لیک آن سر پیش این ضالان گم ** میدهد داد سری از راه دم
But (nevertheless) that Head is bestowing on these lost and erring ones the bounty proper to Headship by way of the tail.
آن ز سر مییابد آن داد این ز دم ** قوم دیگر پا و سر کردند گم
That one obtains the bounty from the Head, this one from the tail; another company (of mystics) have lost (both) foot and head.
چونک گم شد جمله جمله یافتند ** از کم آمد سوی کل بشتافتند
Since all has been lost, they have gained all: through dwindling away (to naught) they have sped towards the Whole.
دیدن ایشان در قصر این قلعهی ذات الصور نقش روی دختر شاه چین را و بیهوش شدن هر سه و در فتنه افتادن و تفحص کردن کی این صورت کیست
How in the pavilion of the fortress adorned with pictures they (the princes) saw a portrait of the daughter of the King of China and how all three lost their senses and fell into distraction and made inquiries, asking, “Whose portrait is this?”
این سخن پایان ندارد آن گروه ** صورتی دیدند با حسن و شکوه 3760
This topic is endless. The company (of three) espied a beauteous and majestic portrait.
خوبتر زان دیده بودند آن فریق ** لیک زین رفتند در بحر عمیق
The (travelling) party had seen (pictures) more beautiful than that, but at (the sight of) this one they were plunged in the deep sea,