چون ز ذره محو شد نفس و نفس ** جنگش اکنون جنگ خورشیدست بس
Since the (individual) soul and breath have been effaced from the mote, its strife now is only the strife of the sun,
رفت از وی جنبش طبع و سکون ** از چه از انا الیه راجعون
(Its) natural movement and rest have gone from it—by what (means)? By means of Verily unto Him we are returning.
ما به بحر تو ز خود راجع شدیم ** وز رضاع اصل مسترضع شدیم
We have returned from ourselves to Thy sea and have sucked from the source that suckled us.
در فروغ راه ای مانده ز غول ** لاف کم زن از اصول ای بی‌اصول
O thou who, on account of the ghoul, hast remained in the derivatives (unessentials) of the Way, do not boast of (possessing) the fundamental principles (thereof), O unprincipled man.
جنگ ما و صلح ما در نور عین ** نیست از ما هست بین اصبعین 45
Our war and our peace is in the light of the Essence: ’tis not from us, ’tis between the two fingers (of God).
جنگ طبعی جنگ فعلی جنگ قول ** در میان جزوها حربیست هول
War of nature, war of action, war of speech—there is a terrible conflict amongst the parts (of the universe).
این جهان زن جنگ قایم می‌بود ** در عناصر در نگر تا حل شود
This world is maintained by means of this war: consider the elements, in order that it (the difficulty) may be solved.
چار عنصر چار استون قویست ** که بدیشان سقف دنیا مستویست
The four elements are four strong pillars by which the roof of the present world is (kept) upright.
هر ستونی اشکننده‌ی آن دگر ** استن آب اشکننده‌ی آن شرر
Each pillar is a destroyer of the other: the pillar (known as) water is a destroyer of the flames (of fire).
پس بنای خلق بر اضداد بود ** لاجرم ما جنگییم از ضر و سود 50
Hence the edifice of creation is (based) upon contraries; consequently we are at war for weal and woe.