بوک مصباحی فتد اندر میان ** مشتعل گشته ز نور آسمان

There may happen to be amongst them a lamp that has become aflame with the light of Heaven,

غیرت حق پرده‌ای انگیختست ** سفلی و علوی به هم آمیختست 2615

(For) the jealousy of God has produced a veil (of concealment) and has mingled the low and the lofty together.

گفت سیروا می‌طلب اندر جهان ** بخت و روزی را همی‌کن امتحان

He hath said, “Travel”: always be seeking in the world and trying your fortune and (destined) lot.

در مجالس می‌طلب اندر عقول ** آن چنان عقلی که بود اندر رسول

In (all) assembly-places always be seeking amidst the intellects such an intellect as is (found) in the Prophet,

زانک میراث از رسول آنست و بس ** که ببیند غیبها از پیش و پس

For the only heritage from the Prophet is that (intellect) which perceives the unseen things before and behind (future and past).

در بصرها می‌طلب هم آن بصر ** که نتابد شرح آن این مختصر

Amidst the (inward) eyes, too, always be seeking that (inward) eye which this epitome has not the power to describe.

بهر این کردست منع آن با شکوه ** از ترهب وز شدن خلوت به کوه 2620

Hence the majestic (Prophet) has forbidden monkery and going to live as a hermit in the mountains,

تا نگردد فوت این نوع التقا ** کان نظر بختست و اکسیر بقا

In order that this kind of meeting (with saints) should not be lost; for to be looked on by them is fortune and an elixir of immortality.

در میان صالحان یک اصلحیست ** بر سر توقیعش از سلطان صحیست

Amongst the righteous there is one (who is) the most righteous: on his diploma (is inscribed) by the Sultan's hand a sahh,

کان دعا شد با اجابت مقترن ** کفو او نبود کبار انس و جن

(Indicating) that the prayer (uttered by him) is (inseparably) linked with acceptance, (and that) the greatest of men and Jinn are not his peers.