عقلهای اولینش یاد نیست ** هم ازین عقلش تحول کردنیست

He hath no remembrance of his former intelligences (souls); from this (human) intelligence also there is a migration to be made by him,

تا رهد زین عقل پر حرص و طلب ** صد هزاران عقل بیند بوالعجب

That he may escape from this intelligence full of greed and self-seeking and may behold a hundred thousand intelligences most marvellous.

گر چو خفته گشت و شد ناسی ز پیش ** کی گذارندش در آن نسیان خویش 3650

Though he fell asleep and became oblivious of the past, how should they leave him in that self-forgetfulness?

باز از آن خوابش به بیداری کشند ** که کند بر حالت خود ریش‌خند

From that sleep they will bring him back again to wakefulness, that he may mock at his (present) state,

که چه غم بود آنک می‌خوردم به خواب ** چون فراموشم شد احوال صواب

Saying, “What was that sorrow I was suffering in my sleep? How did I forget the states of truth (the real experiences)?

چون ندانستم که آن غم و اعتلال ** فعل خوابست و فریبست و خیال

How did not I know that that sorrow and disease is the effect of sleep and is illusion and phantasy?”

هم‌چنان دنیا که حلم نایمست ** خفته پندارد که این خود دایمست

Even so this world, which is the sleeper's dream: the sleeper fancies that it is really enduring,

تا بر آید ناگهان صبح اجل ** وا رهد از ظلمت ظن و دغل 3655

Till on a sudden there shall rise the dawn of Death and he shall be delivered from the darkness of opinion and falsehood.

خنده‌اش گیرد از آن غمهای خویش ** چون ببیند مستقر و جای خویش

(Then) laughter at those sorrows of his will take possession of him when he sees his permanent abode and dwelling-place.

هر چه تو در خواب بینی نیک و بد ** روز محشر یک به یک پیدا شود

Everything good or evil that thou seest in thy sleep will be made manifest, one by one, on the Day of the (Last) Congregation.