ور که خود را دوست دارد ای بجان ** دوستی خویش باشد بی‌گمان
And if it love the sun with (all) its soul, ’tis undoubtedly love of itself.
خواه خود را دوست دارد لعل ناب ** خواه تا او دوست دارد آفتاب
Whether the pure ruby loves itself or whether it loves the sun,
اندرین دو دوستی خود فرق نیست ** هر دو جانب جز ضیای شرق نیست 2030
There is really no difference in these two loves: both sides (aspects) are naught but the radiance of the sunrise.
تا نشد او لعل خود را دشمنست ** زانک یک من نیست آنجا دو منست
Until it (the stone) has become a ruby, it is an enemy to itself, because it is not a single “I”: two “I's” are there;
زانک ظلمانیست سنگ و روزکور ** هست ظلمانی حقیقت ضد نور
For the stone is dark and blind to the day (-light): the dark is essentially opposed to light.
خویشتن را دوست دارد کافرست ** زانک او مناع شمس اکبرست
(If) it love itself, it is an infidel, because it offers intense resistance to the supreme Sun.
پس نشاید که بگوید سنگ انا ** او همه تاریکیست و در فنا
Therefore ’tis not fitting that the stone should say “I,” (for) it is wholly darkness and in (the state of) death.
گفت فرعونی انا الحق گشت پست ** گفت منصوری اناالحق و برست 2035
A Pharaoh said “I am God” and was laid low; a Mansúr (Halláj) said “I am God” and was saved.
آن انا را لعنة الله در عقب ** وین انا را رحمةالله ای محب
The former “I” is followed by God's curse and the latter “I” by God's mercy, O loving man;
زانک او سنگ سیه بد این عقیق ** آن عدوی نور بود و این عشیق
For that one (Pharaoh) was a black stone, this one (Halláj) a cornelian; that one was an enemy to the Light, and this one passionately enamoured (of it).