آن غریب شهر سربالا طلب ** گفت می‌خسپم درین مسجد بشب

That high-aspiring stranger to the town said, “I will sleep in this mosque at night.

مسجدا گر کربلای من شوی ** کعبه‌ی حاجت‌روای من شوی

O mosque, if thou become my Karbalá, thou wilt be the Ka'ba that fulfils my need.

هین مرا بگذار ای بگزیده دار ** تا رسن‌بازی کنم منصوروار

Hark, give me leave, O chosen house, that I may perform a rope-dance, like Mansúr (Halláj)!

گر شدیت اندر نصیحت جبرئیل ** می‌نخواهد غوث در آتش خلیل 4215

If in counselling (me) ye have become (as) Gabriel, (yet) Khalíl (Abraham) will not crave succour in the fire.

جبرئیلا رو که من افروخته ** بهترم چون عود و عنبر سوخته

Begone, O (thou who art like) Gabriel, for, having been kindled (with the flame of love), I, like aloes-wood and ambergris, am better (when) burnt.

جبرئیلا گر چه یاری می‌کنی ** چون برادر پاس داری می‌کنی

O Gabriel, although thou art helping and guarding (me) like a brother,

ای برادر من بر آذر چابکم ** من نه آن جانم که گردم بیش و کم

(Yet), O brother, I am eager for the fire: I am not that (animal) spirit, that I should become more and (then) less.”

جان حیوانی فزاید از علف ** آتشی بود و چو هیزم شد تلف

The animal spirit is increased by fodder: it (the animal spirit) was a fire and was consumed like firewood.

گر نگشتی هیزم او مثمر بدی ** تا ابد معمور و هم عامر بدی 4220

Had it not become firewood, it would have been fruitful: it would have prospered unto everlasting and would have caused prosperity.

باد سوزانت این آتش بدان ** پرتو آتش بود نه عین آن

Know that this fire is a burning wind: it is a ray of fire, not the essence thereof.