ای رفیقان زین مقیل و زان مقال ** اتقوا ان الهوی حیض الرجال 2935
O comrades, beware of this resting-place and of that (idle) talk: verily, sensuality is the menstruation of men.
اهبطوا افکند جان را در بدن ** تا به گل پنهان بود در عدن
(The Divine command) fall ye cast the spirit into the body, that the pearl of Aden might be hidden in clay.
تاجرش داند ولیکن گاو نی ** اهل دل دانند و هر گل‌کاو نی
The trader knows it, but the cow does not: the spiritual know, but not any clay-digger.
هر گلی که اندر دل او گوهریست ** گوهرش غماز طین دیگریست
Every piece of clay in the heart of which there is a pearl—its pearl can tell the secrets of another (piece of) clay;
وان گلی کز رش حق نوری نیافت ** صحبت گلهای پر در بر نتافت
While the clay that has not been illumined by God's sprinkling (of light) cannot bear the companionship of the pieces of clay that are filled with pearls.
این سخن پایان ندارد موش ما ** هست بر لبهای جو بر گوش ما 2940
This topic is endless, (and meanwhile) our mouse on the bank of the river is (waiting) on our ear (attention).
رجوع کردن به قصه‌ی طلب کردن آن موش آن چغز را لب‌لب جو و کشیدن سر رشته تا چغز را در آب خبر شود از طلب او
Return to the Story of the mouse seeking the frog on the river-bank and pulling the string in order that the frog in the water might become aware of his seeking him.
آن سرشته‌ی عشق رشته می‌کشد ** بر امید وصل چغز با رشد
That (creature) moulded of love is pulling the string in hope of being united with the righteous frog.
می‌تند بر رشته‌ی دل دم به دم ** که سر رشته به دست آورده‌ام
He is perpetually harping on the heart-string, saying, “I have got the end of the string in my paw.
هم‌چو تاری شد دل و جان در شهود ** تا سر رشته به من رویی نمود
My heart and soul have become as (frail as) a thread in contemplation, ever since the end of the string (the prospect of success) showed itself to me.”
خود غراب البین آمد ناگهان ** بر شکار موش و بردش زان مکان
But suddenly the raven of separation came to chase the mouse and carried it off from that spot.