پس بدید او بی‌حجاب اسرار را ** سیر روح مومن و کفار را
Therefore he beheld the mysteries without veil: (he beheld) the journey of the spirit of the true believers and the infidels.
در زمین حق را و در چرخ سمی ** نیست پنهان‌تر ز روح آدمی
God hath not (created) in the earth or in the lofty heaven anything more occult than the spirit of Man.
باز کرد از رطب و یابس حق نورد ** روح را من امر ربی مهر کرد
God hath unfolded (the mystery of all things) moist or dry, (but) He hath sealed (the mystery of) the spirit: ‘(it is) of the amr of my Lord.’
پس چو دید آن روح را چشم عزیز ** پس برو پنهان نماند هیچ چیز
Therefore, since the august eye (of the Witness) beheld that spirit, nothing remains hidden from him.
شاهد مطلق بود در هر نزاع ** بشکند گفتش خمار هر صداع 2880
He is the absolute witness in every dispute: his word crushes the crop-sickness (which is the cause) of every headache.
نام حق عدلست و شاهد آن اوست ** شاهد عدلست زین رو چشم دوست
God is named ‘the Just,’ and the Witness belongs to Him: for this reason the just Witness is the eye of the Beloved.
منظر حق دل بود در دو سرا ** که نظر در شاهد آید شاه را
The object of God's regard in both worlds is the (pure) heart, for the king's gaze is fixed upon the favourite.
عشق حق و سر شاهدبازیش ** بود مایه‌ی جمله پرده‌سازیش
God's love and the mystery of His dallying with His favourite were the origin of all His veil-making (creation of phenomena).
پس از آن لولاک گفت اندر لقا ** در شب معراج شاهدباز ما
(’Twas) on that account, then, (that) in meeting (the Prophet) on the night of the Ascension our (Lord who is) fond of dalliance said, ‘But for thee (I would not have created the heavens).’
این قضا بر نیک و بد حاکم بود ** بر قضا شاهد نه حاکم می‌شود 2885
This (Divine) Destiny rules (everything) good and evil: does not the Witness become the ruler of Destiny?