اتحاد یار با یاران خوش است ** پای معنی گیر صورت سرکش است‌‌

Sweet is the oneness of the Friend with His friends: catch (and cling to) the foot of spirit. Form is headstrong.

صورت سرکش گدازان کن به رنج ** تا ببینی زیر او وحدت چو گنج‌‌

Make headstrong form waste away with tribulation, that beneath it you may descry unity, like a (buried) treasure;

ور تو نگذاری عنایتهای او ** خود گدازد ای دلم مولای او

And if you waste it not away, His favours will waste it—oh, my heart is His vassal.

او نماید هم به دلها خویش را ** او بدوزد خرقه‌‌ی درویش را 685

He even showeth Himself to (our) hearts, He seweth the tattered frock of the dervish.

منبسط بودیم و یک جوهر همه ** بی‌‌سر و بی‌‌پا بدیم آن سر همه‌‌

Simple were we and all one substance; we were all without head and without foot yonder.

یک گهر بودیم همچون آفتاب ** بی‌‌گره بودیم و صافی همچو آب‌‌

We were one substance, like the Sun; we were knotless and pure, like water.

چون به صورت آمد آن نور سره ** شد عدد چون سایه‌‌های کنگره‌‌

When that goodly Light took form, it became (many in) number like the shadows of a battlement.

کنگره ویران کنید از منجنیق ** تا رود فرق از میان این فریق‌‌

Rase ye the battlement with the manjaníq (mangonel), that difference may vanish from amidst this company (of shadows).

شرح این را گفتمی من از مری ** لیک ترسم تا نلغزد خاطری‌‌ 690

I would have explained this (matter) with (eager) contention, but I fear lest some (weak) mind may stumble.

نکته‌‌ها چون تیغ پولاد است تیز ** گر نداری تو سپر واپس گریز

The points (involved in it) are sharp as a sword of steel; if you have not the shield (of capacity to understand), turn back and flee!