ضد را با ضد ایناس از کجا ** با امام‌الناس نسناس از کجا

ضد را با ضد ایناس از کجا ** با امام‌الناس نسناس از کجا 2120

Whence (this) familiarity between opposite and opposite? Whence (comes it that) a nasnás (anthropoid ape) is (associated) with the Imám of mankind?”

باز او لاحول می‌کرد آتشین ** که اعتراض من برو کفرست و کین

Then again he was exclaiming fervidly, “God help me! My impugning him (the Shaykh) is infidelity and enmity.

من کی باشم با تصرفهای حق ** که بر آرد نفس من اشکال و دق

Who am I, in view of God's exercising (absolute) control (over everything he does), that my carnal soul should raise difficulties and objections?”

باز نفسش حمله می‌آورد زود ** زین تعرف در دلش چون کاه دود

But soon his carnal soul was returning to the attack—(for) in consequence of this acquaintance (there was) smoke in his straw-like heart—

که چه نسبت دیو را با جبرئیل ** که بود با او به صحبت هم مقیل

Saying, “What affinity has (this woman like) the Devil with (a saint like) Gabriel, that she should be his bedfellow in (connubial) intercourse?

چون تواند ساخت با آزر خلیل ** چون تواند ساخت با ره‌زن دلیل 2125

How can Khalíl (Abraham) agree with Ázar? How can a guide agree with a brigand?”

یافتن مرید مراد را و ملاقات او با شیخ نزدیک آن بیشه

How the disciple gained his wish and met the Shaykh near the forest.

اندرین بود او که شیخ نامدار ** زود پیش افتاد بر شیری سوار

He was (absorbed) in this (perplexity) when suddenly the renowned Shaykh appeared before him, riding on a lion.

شیر غران هیزمش را می‌کشید ** بر سر هیزم نشسته آن سعید

The roaring lion carried his faggots, while that blessed one sat on the top of them.

تازیانه‌ش مار نر بود از شرف ** مار را بگرفته چون خرزن به کف

Because of the honour (in which God held him) his whip was a fierce serpent: he had grasped the serpent in his hand, like an ass-goad.

تو یقین می‌دان که هر شیخی که هست ** هم سواری می‌کند بر شیر مست

Know for certain that likewise every Shaykh that exists is riding on a furious lion.