چشمه‌ی شیرست در تو بی‌کنار ** تو چرا می‌شیر جویی از تغار

There is an illimitable fountain of milk within thee: why art thou seeking milk from the pail?

منفذی داری به بحر ای آبگیر ** ننگ دار از آب جستن از غدیر 1070

O lake, thou hast a channel to the Sea: be ashamed to seek water from the pool;

که الم نشرح نه شرحت هست باز ** چون شدی تو شرح‌جو و کدیه‌ساز

For did not We expand…? Again, hast not thou the expansion? How art thou become a seeker of the expansion and a mendicant?

در نگر در شرح دل در اندرون ** تا نیاید طعنه‌ی لا تبصرون

Contemplate the expansion of the heart within (thee), lest there come the reproach, Do not ye see?

تفسیر و هو معکم

Commentary on “And He is with you.”

یک سپد پر نان ترا بی‌فرق سر ** تو همی خواهی لب نان در به در

There is a basket full of loaves on the crown of thy head, and thou art begging a crust of bread from door to door.

در سر خود پیچ هل خیره‌سری ** رو در دل زن چرا بر هر دری

Attend to thine own head, abandon giddy-headedness; go, knock at the door of thy heart: why art thou (knocking) at every door?

تا بزانویی میان آب‌جو ** غافل از خود زین و آن تو آب جو 1075

Whilst thou art up to the knee in the river-water, thou art heedless of thyself and art seeking water from this one and that one.

پیش آب و پس هم آب با مدد ** چشمها را پیش سد و خلف سد

Water in front; and behind, too, an unfailing supply of water; (but) before thine eyes is a barrier and behind them a barrier.

اسپ زیر ران و فارس اسپ‌جو ** چیست این گفت اسپ لیکن اسپ کو

The horse is under the (rider's) thigh, and the rider is seeking the horse. (When asked), “What is this?” he says, “A horse, but where is the horse?”

هی نه اسپست این به زیر تو پدید ** گفت آری لیک خود اسپی که دید

“Eh, is not this a horse under thee, plain to see?” “Yes,” says he, “but who ever saw a horse?”