یا نه این است و نه آن حیرانی است ** گنج باید جست این ویرانی است‌‌

Or is it neither this nor that? Is it bewilderment? The treasure must be sought and this (bewilderment) is the ruin (where it is hidden).

آن چه تو گنجش توهم می‌‌کنی ** ز آن توهم گنج را گم می‌‌کنی‌‌ 2475

That which you imagine to be the treasure—through that vain imagination you are losing the treasure.

چون عمارت دان تو وهم و رایها ** گنج نبود در عمارت جایها

Know that fancies and opinions are like the state of cultivation: treasure is not (to be found) in cultivated spots.

در عمارت هستی و جنگی بود ** نیست را از هستها ننگی بود

In the state of cultivation there is existence and strife (contrariety): the non-existent is ashamed of (all) existent things.

نی که هست از نیستی فریاد کرد ** بلکه نیست آن هست را واداد کرد

It is not the case that the existent implored help against (sought to escape from) nonexistence; nay, (’twas) the non-existent (that) repelled the existent.

تو مگو که من گریزانم ز نیست ** بلکه او از تو گریزان است بیست‌‌

Do not say, “I am fleeing from the non-existent”; nay, it is fleeing from you. Stop! (Do not fancy yourself to be fleeing.)

ظاهرا می‌‌خواندت او سوی خود ** وز درون می‌‌راندت با چوب رد 2480

Outwardly it is calling you towards itself, but inwardly it is driving you away with the cudgel of rejection.

نعلهای باژگونه ست ای سلیم ** نفرت فرعون می‌‌دان از کلیم‌‌

O man of sound heart (mind), ’tis (a case of) reversed shoes: know that Pharaoh's abhorrence (of Moses) was (really) from (caused by) Moses.

سبب حرمان اشقیا از دو جهان که خسر الدنیا و الآخرة

The reason why the unblest are disappointed of both worlds, (according to the text) “he has lost this life and the life to come.”

چون حکیمک اعتقادی کرده است ** کاسمان بیضه زمین چون زرده است‌‌

The wretched philosopher being firmly convinced that the sky is an egg and the earth like its yolk,

گفت سائل چون بماند این خاکدان ** در میان این محیط آسمان‌‌

Some one asked him how this earth remains, in the midst of this surrounding expanse of sky,