پس عدم گردم عدم چون ارغنون ** گویدم که انا الیه راجعون
Then I shall become non-existence: non-existence saith to me, (in tones loud) as an organ, Verily, unto Him shall we return.
مرگ دان آنک اتفاق امتست ** کاب حیوانی نهان در ظلمتست
Know death to be (the thing signified by) what the (Mohammedan) community are agreed upon, namely, that the Water of Life is hidden in the (Land of) Darkness.
همچو نیلوفر برو زین طرف جو ** همچو مستسقی حریص و مرگ‌جو
Grow from this river-bank, like the water-lily, greedy and craving for death as the sufferer from dropsy.
مرگ او آبست و او جویای آب ** می‌خورد والله اعلم بالصواب
The water is death to him, and (yet) he is seeking the water and drinking it— and God best knoweth the right course.
ای فسرده عاشق ننگین نمد ** کو ز بیم جان ز جانان می‌رمد3910
Oh, the cold lover, clad in the felt (garment) of shame, who from fear of (losing) his life is fleeing from the Beloved!
سوی تیغ عشقش ای ننگ زنان ** صد هزاران جان نگر دستک‌زنان
O thou disgrace (even) to women, behold hundreds of thousands of souls clapping their hands (and rushing) towards the sword of His love!
جوی دیدی کوزه اندر جوی ریز ** آب را از جوی کی باشد گریز
Thou hast seen the river: spill thy jug in the river: how should the water take flight from the river?
آب کوزه چون در آب جو شود ** محو گردد در وی و جو او شود
When the water in the jug goes into the river-water, it disappears in it, and it becomes the river.
وصف او فانی شد و ذاتش بقا ** زین سپس نه کم شود نه بدلقا
His (the lover's) attributes have passed away, and his essence remains: after this, he does not dwindle or become ill-favoured.
خویش را بر نخل او آویختم ** عذر آن را که ازو بگریختم3915
I have hanged myself on His palm-tree in excuse for having fled from Him.”
رسیدن آن عاشق به معشوق خویش چون دست از جان خود بشست
How that lover reached his Beloved when he washed his hands of (gave up) his life.