همره جانت نگردد ملک و زر ** زر بده سرمه ستان بهر نظر
Sovereignty and gold will not accompany thy spirit on its journey: give thy gold away, get collyrium for thy sight,
تا ببینی کین جهان چاهیست تنگ ** یوسفانه آن رسن آری به چنگ
In order that thou mayst see that this world is a narrow well, and that, like Joseph, thou mayst grasp that rope,
تا بگوید چون ز چاه آیی به بام ** جان که یا بشرای هذا لی غلام
So that, when thou comest from the well (up) to the roof, the Soul will say, “Oh, good news for met This is a youth for me.”
هست در چاه انعکاسات نظر ** کمترین آنک نماید سنگ زر675
In the well (of this world) there are optical inversions, the least (of which is) that stones appear to be gold.
وقت بازی کودکان را ز اختلال ** می‌نماید آن خزفها زر و مال
To children at play-time, from infirmity (of mind), those potsherds (with which they play) appear to be gold and riches.
عارفانش کیمیاگر گشته‌اند ** تا که شد کانها بر ایشان نژند
His (God’s) knowers have become alchemists, so that mines (of gold) have become worthless in their eyes.
دیدن درویش جماعت مشایخ را در خواب و درخواست کردن روزی حلال بی‌مشغول شدن به کسب و از عبادت ماندن و ارشاد ایشان او را و میوه‌های تلخ و ترش کوهی بر وی شیرین شدن به داد آن مشایخ
How a dervish saw in dream a company of Shaykhs and begged for a daily portion of lawful food (which he should receive) without being occupied with earning (it) and being (thereby) incapacitated from devotional service; and how they directed him, and how the sour and bitter mountain-fruit became sweet to him through the bounty of those Shaykhs.
آن یکی درویش گفت اندر سمر ** خضریان را من بدیدم خواب در
A certain dervish said in the night-talk, “I saw in dream those (saints who are) connected with Khizr.
گفتم ایشان را که روزی حلال ** از کجا نوشم که نبود آن وبال
I said to them, ‘Whence shall I (get to) eat a daily portion of lawful food that is not pernicious?’
مر مرا سوی کهستان راندند ** میوه‌ها زان بیشه می‌افشاندند680
They took me along towards the mountainous country: they were shaking down the fruit from (the trees in) the forest,
که خدا شیرین بکرد آن میوه را ** در دهان تو به همتهای ما
Saying, ‘God hath made the fruit (to taste) sweet in thy mouth because of our benedictions.