دوست دشمن گردد ایرا هم دو است ** هیچ یک با خویش جنگی در نبست
A friend becomes a foe because he is still two: no one (ever) engaged in a battle with himself.
آفرین بر عشق کل اوستاد ** صد هزاران ذره را داد اتحاد
Blessings on the universal love of the Master, (which) gave oneness to hundreds of thousands of motes!
همچو خاک مفترق در رهگذر ** یک سبوشان کرد دست کوزهگر
(They were) as dust scattered on the thoroughfare: the hand of the Potter made them one jug.
که اتحاد جسمهای آب و طین ** هست ناقص جان نمیماند بدین
(But the simile fails as applied to souls), for the oneness of bodies (formed) of water and clay is imperfect: the (oneness of) soul is not like this.
گر نظایر گویم اینجا در مثال ** فهم را ترسم که آرد اختلال3730
If I should here utter similitudes in comparison (illustration), I fear it might disorder (perplex) the understanding.
هم سلیمان هست اکنون لیک ما ** از نشاط دور بینی در عما
Even now there exists (a) Solomon, but we are blinded by exulting in (our) farsightedness.
دور بینی کور دارد مرد را ** همچو خفته در سرا کور از سرا
Far-sightedness keeps a man blind, just as one sleeping in a house is blind to the house.
مولعیم اندر سخنهای دقیق ** در گرهها باز کردن ما عشیق
We are much addicted to subtle discussions, we are exceedingly fond of solving problems;
تا گره بندیم و بگشاییم ما ** در شکال و در جواب آیین فزا
And to the end that we may tie knots and (then) undo them, (we are) making many rules for (posing and stating) the difficulty and for answering (the questions raised by it),
همچو مرغی کاو گشاید بند دام ** گاه بندد تا شود در فن تمام3735
Like a bird which should undo the fastenings of a snare, and tie (them together) at times, in order that it might become perfect in skill: