسمی را بجو ** مه به بالا دان نه اندر آب جو
Thou hast pronounced the name: go, seek the thing named. Know that the moon is on high, not in the water of the stream.
گر ز نام و حرف خواهی بگذری ** پاک کن خود را ز خود هین یک سری
If thou wouldst pass beyond name and letter, oh, make thyself wholly purged of self.