هر که را فتح و ظفر پیغام داد ** پیش او یک شد مراد و بی‌مراد

To whomsoever He (God) has announced victory and triumph —to him success and unsuccess are one.

هر که پایندان وی شد وصل یار ** او چه ترسد از شکست و کارزار 4060

To whomsoever the favour of the Friend has become a surety —what fear should he have of defeat and (painful) combat

چون یقین گشتش که خواهد کرد مات ** فوت اسپ و پیل هستش ترهات

When it has become certain to him that he will checkmate (his Opponent), the loss of his horse (knight) and elephant (bishop) is a trifle to him

گر برد اسپش هر آنک اسپ‌جوست ** اسپ رو گو نه که پیش آهنگ اوست

If his horse be taken by any one who desires to take the horse, let the horse go; (for) is not he (by God’s help), the winner?

مرد را با اسپ کی خویشی بود ** عشق اسپش از پی پیشی بود

How should there be an affinity between a man and a horse? His love for the horse is (only) for the purpose of getting in front (of others).

بهر صورتها مکش چندین زحیر ** بی‌صداع صورتی معنی بگیر

Do not endure all this anguish for the sake of (mere) forms: grasp the reality without (suffering) headache on account of a form.

هست زاهد را غم پایان کار ** تا چه باشد حال او روز شمار 4065

The ascetic feels anxiety concerning his latter end: (he considers) what will be his plight on the Day of Reckoning;

عارفان ز آغاز گشته هوشمند ** از غم و احوال آخر فارغ‌اند

(But) the gnostics, having become conscious of the beginning, are free from anxiety and (care for) the ultimate conditions.

بود عارف را همین خوف و رجا ** سابقه‌دانیش خورد آن هر دو را

(Formerly) the gnostic had the same fear and hope (as the ascetic), (but) his knowledge of the past devoured both those (feelings).

دید کو سابق زراعت کرد ماش ** او همی‌داند چه خواهد بود چاش

He perceived that in the past he had sown pulse: he knows what the produce will be.