پنبه در آتش نهادم من به خویش ** اندر افکندم قج نر را به میش
I have set the cotton on fire with my own hand, I have put the lusty ram to the ewe.”
گل فرو شست از سر و بی‌جان دوید ** در پی او رفت و چادر می‌کشید
She washed off the clay (soap) from her head and ran, beside herself (with anxiety): she went in pursuit of her (the maid), drawing the chádar (over her head as she ran).
آن ز عشق جان دوید و این ز بیم ** عشق کو و بیم کو فرقی عظیم
The former (the maid) ran because of the love in her soul, and the latter (the wife) because of fear. What is fear in comparison with love? (There is) a great difference.
سیر عارف هر دمی تا تخت شاه ** سیر زاهد هر مهی یک روزه راه 2180
The mystic's progress is (an ascension) at every moment to the throne of the (Divine) King; the ascetic's progress is one day's journey every month.
گرچه زاهد را بود روزی شگرف ** کی بود یک روز او خمسین الف
Although, for the ascetic, one day is of great value, (yet) how should his one day be (equal to) fifty thousand (years)?
قدر هر روزی ز عمر مرد کار ** باشد از سال جهان پنجه هزار
The length of every day in the life of the adept is fifty thousand of the years of the world.
عقلها زین سر بود بیرون در ** زهره‌ی وهم ار بدرد گو بدر
Intellects are excluded from this mystery: if the heart of Imagination burst, let it burst!
ترس مویی نیست اندر پیش عشق ** جمله قربانند اندر کیش عشق
In the sight of Love, fear is not (so much as) a single hair: in the law of Love, all things (else) are (offered) as a sacrifice.
عشق وصف ایزدست اما که خوف ** وصف بنده‌ی مبتلای فرج و جوف 2185
Love is an attribute of God, but fear is an attribute of the servant (of God) who is afflicted by lust and gluttony. [Love is an attribute of God, but fear is an attribute of the servant (of God) who is afflicted by vulva and belly.]
چون یحبون بخواندی در نبی ** با یحبوهم قرین در مطلبی
Since you have read in the Qur’án (the words) “they love Him” joined in a certain place with (the words) “He loves them,”