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  • صورت نان و نمک کان نعمتست  ** فایده‌ش آن قوت بی‌صورتست 
  • The (material) form of bread and salt, which is a benefit (conferred by God), has as its result (bodily) strength, which is formless.

  • در مصاف آن صورت تیغ و سپر  ** فایده‌ش بی‌صورتی یعنی ظفر  3735
  • On the battle-field the (material) form of sword and shield has as its result a formless thing, i.e. victory.

  • مدرسه و تعلیق و صورت‌های وی  ** چون به دانش متصل شد گشت طی 
  • (Attendance at) college and learning and the (various) forms thereof are (all) done with, as soon as they have reached (their goal, namely) knowledge.

  • این صور چون بنده‌ی بی‌صورتند  ** پس چرا در نفی صاحب‌نعمتند 
  • Since these forms are the slaves of the Formless, why, then, are they denying their Benefactor?

  • این صور دارد ز بی‌صورت وجود  ** چیست پس بر موجد خویشش جحود 
  • These forms have their existence from the Formless: what means, then, their denial of Him who brought them into existence?

  • خود ازو یابد ظهور انکار او  ** نیست غیر عکس خود این کار او 
  • His (the sceptic's) disbelief is really manifested by Him: in truth this act of his is naught but a reflexion.

  • صورت دیوار و سقف هر مکان  ** سایه‌ی اندیشه‌ی معمار دان  3740
  • Know that the form of the walls and roof of every dwelling-place is a shadow (reflexion) of the thought of the architect,

  • 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.

  • صورت شهری که آنجا می‌روی  ** ذوق بی‌صورت کشیدت ای روی 
  • (Suppose it is) the form of a city to which you are going: you are drawn (thither) by a formless feeling of pleasure, O dependent one;

  • پس به معنی می‌روی تا لامکان  ** که خوشی غیر مکانست و زمان 
  • Therefore you are really going to that which has no locality, for pleasure is (something) different from place and time.

  • صورت یاری که سوی او شوی  ** از برای مونسی‌اش می‌روی 
  • (Suppose it is) the form of a friend to whom you would go: you are going for the sake of enjoying his society;

  • پس بمعنی سوی بی‌صورت شدی  ** گرچه زان مقصود غافل آمدی 
  • Therefore in reality you go to the formless (world), though you are unaware of that (being the) object (of your journey).

  • پس حقیقت حق بود معبود کل  ** کز پی ذوقست سیران سبل  3755
  • In truth, then, God is worshipped by all, since (all) wayfaring is for the sake of the pleasure (of which He is the source).

  • لیک بعضی رو سوی دم کرده‌اند  ** گرچه سر اصلست سر گم کرده‌اند 
  • But some have set their face towards the tail and have lost the Head, although the Head is the principal;

  • لیک آن سر پیش این ضالان گم  ** می‌دهد داد سری از راه دم 
  • But (nevertheless) that Head is bestowing on these lost and erring ones the bounty proper to Headship by way of the tail.

  • آن ز سر می‌یابد آن داد این ز دم  ** قوم دیگر پا و سر کردند گم 
  • That one obtains the bounty from the Head, this one from the tail; another company (of mystics) have lost (both) foot and head.