دید روی جز تو شد غل گلو ** کل شیء ما سوی الله باطل

To behold the face of any one but Thee is (like the torture of) an iron collar for the throat: everything except God is vain.

باطل‌اند و می‌نمایندم رشد ** زانک باطل باطلان را می‌کشد

They are vain, but they show me the right way because vanity attracts (only) the vain.

ذره ذره کاندرین ارض و سماست ** جنس خود را هر یکی چون کهرباست 2900

Each one of the atoms on atoms which exist in this earth and heaven is like amber (a magnet) for its congener.

معده نان را می‌کشد تا مستقر ** می‌کشد مر آب را تف جگر

The belly attracts bread to its resting-place; the heat of the liver attracts water.

چشم جذاب بتان زین کویها ** مغز جویان از گلستان بویها

The eye is an attractor of beautiful persons from these (different) quarters of the town; the brain (nose) is seeking (to attract) scents from the rose-garden,

زانک حس چشم آمد رنگ کش ** مغز و بینی می‌کشد بوهای خوش

Because the sense peculiar to the eye is an attractor of colour, while the brain and nose attract sweet perfumes.

زین کششها ای خدای رازدان ** تو به جذب لطف خودمان ده امان

O Lord who knowest the secret, do Thou preserve us from these attractions by the attraction of Thy grace!

غالبی بر جاذبان ای مشتری ** شاید ار درماندگان را وا خری 2905

Thou, O Purchaser, art dominant over (all) attractors: it would be fitting if Thou redeem the helpless.”

رو به شه آورد چون تشنه به ابر ** آنک بود اندر شب قدر آن بدر

He turned his face to the King as a thirsty man to a cloud— he who on the Night of Power was the Full-moon's own.

چون لسان وجان او بود آن او ** آن او با او بود گستاخ‌گو

Since his tongue and his spirit were His (the King's), (he was not afraid, for) he who is His may converse with Him boldly.