Whosoever is uttering ‘I’ and ‘we’ at the door (of the Divine Court), he is turned back from the door and is continuing in not (nonentity).3055
هر که بر در او من و ما می‌‌زند ** رد باب است او و بر لا می‌‌تند
The story of the person who knocked at a friend's door: his friend from within asked who he was: he said, “’Tis I,” and the friend answered, “Since thou art thou, I will not open the door: I know not any friend that is ‘I.’ Begone!”
قصه‌‌ی آن کس که در یاری بکوفت از درون گفت کیست گفت منم، گفت چون تو تویی در نمی‌‌گشایم هیچ کس را از یاران نمی‌‌شناسم که او من باشد
A certain man came and knocked at a friend's door: his friend asked him, “Who art thou, O trusty one?”
آن یکی آمد در یاری بزد ** گفت یارش کیستی ای معتمد
He answered, “I.” The friend said, “Begone, ’tis not the time (for thee to come in): at a table like this there is no place for the raw.”
گفت من، گفتش برو هنگام نیست ** بر چنین خوانی مقام خام نیست
Save the fire of absence and separation, who (what) will cook the raw one? Who (what) will deliver him from hypocrisy?
خام را جز آتش هجر و فراق ** کی پزد کی وا رهاند از نفاق
The wretched man went away, and for a year in travel (and) in separation from his friend he was burned with sparks of fire.
رفت آن مسکین و سالی در سفر ** در فراق دوست سوزید از شرر
That burned one was cooked: then he returned and again paced to and fro beside the house of his comrade.3060
پخته گشت آن سوخته پس باز گشت ** باز گرد خانه‌‌ی همباز گشت
He knocked at the door with a hundred fears and respects, lest any disrespectful word might escape from his lips.
حلقه زد بر در به صد ترس و ادب ** تا بنجهد بی‌‌ادب لفظی ز لب
His friend called to him, “Who is at the door?” He answered, “’Tis thou art at the door, O charmer of hearts.”
بانگ زد یارش که بر در کیست آن ** گفت بر درهم تویی ای دلستان
“Now,” said the friend, “since thou art I, come in, O myself: there is not room in the house for two I's.
گفت اکنون چون منی ای من در آ ** نیست گنجایی دو من را در سرا
The double end of thread is not for the needle: inasmuch as thou art single, come into this needle.”
نیست سوزن را سر رشته دو تا ** چون که یکتایی درین سوزن در آ