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  • از مفلسف گویم و سودای او  ** یا ز کشتیها و دریاهای او 
  • Shall I speak of the philosopher and his mad fancy, or of His (God's) ships (arks) and seas (floods)?

  • بل ز کشتیهاش کان پند دلست  ** گویم از کل جزو در کل داخلست 
  • Nay, (I will speak) of His arks, which are the spiritual counsel (given by the saints); I will speak of the whole: the part is included in the whole.

  • هر ولی را نوح و کشتیبان شناس  ** صحبت این خلق را طوفان شناس  2225
  • Know every saint to be a Noah and captain of the Ark; know companionship with these (worldly) people to be the Flood.

  • کم گریز از شیر و اژدرهای نر  ** ز آشنایان و ز خویشان کن حذر 
  • Do not flee from lions and fierce dragons, (but) beware of friends and kinsmen.

  • در تلاقی روزگارت می‌برند  ** یادهاشان غایبی‌ات می‌چرند 
  • They waste your time (when you are) face to face (with them), and your recollections of them devour (the time of) your absence (from them).

  • چون خر تشنه خیال هر یکی  ** از قف تن فکر را شربت‌مکی 
  • Like a thirsty ass, the image of each one (in your phantasy) is licking up the sherbet of (spiritual) thought from the flagon of the body.

  • نشف کرد از تو خیال آن وشات  ** شبنمی که داری از بحر الحیات 
  • The (mental) image of those talebearers has sucked out of you the dew that you have (derived) from the Sea of Life.

  • پس نشان نشف آب اندر غصون  ** آن بود کان می‌نجنبد در رکون  2230
  • The sign, then, of the absorption (drying up) of the water (sap) in the boughs is that they are not moved to sway (to and fro).

  • عضو حر شاخ تر و تازه بود  ** می‌کشی هر سو کشیده می‌شود 
  • The limb of him who is free (detached from the world) is (like) a moist fresh bough: (if) you pull it in any direction, it is (easily) pulled.

  • گر سبد خواهی توانی کردنش  ** هم توانی کرد چنبر گردنش 
  • If you want a basket, you can make it (a basket); you can also make its neck a hoop;