ور در آن حوض آب شور است و پلید ** هر یکی لوله همان آرد پدید

But if the water in the reservoir is brackish and dirty, every pipe brings the same to view,

ز آن که پیوسته ست هر لوله به حوض ** خوض کن در معنی این حرف خوض‌‌

Because every pipe is connected with the reservoir. Dive, dive into (ponder deeply) the meaning of these words.

لطف شاهنشاه جان بی‌‌وطن ** چون اثر کرده ست اندر کل تن‌‌ 2825

(Consider) how the imperial grace of the homeless Spirit has produced effects on the whole body;

لطف عقل خوش نهاد خوش نسب ** چون همه تن را در آرد در ادب‌‌

How the grace of Reason, which is of goodly nature, of goodly lineage, brings the entire body into discipline;

عشق شنگ بی‌‌قرار بی‌‌سکون ** چون در آرد کل تن را در جنون‌‌

How Love, saucy, uncontrolled, and restless, throws the whole body into madness.

لطف آب بحر کاو چون کوثر است ** سنگ ریزه‌‌ش جمله در و گوهر است‌‌

The purity of the water of the Sea that is like Kawthar (is such that) all its pebbles are pearls and gems.

هر هنر که استا بدان معروف شد ** جان شاگردان بدان موصوف شد

For whatever science the master is renowned, the souls of his pupils become endued with the same.

پیش استاد اصولی هم اصول ** خواند آن شاگرد چست با حصول‌‌ 2830

With the master-theologian the quick and industrious pupil reads (scholastic) theology.

پیش استاد فقیه آن فقه خوان ** فقه خواند نی اصول اندر بیان‌‌

With the master-jurist the student of jurisprudence reads jurisprudence, when he (the teacher) expounds it, not theology.

پیش استادی که او نحوی بود ** جان شاگردش از او نحوی شود

With the master who is a grammarian—the soul of his pupil becomes imbued by him with grammar.