گر چه از میری و را آوازه‌‌ای است ** همچو درویشان مر او را کازه‌‌ای است‌‌

Though he has a (great) renown from being Commander (of the Faithful), he has (no dwelling except) a hut, like the poor.

ای برادر چون ببینی قصر او ** چون که در چشم دلت رسته ست مو

O brother, how wilt thou behold his palace, when hair has grown in the eye of thy heart?

چشم دل از مو و علت پاک آر ** و آن گهان دیدار قصرش چشم دار 1395

Purge thy heart's eye of hair and defect, and then hope to behold his palace.

هر که را هست از هوسها جان پاک ** زود بیند حضرت و ایوان پاک‌‌

Whoever hath a spirit purged of (sensual) desires will at once behold the Presence and the Holy Porch.

چون محمد پاک شد زین نار و دود ** هر کجا رو کرد وجه الله بود

When Mohammed was purged of this fire and smoke (of human passions), wheresoever he turned his face, was the Face of Allah.

چون رفیقی وسوسه‌‌ی بد خواه را ** کی بدانی ثم وجه الله را

Inasmuch as thou art a friend to the evil suggestions of the malign one (Satan), how wilt thou know (the true meaning of) There is the Face of Allah?

هر که را باشد ز سینه فتح باب ** او ز هر شهری ببیند آفتاب‌‌

Every one in whose breast the gate is opened will behold from every city the sun (shining).

حق پدید است از میان دیگران ** همچو ماه اندر میان اختران‌‌ 1400

God is manifest amongst others as the moon amidst the stars.

دو سر انگشت بر دو چشم نه ** هیچ بینی از جهان انصاف ده‌‌

Lay two finger-ends on thy two eyes, and wilt thou see aught of the world? Deal justly (confess that thou wilt see nothing).

گر نبینی این جهان معدوم نیست ** عیب جز ز انگشت نفس شوم نیست‌‌

If thou dost not see this world, (yet) it is not non-existent: the fault lies not save in the finger of thy evil self.