تا شویم اعجوبه‌‌ی دور زمان ** تا نهیم اندر زمین امن و امان‌‌

That we may become the wonder of the world, that we may establish safety and security on the earth.”

آن قیاس حال گردون بر زمین ** راست ناید فرق دارد در کمین‌‌ 3425

The analogy between the state of Heaven and (that of) the earth is inexact: it has a concealed difference.

در بیان آن که حال خود و مستی خود پنهان باید داشت از جاهلان‌‌

Explaining that one must keep one's own (spiritual) state and (mystical) intoxication hidden from the ignorant.

بشنو الفاظ حکیم پرده‌‌ای ** سر همانجا نه که باده خورده‌‌ای‌‌

Hearken to the words of the Sage (Hakím) who lived in seclusion, “Lay thy head in the same place where thou hast drunk the wine.”

چون که از میخانه مستی ضال شد ** تسخر و بازیچه‌‌ی اطفال شد

When the drunken man has gone astray from a tavern, he becomes the children's laughing-stock and plaything.

می‌‌فتد او سو به سو بر هر رهی ** در گل و می‌‌خنددش هر ابلهی‌‌

Whatever way he goes, he is falling in the mud, (now) on this side and (now) on that side, and every fool is laughing at him.

او چنین و کودکان اندر پی‌‌اش ** بی‌‌خبر از مستی و ذوق می‌‌اش‌‌

He (goes on) like this, while the children at his heels are without knowledge of his intoxication and the taste of his wine.

خلق اطفال‌‌اند جز مست خدا ** نیست بالغ جز رهیده از هوا 3430

All mankind are children except him that is intoxicated with God; none is grownup except him that is freed from sensual desire.

گفت دنیا لعب و لهو است و شما ** کودکید و راست فرماید خدا

He (God) said, “This world is a play and pastime, and ye are children”; and God speaks truth.

از لعب بیرون نرفتی کودکی ** بی‌‌ذکات روح کی باشد ذکی‌‌

If you have not gone forth from (taken leave of) play, you are a child: without purity of spirit how should he (any one) be fully intelligent?

چون جماع طفل دان این شهوتی ** که همی‌‌رانند اینجا ای فتی‌‌

Know, O youth, that the lust in which men are indulging here (in this world) is like the sexual intercourse of children.