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دانه‌ای را صد درختستان عوض ** حبه‌ای را آمدت صد کان عوض
- (Where) a hundred groves come (are offered) to thee in exchange for one seed, a hundred mines in exchange for one groat?
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کان لله دادن آن حبه است ** تا که کان‌الله له آید به دست
- Kána lilláh is the giving of that groat, in order that kána ’lláh lahú may come into (thy) hand;
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زآنک این هوی ضعیف بی‌قرار ** هست شد زان هوی رب پایدار
- For this weak unstable hú (personality) was brought into being by the steadfast (permanent) hú of the Lord.
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هوی فانی چونک خود فا او سپرد ** گشت باقی دایم و هرگز نمرد 2615
- When the hú that passes away has surrendered itself to Him, it becomes everlasting and never dies.
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هم‌چو قطره‌ی خایف از باد و ز خاک ** که فنا گردد بدین هر دو هلاک
- (’Tis) like a drop of water (which is) afraid of wind (air) and earth; for by means of these twain it is made to pass away (and perish.
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چون به اصل خود که دریا بود جست ** از تف خورشید و باد و خاک رست
- When it has leaped (thrown itself) into the sea, which was its source, it is delivered from the heat of the sun and from wind and earth.
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ظاهرش گم گشت در دریا و لیک ** ذات او معصوم و پا بر جا و نیک
- Its outward form has disappeared in the sea, but its essence is inviolate and permanent and goodly.
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هین بده ای قطره خود را بی‌ندم ** تا بیابی در بهای قطره یم
- Hark, O (thou who art like a) drop, give thyself up without repenting, that in recompense for the drop thou mayst gain the Ocean.
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هین بده ای قطره خود را این شرف ** در کف دریا شو آمن از تلف 2620
- Hark, O drop, bestow on thyself this honour, and in the hand of the Sea become safe from destruction.
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خود کرا آید چنین دولت به دست ** قطره‌ای را بحری تقاضاگر شدست
- Whom indeed should fortune like this befall? A Sea has become the suitor for a drop.