بهر این گفت آن خداوند فرج ** حدثوا عن بحرنا اذ لا حرج

Hence that Lord of relief (from sorrow) said, “Relate Traditions (drawn) from our Sea, since there is no harm (in doing so).”

باز گرد از بحر و رو در خشک نه ** هم ز لعبت گو که کودک‌راست به

(Now) turn back from the Sea and set thy face towards dry land: talk only of the plaything, for it is better (more suitable) for the child,

تا ز لعبت اندک اندک در صبا ** جانش گردد با یم عقل آشنا

So that in his boyhood, (advancing) little by little beyond the plaything, his spirit may become acquainted with the ocean of Reason.

عقل از آن بازی همی‌یابد صبی ** گرچه با عقلست در ظاهر ابی 2255

By means of that play the boy is (gradually) acquiring reason, though superficially it (his play) is repugnant (to reason).

کودک دیوانه بازی کی کند ** جزو باید تا که کل را فی کند

How can a demented child play? There must be (in the child) a part (of reason) in order that it (the part) may attain to the whole.

رجوع کردن به قصه‌ی قبه و گنج

Returning to the Story of the dome and the treasure.

نک خیال آن فقیرم بی‌ریا ** عاجز آورد از بیا و از بیا

Lo, the idea of that fakir with (his cries) “Come! come!” has rendered me unfeignedly (really) unable (to resist his appeal).

بانگ او تو نشنوی من بشنوم ** زانک در اسرار همراز ویم

You do not hear his cry, (but) I hear it, because I am his confidant in my inmost thoughts.

طالب گنجش مبین خود گنج اوست ** دوست کی باشد به معنی غیر دوست

Do not regard him as a seeker of the treasure; he is the treasure himself, how should the lover in reality be other than the beloved?

سجده خود را می‌کند هر لحظه او ** سجده پیش آینه‌ست از بهر رو 2260

At even moment he is bowing down (in worship) to himself: the bowing is (performed) in front of the mirror for the sake of (beholding) the face.

گر بدیدی ز آینه او یک پشیز ** بی‌خیالی زو نماندی هیچ چیز

If he saw in the mirror a single mite without any phantasy, nothing would be left of him.