فعل بر ارکان و فکرت مکتتم ** لیک در تاثیر و وصلت دو به هم
The action is (manifested) on the pillars, while the thought (that produces it) is concealed; but the two are combined in the correlation of cause and effect.
آن صور در بزم کز جام خوشیست ** فایده‌ی او بی‌خودی و بیهشیست
The forms (ideas) that arise at a banquet from the festive cup have as their result unconsciousness and senselessness.
صورت مرد و زن و لعب و جماع ** فایده‌ش بی‌هوشی وقت وقاع
The forms (ideas) of man and woman and (amorous) sport and sexual intercourse—hinc nascitur perturbatio animi in coitu. [The forms (ideas) of man and woman and (amorous) sport and sexual intercourse—their result at the time of sexual union (is mental) distraction.]
صورت نان و نمک کان نعمتست ** فایده‌ش آن قوت بی‌صورتست
The (material) form of bread and salt, which is a benefit (conferred by God), has as its result (bodily) strength, which is formless.
در مصاف آن صورت تیغ و سپر ** فایده‌ش بی‌صورتی یعنی ظفر 3735
On the battle-field the (material) form of sword and shield has as its result a formless thing, i.e. victory.
مدرسه و تعلیق و صورت‌های وی ** چون به دانش متصل شد گشت طی
(Attendance at) college and learning and the (various) forms thereof are (all) done with, as soon as they have reached (their goal, namely) knowledge.
این صور چون بنده‌ی بی‌صورتند ** پس چرا در نفی صاحب‌نعمتند
Since these forms are the slaves of the Formless, why, then, are they denying their Benefactor?
این صور دارد ز بی‌صورت وجود ** چیست پس بر موجد خویشش جحود
These forms have their existence from the Formless: what means, then, their denial of Him who brought them into existence?
خود ازو یابد ظهور انکار او ** نیست غیر عکس خود این کار او
His (the sceptic's) disbelief is really manifested by Him: in truth this act of his is naught but a reflexion.
صورت دیوار و سقف هر مکان ** سایه‌ی اندیشه‌ی معمار دان 3740
Know that the form of the walls and roof of every dwelling-place is a shadow (reflexion) of the thought of the architect,