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.

عین آتش در اثیر آمد یقین ** پرتو و سایه‌ی ویست اندر زمین

Assuredly the essence of fire is in the aether: on the earth there is (only) its ray and shadow (reflexion).

لاجرم پرتو نپاید ز اضطراب ** سوی معدن باز می‌گردد شتاب

Of necessity, the ray, on account of quivering, does not endure: it is speedily returning to its source.

قامت تو بر قرار آمد بساز ** سایه‌ات کوته دمی یکدم دراز

Your stature is normally invariable, (but) your shadow is now short, now long.

زانک در پرتو نیابد کس ثبات ** عکسها وا گشت سوی امهات 4225

Inasmuch as no one finds permanence in the ray, (all) the reflexions return to (their) origins.

هین دهان بر بند فتنه لب گشاد ** خشک آر الله اعلم بالرشاد

Hark, close thy mouth: Mischief has opened its lips. Dry up! God best knoweth the right way.

ذکرخیال بد اندیشیدن قاصر فهمان

Account of the conception of evil fancies by those deficient in understanding.