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  • آن سری که نیست فوق آسمان  ** از هوس او را در آن صندوق دان 
  • The head that is not (raised) above the sky—know that it is (confined) in that chest by its vain desires.

  • چون ز صندوق بدن بیرون رود  ** او ز گوری سوی گوری می‌شود 
  • When he (such an one) goes forth from the chest of the body, he will (only) go from one tomb to another tomb.

  • این سخن پایان ندارد قاضیش  ** گفت ای حمال و ای صندوق‌کش  4500
  • This topic is endless. The cadi said to him, “O porter, O carrier of the chest,

  • از من آگه کن درون محکمه  ** نایبم را زودتر با این همه 
  • Give news of me to my deputy at the court of justice and acquaint him with all (the details of) this (affair) as quickly as possible,

  • تا خرد این را به زر زین بی‌خرد  ** هم‌چنین بسته به خانه‌ی ما برد 
  • In order that he may buy this (chest) with gold from this witless fellow and take it fastened, just as it is, to my house.”

  • ای خدا بگمار قومی روحمند  ** تا ز صندوق بدنمان وا خرند 
  • O Lord, appoint a spiritually endowed company to redeem us from the chest of the body!

  • خلق را از بند صندوق فسون  ** کی خرد جز انبیا و مرسلون 
  • Who but the prophets and apostles can redeem the people from confinement in the chest of guile?

  • از هزاران یک کسی خوش‌منظرست  ** که بداند کو به صندوق اندرست  4505
  • Among thousands there is (only) one person of comely aspect, who knows that he is inside the chest.

  • او جهان را دیده باشد پیش از آن  ** تا بدان ضد این ضدش گردد عیان 
  • He must formerly have beheld the (spiritual) world, so that by means of that contrary this contrary should be made evident to him.

  • زین سبب که علم ضاله‌ی مومنست  ** عارف ضاله‌ی خودست و موقنست 
  • Because “knowledge is the true believer's lost camel,” he recognises his own lost camel and feels certain (that it is his).