چونک دست عقل نگشاید خدا ** خس فزاید از هوا بر آب ما
Unless God loose the hand of the intellect, the weeds on our water are increased by sensual desire.
آب را هر دم کند پوشیده او ** آن هوا خندان و گریان عقل تو1830
Every moment they cover the water (more and more): that desire is laughing, and thy intellect is weeping;
چونک تقوی بست دو دست هوا ** حق گشاید هر دو دست عقل را
(But) when piety has chained the hands of desire, God looses the hands of the intellect.
پس حواس چیره محکوم تو شد ** چون خرد سالار و مخدوم تو شد
So, when the intellect becomes thy captain and master, the dominant senses become subject to thee.
حس را بی‌خواب خواب اندر کند ** تا که غیبیها ز جان سر بر زند
He (who is ruled by the intellect), without being asleep (himself), puts his senses to sleep, so that the unseen things may emerge from (the world of) the Soul.
هم به بیداری ببینی خوابها ** هم ز گردون بر گشاید بابها
Even in your waking state you will dream dreams, and the gates of Heaven withal will open (to you).
قصه‌ی خواندن شیخ ضریر مصحف را در رو و بینا شدن وقت قرائت
Story of the blind old man's reading the Qur’án in front (of him) and regaining his sight when he read.
دید در ایام آن شیخ فقیر ** مصحفی در خانه‌ی پیری ضریر1835
Once upon a time a dervish Shaykh saw a Qur’án in the house of a blind old man.
پیش او مهمان شد او وقت تموز ** هر دو زاهد جمع گشته چند روز
He became his guest in (the month) Tamúz: the two ascetics were together for several days.
گفت اینجا ای عجب مصحف چراست ** چونک نابیناست این درویش راست
He said (to himself), “Oh, I wonder what the Book is (here) for, as this righteous dervish is blind.”
اندرین اندیشه تشویشش فزود ** که جز او را نیست اینجا باش و بود
(Whilst he was occupied) in this reflection, his perplexity increased: (he said to himself), “No one lives here except him.