در زبان می‌ناید آن حجت بدان ** هم‌چو حال سر عشق عاشقان

Like the inmost feelings of love in lovers, that proof, (you must) know, does not come (to utterance) on the tongue.

نیست پیدا سر گفت و گوی من ** جز که زردی و نزاری روی من

The inmost meaning of my words is not apparent, except (in) the pallor and haggardness of my face.

اشک و خون بر رخ روانه می‌دود ** حجت حسن و جمالش می‌شود

Tears and blood roll on my cheeks and become the proof of His (the Beloved's) comeliness and beauty.’

گفت من اینها ندانم حجتی ** که بود در پیش عامه آیتی 2855

He (the philosopher) replied, ‘I do not deem these things to be such a proof as would be a manifest sign to the vulgar.’

گفت چون قلبی و نقدی دم زنند ** که تو قلبی من تکویم ارجمند

He (the other) said, ‘When a base and a genuine coin boast, saying (to each other), “Thou art base; I am good and valuable,”

هست آتش امتحان آخرین ** کاندر آتش در فتند این دو قرین

Fire is the final test: (the test is) that these two rivals should be dropped into the fire.

عام و خاص از حالشان عالم شوند ** از گمان و شک سوی ایقان روند

(Then) the vulgar and the elect will become acquainted with their (real) state and will advance from opinion and doubt to certain knowledge.

آب و آتش آمد ای جان امتحان ** نقد و قلبی را که آن باشد نهان

Water and fire, O (dear) soul, are the test for the pure and the base coin that is hidden.

تا من و تو هر دو در آتش رویم ** حجت باقی حیرانان شویم 2860

Let me and thee, both of us, go into the fire and become a lasting proof for the perplexed.

تا من و تو هر دو در بحر اوفتیم ** که من و تو این کره را آیتیم

Let me and thee, both of us, fall into the sea, for thou and I are a sign unto this multitude.’