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لنگر عقلست عاقل را امان ** لنگری در یوزه کن از عاقلان
- To the intelligent man the anchor of intelligence is security: beg (such) an anchor from the intelligent.
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او مددهای خرد چون در ربود ** از خزینه در آن دریای جود
- Since he (the Sage) has borne away the succours (supplies) of intelligence from the pearl-treasury of that Sea of Bounty,
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زین چنین امداد دل پر فن شود ** بجهد از دل چشم هم روشن شود
- By such succours (replenishments) the heart is filled with knowledge: it (that knowledge) shoots from the heart, and the eye too becomes illuminated,
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زانک نور از دل برین دیده نشست ** تا چو دل شد دیدهی تو عاطلست 4315
- Because the light from the heart has settled upon this eye so that your eye, having become the heart, is (physically) inactive.
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دل چو بر انوار عقلی نیز زد ** زان نصیبی هم بدو دیده دهد
- When the heart too has come into contact with the intellectual Lights, it bestows a portion thereof on the eyes also.
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پس بدان کاب مبارک ز آسمان ** وحی دلها باشد و صدق بیان
- Know, then, that the blessed Water from Heaven is the inspiration of (men's) hearts and the true explanation (of every mystery).
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ما چو آن کره هم آب جو خوریم ** سوی آن وسواس طاعن ننگریم
- Let us also, like that foal, drink the water of the stream; let us pay no regard to the evil suggestions of the railer.
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پیرو پیغمبرانی ره سپر ** طعنهی خلقان همه بادی شمر
- (If) you are a follower of the prophets, tread the Way: deem all the railing of (human) creatures to be a (vain and empty) wind.
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آن خداوندان که ره طی کردهاند ** گوش فا بانگ سگان کی کردهاند 4320
- When have the Masters who have traversed the Way lent ear to the clamour of curs?
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بقیهی ذکر آن مهمان مسجد مهمانکش
- The remainder of the story of the guest in the guest-killing mosque.
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باز گو کان پاکباز شیرمرد ** اندر آن مسجد چه بنمودش چه کرد
- Relate what appeared in the mosque to that self-sacrificing valiant man, and what he did.