گر ترا بر جان زند بی‌واسطه ** متصل گردد به پنهان رابطه
If it (the evidentiary miracle) produces an immediate effect upon the soul, (the reason is that) it (the soul) is brought into connexion (with the producer of the effect) by means of a hidden link.
بر جمادات آن اثرها عاریه‌ست ** از پی روح خوش متواریه‌ست 1305
The effects produced upon inanimate objects are (only) accessory: they are (really) for the sake of the fair invisible spirit,
تا از آن جامد اثر گیرد ضمیر ** حبذا نان بی‌هیولای خمیر
In order that the inmost heart may be affected by means of that inanimate object. (But) how (much more) excellent is bread (produced) without the substance (of bread), (namely), dough!
How excellent is the Messiah's table of food without stint! How excellent is Mary's fruit (that was produced) without an orchard!
بر زند از جان کامل معجزات ** بر ضمیر جان طالب چون حیات
Miracles (proceeding) from the spirit of the perfect (saint) affect the soul of the seeker as life (bestowed on the dead).
معجزه بحرست و ناقص مرغ خاک ** مرغ آبی در وی آمن از هلاک
The miracle is (like) the sea, and the deficient (heedless) man is (like) the land-bird (which perishes in the sea); (but) the water-bird is safe from destruction there.
عجزبخش جان هر نامحرمی ** لیک قدرت‌بخش جان هم‌دمی 1310
It (the miracle) bestows infirmity on any one that is uninitiated, but it bestows power on the spirit of an intimate.
چون نیابی این سعادت در ضمیر ** پس ز ظاهر هر دم استدلال گیر
Since you do not feel this bliss in your inmost heart, then continually seek the clue to it from outside,
که اثرها بر مشاعر ظاهرست ** وین اثرها از مثر مخبرست
For effects are apparent to the senses, and these effects give information concerning their producer.
هست پنهان معنی هر داروی ** هم‌چو سحر و صنعت هر جادوی
The virtue of every drug is hidden like magic and the art of any sorcerer;