گاه نقش خویش ویران می‏کند ** از پی تنزیه جانان می‏کند

گاه نقش خویش ویران می‏کند ** از پی تنزیه جانان می‏کند 60

Sometimes he is laying waste (ruining and defacing) his own image: he is doing that in order to assert the transcendence of the Beloved (God).

چشم حس را هست مذهب اعتزال ** دیده‏ی عقل است سنی در وصال‏

The doctrine held by the eye of sense is Mu‘tazilism, whereas the eye of Reason is Sunnite (orthodox) in respect of (its) union (vision of God).

سخره‏ی حس‏اند اهل اعتزال ** خویش را سنی نمایند از ضلال‏

Those in thrall to sense-perception are Mu‘tazilites, (though) from misguidedness they represent themselves as Sunnites.

هر که در حس ماند او معتزلی ست ** گر چه گوید سنیم از جاهلی ست‏

Any one who remains in (bondage to) sense-perception is a Mu‘tazilite; though he may say he is a Sunnite, ’tis from ignorance.

هر که بیرون شد ز حس سنی وی است ** اهل بینش چشم عقل خوش پی است‏

Any one who has escaped from (the bondage of) sense-perception is a Sunnite: the man endowed with (spiritual) vision is the eye of sweet-paced (harmonious) Reason.

گر بدیدی حس حیوان شاه را ** پس بدیدی گاو و خر الله را 65

If the animal sense could see the King (God), then the ox and the ass would behold Allah.

گر نبودی حس دیگر مر ترا ** جز حس حیوان ز بیرون هوا

If, besides the animal sense, thou hadst not another sense outside of (unconditioned by) the desire of the flesh,

پس بنی آدم مکرم کی بدی ** کی به حس مشترک محرم شدی‏

Then how should the sons of Adam have been honoured? How by means of the common sense should they have become privileged (to know these mysteries)?

نا مصور یا مصور گفتننت ** باطل آمد بی ز صورت رستنت

Your calling (God) “formless” (transcending forms) or “formed” (immanent in forms) is vain, without your departure from form (unless you yourself are freed from sense perception).

نامصور یا مصور پیش اوست ** کاو همه مغز است و بیرون شد ز پوست‏

(Whether God is) “formless” or “formed,” He is with him that is all kernel and has gone forth from the husk.