آنچ بیند آن جوان در آینه ** پیر اندر خشت می‌بیند همه 3275
The (wise) Elder (Pír) beholds in the (iron) brick all that the (ignorant) young man beholds in the mirror.
پیر عشق تست نه ریش سپید ** دستگیر صد هزاران ناامید
The Elder is thy love, not (the owner of) a white beard. ‘Tis he (Love) that gives a helping hand to thousands who are in despair.
عشق صورتها بسازد در فراق ** نامصور سر کند وقت تلاق
In (the hour of) separation Love fashions forms (of phantasy); in the hour of union the Formless One puts forth his head,
که منم آن اصل اصل هوش و مست ** بر صور آن حسن عکس ما بدست
Saying, “I am the ultimate origin of sobriety and intoxication: the beauty in (all) forms is reflected from Me.
پرده‌ها را این زمان برداشتم ** حسن را بی‌واسطه بفراشتم
At this moment I have removed the veils: I have raised Beauty on high without intermediaries.
زانک بس با عکس من در بافتی ** قوت تجرید ذاتم یافتی 3280
Because thou hast been much occupied with My reflexion, thou hast gained the power to contemplate My essence denuded (of the forms by which it is veiled).
چون ازین سو جذبه‌ی من شد روان ** او کشش را می‌نبیند در میان
When My pull is set in motion (begins to be exerted) from this side, he (the Christian) does not see (is not conscious of) the priest intervening (between him and Me).”
مغفرت می‌خواهد از جرم و خطا ** از پس آن پرده از لطف خدا
(At that time) he is craving forgiveness for his sins and trespasses from the grace of God behind the veil.
چون ز سنگی چشمه‌ای جاری شود ** سنگ اندر چشمه متواری شود
When a fountain gushes from a rock, the rock disappears in the fountain.
کس نخواهد بعد از آن او را حجر ** زانک جاری شد از آن سنگ آن گهر
After that, no one calls it “stone,” seeing that such a pure substance has gushed forth from the rock.