می‌کند او توبه و پیر خرد ** بانگ لو ردوا لعادوا می‌زند2300
He is making vow’s of repentance, whilst the Pír, Reason, is crying, “Though they should be sent back, they would surely return.”
در بیان آنک وهم قلب عقلست و ستیزه‌ی اوست بدو ماند و او نیست و قصه‌ی مجاوبات موسی علیه‌السلام کی صاحب عقل بود با فرعون کی صاحب وهم بود
Explaining that imagination (wahm) is the counterfeit of Reason and in opposition to it, and that though it resembles Reason it is not Reason; and the story of the replies given to each other by Moses, on whom be peace, who was the possessor of Reason, and Pharaoh, who was the possessor of imagination.
عقل ضد شهوتست ای پهلوان ** آنک شهوت می‌تند عقلش مخوان
Reason is the contrary of sensuality: O brave man, do not call (by the name of) Reason that which is attached to sensuality.
وهم خوانش آنک شهوت را گداست ** وهم قلب نقد زر عقلهاست
That which is a beggar of sensuality—call it imagination: imagination is the counterfeit of the sterling gold of the rational faculties.
بی‌محک پیدا نگردد وهم و عقل ** هر دو را سوی محک کن زود نقل
Without a touchstone, imagination and reason are not clearly distinguished: quickly bring both to the touchstone.
این محک قرآن و حال انبیا ** چون منحک مر قلب را گوید بیا
The Qur’án and the (spiritual) state of the Prophets are this touchstone: they, like a touchstone, say to the counterfeit coin, “Come,
تا ببینی خویش را ز آسیب من ** که نه‌ای اهل فراز و شیب من2305
That by contact with me thou mayst see thyself (and know) that thou art not worthy of my higher and lower (degrees of spirituality).”
عقل را گر اره‌ای سازد دو نیم ** هم‌چو زر باشد در آتش او بسیم
If a saw make Reason (to be severed into) two halves, it (Reason) will be smiling like gold in the fire.
وهم مر فرعون عالم‌سوز را ** عقل مر موسی به جان افروز را
Imagination belongs to Pharaoh, the world-incendiary; Reason to Moses, the spirit-enkindler.
رفت موسی بر طریق نیستی ** گفت فرعونش بگو تو کیستی
Moses went on the way of non-existence (self-negation): Pharaoh said to him, “Tell (me), who art thou?”
گفت من عقلم رسول ذوالجلال ** حجةالله‌ام امانم از ضلال
He said, “I am Reason, the messenger of the Almighty: I am the proof of God, I am the protection against error.”