بر سر دریا همی‌‌راند او عمد ** می‌‌نمودش آن قدر بیرون ز حد

بر سر دریا همی‌‌راند او عمد ** می‌‌نمودش آن قدر بیرون ز حد 1085

He was propelling the raft on the “sea”: that (small) quantity appeared to him illimitable.

بود بی‌‌حد آن چمین نسبت بدو ** آن نظر که بیند آن را راست کو

That urine was boundless in relation to him: where was the vision that should see it truly?

عالمش چندان بود کش بینش است ** چشم چندین بحر هم چندینش است‌‌

His world extends (just) as far as his sight reaches; his eye is so big, his “sea” is big in the same proportion.

صاحب تاویل باطل چون مگس ** وهم او بول خر و تصویر خس‌‌

So with the false interpreter (of the Qur’án): like the fly, his imagination is (foul as) ass's urine and his conception (worthless as) a straw.

گر مگس تاویل بگذارد به رای ** آن مگس را بخت گرداند همای‌‌

If the fly leave off interpreting by (following his own) opinion, Fortune will turn that fly into a humáy.

آن مگس نبود کش این عبرت بود ** روح او نی در خور صورت بود 1090

One who possesses this (Divine) indication (of the true meaning) is not a fly: his spirit is not analogous to his (outward) form.

تولیدن شیر از دیر آمدن خرگوش‌‌

How the lion roared wrathfully because the hare was late in coming.

همچو آن خرگوش کاو بر شیر زد ** روح او کی بود اندر خورد قد

As (for example) the hare who struck against the lion: how was his spirit analogous to his stature?

شیر می‌‌گفت از سر تیزی و خشم ** کز ره گوشم عدو بر بست چشم‌‌

The lion from fury and rage was saying, “By means of my ear the enemy has bound up my eye.

مکرهای جبریانم بسته کرد ** تیغ چوبینشان تنم را خسته کرد

The tricks of the necessitarians have bound me (in captivity); their wooden sword has wounded my body.

زین سپس من نشنوم آن دمدمه ** بانگ دیوان است و غولان آن همه‌‌

After this I will not hearken to their palaver: all that is (only meant to deceive, like) the cry of demons and ghouls.