پور آن بو جهل شد مومن عیان ** پور آن نوح نبی از گمرهان‌‌

The son of Bú Jahl became a true believer for all to see; the son of the prophet Noah became one of those who lost the way.

زاده‌‌ی خاکی منور شد چو ماه ** زاده‌‌ی آتش تویی رو رو سیاه‌‌

“The child of earth (Adam) became illumined like the moon; thou art the child of fire: get thee gone with thy face black (in disgrace)!”

این قیاسات و تحری روز ابر ** یا به شب مر قبله را کرده ست حبر

The wise man has made (use of) such reasonings and investigation on a cloudy day or at night for the sake of (finding) the qibla;

لیک با خورشید و کعبه پیش رو ** این قیاس و این تحری را مجو 3405

But with the sun and with the Ka‘ba before your face, do not seek to reason and investigate in this manner.

کعبه نادیده مکن رو زو متاب ** از قیاس الله أعلم بالصواب‌‌

Do not pretend that you cannot see the Ka‘ba, do not avert your face from it because you have reasoned (that it is not to be seen). God knows best what is right.

چون صفیری بشنوی از مرغ حق ** ظاهرش را یاد گیری چون سبق‌‌

When you hear a pipe from the Bird of God, you commit its outward (meaning) to memory, like a lesson,

وانگهی از خود قیاساتی کنی ** مر خیال محض را ذاتی کنی‌‌

And then from yourself (out of your own head) you make some analogies: you make (what is) mere fancy into a (thing of) substance (reality).

اصطلاحاتی است مر ابدال را ** که نباشد ز آن خبر اقوال را

The Abdál have certain mystical expressions of which the doctrines (of external religion) are ignorant.

منطق الطیری به صوت آموختی ** صد قیاس و صد هوس افروختی‌‌ 3410

You have learned the birds' language by the sound (alone), you have kindled (invented) a hundred analogies and a hundred caprices.

همچو آن رنجور دلها از تو خست ** کر به پندار اصابت گشته مست‌‌

The hearts (of the saints) are wounded by you, as the invalid (was hurt by the deaf man), (while) the deaf man became intoxicated (overjoyed) with the vain notion of success.