آن یکی کرباس را در آب زد ** و آن دگر همباز خشکش می‌‌کند

The one has thrown the cotton garments into the water, while the other partner is drying them.

باز او آن خشک را تر می‌‌کند ** گوییا ز استیزه ضد بر می‌‌تند

Again the former makes the dry clothes wet: ’tis as though he were spitefully thwarting his opposite;

لیک این دو ضد استیزه نما ** یکدل و یک کار باشد در رضا 3085

Yet these two opposites, who seem to be at strife, are of one mind and acting together in agreement.

هر نبی و هر ولی را مسلکی است ** لیک تا حق می‌‌برد جمله یکی است‌‌

Every prophet and every saint hath a way (of religious doctrine and practice), but it leads to God: all (the ways) are (really) one.

چون که جمع مستمع را خواب برد ** سنگهای آسیا را آب برد

When slumber (heedlessness) overtook the concentration (attention) of the listener, the water carried the millstones away.

رفتن این آب فوق آسیاست ** رفتنش در آسیا بهر شماست‌‌

The course of this water is above the mill: its going into the mill is for your sakes.

چون شما را حاجت طاحون نماند ** آب را در جوی اصلی باز راند

Since ye had no further need of the mill, he (the prophet or saint) made the water flow back into the original stream.

ناطقه سوی دهان تعلیم راست ** ور نه خود آن نطق را جویی جداست‌‌ 3090

The rational spirit (the Logos) is (coming) to the mouth for the purpose of teaching: else (it would not come, for) truly that speech hath a channel apart:

می‌‌رود بی‌‌بانگ و بی‌‌تکرارها ** تحتها الأنهار تا گلزارها

It is moving without noise and without repetitions (of sound) to the rose-gardens beneath which are the rivers.

ای خدا جان را تو بنما آن مقام ** کاندر او بی‌‌حرف می‌‌روید کلام‌‌

O God, do Thou reveal to the soul that place where speech is growing without letters,