گرچه خود اندر محل افتکار ** نیست سنگ و چوب و خشتی آشکار
Even though in the seat of his thought there is no visible (material) stone and wood and brick.
فاعل مطلق یقین بی‌صورتست ** صورت اندر دست او چون آلتست
Assuredly the Absolute Agent is formless: form is as a tool in His hand.
گه گه آن بی‌صورت از کتم عدم ** مر صور را رو نماید از کرم
Sometimes the Formless One graciously shows His face to the forms from the concealment (veil) of non-existence,
تا مدد گیرد ازو هر صورتی ** از کمال و از جمال و قدرتی
In order that every form may thereby be replenished with some perfection and beauty and power.
باز بی‌صورت چو پنهان کرد رو ** آمدند از بهر کد در رنگ و بو 3745
When, again, the Formless One has hidden His face, they come to beg in (the realm of) colour and perfume.
صورتی از صورت دیگر کمال ** گر بجوید باشد آن عین ضلال
If one form seek perfection from another form, ’tis the quintessence of error.
پس چه عرضه می‌کنی ای بی‌گهر ** احتیاج خود به محتاجی دگر
Why, then, O worthless man, are you submitting your need to another needy (creature)?
چون صور بنده‌ست بر یزدان مگو ** ظن مبر صورت به تشبیهش مجو
Inasmuch as (all) forms are slaves (to God), do not say or deem that form is applicable to God: do not seek Him by tashbíh (likening Him to His creatures).
در تضرع جوی و در افنای خویش ** کز تفکر جز صور ناید به پیش
Seek (Him) in self-abasement and in self-extinction, for nothing but forms is produced by thinking.
ور ز غیر صورتت نبود فره ** صورتی کان بی‌تو زاید در تو به 3750
And if you derive no advantage (comfort) except from form, (then) the form that comes to birth within you involuntarily is the best.