تا نگویی سر سلطان را به کس ** تا نریزی قند را پیش مگس

تا نگویی سر سلطان را به کس ** تا نریزی قند را پیش مگس 20

So that you will not tell the King's secret to any one nor pour out sugar before flies.

گوش آنکس نوشد اسرار جلال ** کو چو سوسن صدزبان افتاد و لال

The secrets of the (Divine) Majesty are drunk in by the ear of that one who, like the lily, hath a hundred tongues and is dumb.

حلق بخشد خاک را لطف خدا ** تا خورد آب و بروید صد گیا

The grace of God bestows a throat on the earth, to the end that it may drink water and make a hundred herbs to grow.

باز خاکی را ببخشد حلق و لب ** تا گیاهش را خورد اندر طلب

Again, He bestows on the creature of earth (the animal) a throat and lip, in order that it may eat its (the earth's) herbage in desire.

چون گیاهش خورد حیوان گشت زفت ** گشت حیوان لقمه‌ی انسان و رفت

When the animal has eaten its herbage, it becomes fat: the animal becomes a mouthful for Man and goes (disappears).

باز خاک آمد شد اکال بشر ** چون جدا شد از بشر روح و بصر 25

In turn it becomes earth and becomes a devourer of Man, when the spirit and the sight are separated from Man.

ذره‌ها دیدم دهانشان جمله باز ** گر بگویم خوردشان گردد دراز

I beheld the atoms (of created existence) with their mouths all open: if I should tell of their food, it (the tale) would become long.

برگها را برگ از انعام او ** دایگان را دایه لطف عام او

Provisions have (their) provision from His bounty; His universal grace is the nourisher of them that nourish.

رزقها را رزقها او می‌دهد ** زانک گندم بی غذایی چون زهد

He bestoweth gifts (of sustenance) on the gifts (which sustain life), for how should wheat spring forth without (receiving) any sustenance?

نیست شرح این سخن را منتهی ** پاره‌ای گفتم بدانی پاره‌ها

There is no end to the explanation of this matter. I have told a portion: you may know the (remaining) portions (by analogy).