When the bread attained to connexion with Man, the dead bread became living and endowed with knowledge.
چون تعلق یافت نان با بو البشر ** نان مرده زنده گشت و با خبر
When the wax and firewood were devoted to the fire, their dark essence became (filled with) light.
موم و هیزم چون فدای نار شد ** ذات ظلمانی او انوار شد
When the (powdered) stone of antimony went into the eyes, it turned to sight and there became a scout (one who observes the enemy from some point of vantage).
سنگ سرمه چون که شد در دیده‌‌گان ** گشت بینایی شد آن جا دیدبان
Oh, happy is the man who was freed from himself and united with the existence of a living one!1535
ای خنک آن مرد کز خود رسته شد ** در وجود زنده‌‌ای پیوسته شد
Alas for the living one who consorted with the dead! He became dead, and life sped away from him.
وای آن زنده که با مرده نشست ** مرده گشت و زندگی از وی بجست
When you have fled (for refuge) to the Qur’án of God, you have mingled with the spirit of the prophets.
چون تو در قرآن حق بگریختی ** با روان انبیا آمیختی
The Qur’án is (a description of) the states of the prophets, (who are) the fishes of the holy sea of (Divine) Majesty.
هست قرآن حالهای انبیا ** ماهیان بحر پاک کبریا
And if you read and do not accept (take to heart) the Qur’án, suppose you have seen the prophets and saints (what will that avail you?);
ور بخوانی و نه‌‌ای قرآن پذیر ** انبیا و اولیا را دیده گیر
But if you are accepting (the Qur’án), when you read the stories (of the prophets), the bird, your soul, will be distressed in its cage.1540
ور پذیرایی چو بر خوانی قصص ** مرغ جانت تنگ آید در قفص
The bird that is a prisoner in a cage, (if it) is not seeking to escape, ’tis from ignorance.
مرغ کاو اندر قفس زندانی است ** می‌‌نجوید رستن از نادانی است