کرم کرمی شد پر از میوه و درخت ** این چنین تبدیل گردد نیکبخت

The worm became a vineyard full of fruit and trees: even so is the blessed man transformed.

تفسیر کنت کنزا مخفیا فاحببت ان اعرف

Exposition of "I was a hidden treasure, and I desired to be known."

خانه بر کن کز عقیق این یمن ** صد هزاران خانه شاید ساختن 2540

Demolish the house, for a hundred thousand houses may be made from the cornelian of this Yemen.

گنج زیر خانه است و چاره نیست ** از خرابی خانه مندیش و مه‌ایست

The treasure lies beneath the house, and there is no help (for it): do not be afraid of destroying the house and do not stand still,

که هزاران خانه از یک نقد گنج ** توان عمارت کرد بی‌تکلیف و رنج

For from one treasure in hand it is possible to build a thousand houses without suffering toil and pain.

عاقبت این خانه خود ویران شود ** گنج از زیرش یقین عریان شود

In the end this house will fall of itself into ruin and the treasure beneath it will certainly be uncovered;

لیک آن تو نباشد زانک روح ** مزد ویران کردنستش آن فتوح

But it (the treasure) will not be thine, since the spirit receives that (Divine) gift as wages for destroying (the house).

چون نکرد آن کار مزدش هست لا ** لییس للانسان الا ما سعی 2545

When it has not done that work, its wages are naught: there is nothing for Man (hereafter) but (the recompense for) that which he wrought (here).

دست خایی بعد از آن تو کای دریغ ** این چنین ماهی بد اندر زیر میغ

After that, thou wilt gnaw thy hand (in remorse), saying, “Alas, a moon like this was (concealed) under the cloud.

من نکردم آنچ گفتند از بهی ** گنج رفت و خانه و دستم تهی

I did not do the good which they told (me to do): the treasure and the house are gone, and my hand is empty.”

خانه‌ی اجرت گرفتی و کری ** نیست ملک تو به بیعی یا شری

Thou hast rented and hired a house: it is not thy property by any act of sale or purchase.