گر خزینه‌‌ش پر متاع فاخر است ** این چنین آبش نباشد نادر است
If his treasury is full of splendid merchandise, (yet) he will have no water like this: ’tis rare.”
چیست آن کوزه تن محصور ما ** اندر او آب حواس شور ما
What is that jug? Our confined body: within it is the briny water of our senses.
ای خداوند این خم و کوزه‌‌ی مرا ** در پذیر از فضل الله اشتری
O Lord, accept this jar and jug of mine by the grace of “God hath purchased (from the believers their lives and wealth in return for Paradise).”
کوزه‌‌ای با پنج لوله‌‌ی پنج حس ** پاک دار این آب را از هر نجس2710
(’Tis) a jug with five spouts, the five senses: keep this water pure (and safe) from every filth,
تا شود زین کوزه منفذ سوی بحر ** تا بگیرد کوزه‌‌ی من خوی بحر
That there may be from this jug a passage to the sea, and that my jug may assume the nature of the sea,
تا چو هدیه پیش سلطانش بری ** پاک بیند باشدش شه مشتری
So that when you carry it as a gift to the King, the King may find it pure and be its purchaser;
بی‌‌نهایت گردد آبش بعد از آن ** پر شود از کوزه‌‌ی من صد جهان
(And) after that, its water will become without end: a hundred worlds will be filled from my jug.
لوله‌‌ها بر بند و پر دارش ز خم ** گفت غضوا عن هوا ابصارکم
Stop up its spouts and keep it filled (with water) from the jar (of Reality): God said, “Close your eyes to vain desire.”
ریش او پر باد کاین هدیه کراست ** لایق چون او شهی این است راست2715
His (the husband's) beard was full of wind (he was puffed up with pride): “Who (thought he) has such a gift as this? This, truly, is worthy of a King like him.”
زن نمی‌‌دانست کانجا بر گذر ** هست جاری دجله‌‌ی همچون شکر
The wife did not know that in that place (Baghdád) on the thoroughfare there is running the Tigris (whose water is) sweet as sugar,