ترک کن این جبر را که بس تهیست ** تا بدانی سر سر جبر چیست
Abandon this Necessitarianism, which is very empty (of good), in order that you may know what is the inmost secret of Necessity.
ترک کن این جبر جمع منبلان ** تا خبر یابی از آن جبر چو جان
Abandon this Necessitarianism of the idle party, in order that you may gain knowledge of the Necessity that is (dear) as the soul.
ترک معشوقی کن و کن عاشقی ** ای گمان برده که خوب و فایقی
Abandon the state of being loved (by men) and adopt the practice of loving (God), O you who think that you are excellent and pre-eminent.
ای که در معنی ز شب خامش‌تری ** گفت خود را چند جویی مشتری 3190
O you who really are more silent than Night, how long will you seek a purchaser for your words?
سر بجنبانند پیشت بهر تو ** رفت در سودای ایشان دهر تو
They (your hearers) nod their heads in your presence for (the purpose of assenting to) you: your time is wasted in the passionate desire of (attracting) them.
تو مرا گویی حسد اندر مپیچ ** چه حسد آرد کسی از فوت هیچ
You say to me, ‘Don't indulge in envy,’ (but) how should any one feel envy in consequence of losing naught?
هست تعلیم خسان ای چشم‌شوخ ** هم‌چو نقش خرد کردن بر کلوخ
O impudent man, instruction given to the worthless is like drawing a little design on a clod of earth.
خویش را تعلیم کن عشق و نظر ** که آن بود چون نقش فی جرم الحجر
Instruct thyself in love (of God) and (spiritual) insight; for that is like a design (engraved) on a solid mass of stone.
نفس تو با تست شاگرد وفا ** غیر فانی شد کجا جویی کجا 3195
Your own self is the (only) pupil that is (really) faithful to you: (all) the others perish: where will you seek them, where?
تا کنی مر غیر را حبر و سنی ** خویش را بدخو و خالی می‌کنی
In order that you may make others erudite and eminent, you are making yourself evil-natured and empty (of true knowledge).