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تو نمیدانی کزین دو کیستی ** جهد کن چندانک بینی چیستی
- You do not know which of these two you are: strive (then) so long (as is necessary) that you may discern what you are.
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چون نهی بر پشت کشتی بار را ** بر توکل میکنی آن کار را
- When you put a cargo on board a ship, you are making that venture on trust,
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تو نمیدانی که از هر دو کیی ** غرقهای اندر سفر یا ناجیی
- (For) you do not know which of the two you are—whether you are (destined to be) drowned on the voyage or saved (from death).
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گر بگویی تا ندانم من کیم ** بر نخواهم تاخت در کشتی و یم 3085
- If you say, “Until I know which I am, I will not hasten on to (embark on) the ship and the ocean;
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من درین ره ناجیم یا غرقهام ** کشف گردان کز کدامین فرقهام
- On this voyage I am (to be) saved or drowned: reveal (to me) to which party I belong.
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من نخواهم رفت این ره با گمان ** بر امید خشک همچون دیگران
- I will not start upon this voyage with doubt and in idle hope, like the others”—
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هیچ بازرگانیی ناید ز تو ** زانک در غیبست سر این دو رو
- (Then) no traffic will be done by you, because the secret of these two aspects (possibilities) is in the Unseen.
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تاجر ترسندهطبع شیشهجان ** در طلب نه سود دارد نه زیان
- The merchant of timid disposition and frail spirit neither gains nor loses in his quest;
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بل زیان دارد که محرومست و خوار ** نور او یابد که باشد شعلهخوار 3090
- Nay, he suffers loss, for he is deprived (of fortune) and despicable: (only) he that is an eater of flames (ardent in search) will find the light.
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چونک بر بوکست جمله کارها ** کار دین اولی کزین یابی رها
- Inasmuch as all affairs turn upon hope, the affair of religion is most worthy (to inspire hope), for by this means you may win salvation.