پخته گشت آن سوخته پس باز گشت ** باز گرد خانه‌‌ی همباز گشت‌‌

پخته گشت آن سوخته پس باز گشت ** باز گرد خانه‌‌ی همباز گشت‌‌ 3060

That burned one was cooked: then he returned and again paced to and fro beside the house of his comrade.

حلقه زد بر در به صد ترس و ادب ** تا بنجهد بی‌‌ادب لفظی ز لب‌‌

He knocked at the door with a hundred fears and respects, lest any disrespectful word might escape from his lips.

بانگ زد یارش که بر در کیست آن ** گفت بر درهم تویی ای دلستان‌‌

His friend called to him, “Who is at the door?” He answered, “’Tis thou art at the door, O charmer of hearts.”

گفت اکنون چون منی ای من در آ ** نیست گنجایی دو من را در سرا

“Now,” said the friend, “since thou art I, come in, O myself: there is not room in the house for two I's.

نیست سوزن را سر رشته دو تا ** چون که یکتایی درین سوزن در آ

The double end of thread is not for the needle: inasmuch as thou art single, come into this needle.”

رشته را با سوزن آمد ارتباط ** نیست در خور با جمل سم الخیاط 3065

’Tis the thread that is connected with the needle: the eye of the needle is not suitable for the camel.

کی شود باریک هستی جمل ** جز به مقراض ریاضات و عمل‌‌

How should the existence (body) of the camel be fined down save by the shears of ascetic exercises and works?

دست حق باید مر آن را ای فلان ** کاو بود بر هر محالی کن فکان‌‌

For that, O reader, the hand (power) of God is necessary, for it is the Be, and it was (bringer into existence) of every (seemingly) impossible thing.

هر محال از دست او ممکن شود ** هر حرون از بیم او ساکن شود

By His hand every impossible thing is made possible; by fear of Him every unruly one is made quiet.

اکمه و ابرص چه باشد مرده نیز ** زنده گردد از فسون آن عزیز

What of the man blind from birth and the leper? Even the dead is made living by the spell of the Almighty,