کرد مجنون را ز عشق پوستی ** کو بنشناسد عدو از دوستی

He made Majnún, through love for a (dog's) skin, to be such that he would not know an enemy from a friend.

صد هزاران این چنین می‌دارد او ** که بر ادراکات تو بگمارد او

He hath a hundred thousand wines of this sort which He sets (in authority) over thy (intellectual) perceptions.

هست میهای شقاوت نفس را ** که ز ره بیرون برد آن نحس را

For the carnal soul there are the wines of damnation, which carry that ill-starred one out of the (right) way.

هست میهای سعادت عقل را ** که بیابد منزل بی‌نقل را

For the intellect there are the wines of felicity, so that it gains the abode whence is no departure.

خیمه‌ی گردون ز سرمستی خویش ** بر کند زان سو بگیرد راه پیش 2690

Through its intoxication it uproots the tent of the sky and takes the way (leading) onward from that (earthly) direction.

هین بهر مستی دلا غره مشو ** هست عیسی مست حق خر مست جو

Hark, be not deceived, O heart, by every intoxication: Jesus is intoxicated with God, the ass is intoxicated with barley.

این چنین می را بجو زین خنبها ** مستی‌اش نبود ز کوته دنبها

Seek wine like this from these jars: the intoxication (produced) by it is not (to be obtained) from the bobtailed;

زانک هر معشوق چون خنبیست پر ** آن یکی درد و دگر صافی چو در

For every object of love is like a full jar, one (full of) dregs, and another pure as pearls.

می‌شناسا هین بچش با احتیاط ** تا میی یابی منزه ز اختلاط

O connoisseur of wine, beware, taste with precaution, that thou mayst find a wine free from adulteration.

هر دو مستی می‌دهندت لیک این ** مستی‌ات آرد کشان تا رب دین 2695

Both (jars) will intoxicate thee, but this (blessed) intoxication, drawing (thee along), will lead thee to the Lord of the Judgement,