گفت صوفی چون ز یک کانست زر ** این چرا نفعست و آن دیگر ضرر
The Súfi said, “Since (all) the gold is from a single Mine, why is this beneficial and that other harmful?
چونک جمله از یکی دست آمدست ** این چرا هوشیار و آن مست آمدست 1605
Since the whole (Creation) has come from a single Hand, why has this one come sober and that one intoxicated?
چون ز یک دریاست این جوها روان ** این چرا نوش است و آن زهر دهان
Since (all) these rivers flow from a single Sea, why is this one honey and that one poison in the mouth?
چون همه انوار از شمس بقاست ** صبح صادق صبح کاذب از چه خاست
Since all lights are (derived) from the everlasting Sun, wherefore did the true dawn and the false dawn rise?
چون ز یک سرمه‌ست ناظر را کحل ** از چه آمد راست‌بینی و حول
Since the blackness of every seeing person’s eye is (derived) from a single Collyrium, wherefore did true sight and strabism come (into being)?
چونک دار الضرب را سلطان خداست ** نقد را چون ضرب خوب و نارواست
Since God is the Governor of the Mint, how is it that (both) good and spurious coins are struck?
چون خدا فرمود ره را راه من ** این خفیر از چیست و آن یک راه‌زن 1610
Since God has called the Way ‘My Way,’ wherefore is this one a trusty escort and that one a brigand?
از یک اشکم چون رسد حر و سفیه ** چون یقین شد الولد سر ابیه
How can (both) the (noble) freeman and the (base) fool come from a single womb, since it is certain that the son is (the expression of) his father’s inmost nature?
وحدتی که دید با چندین هزار ** صد هزاران جنبش از عین قرار
Who (ever) saw a Unity with so many thousand (numbers), (or) a hundred thousand motions (proceeding) from the essence of Rest?”
جواب گفتن آن قاضی صوفی را
The Cadi’s reply to the Súfi.
گفت قاضی صوفیا خیره مشو ** یک مثالی در بیان این شنو
The Cadi said, “O Súfí, do not be perplexed: hearken to a parable in explanation of this (mystery).