When he (the mystic) falls into the vat, and you say to him, “Arise,” he says in rapture, “I am the vat: do not blame (me).”
چون در آن خم افتد و گوییش قم ** از طرب گوید منم خم لا تلم
That “I am the vat” is the (same as) saying “I am God”: he has the colour of the fire, albeit he is iron.
آن منم خم خود انا الحق گفتن است ** رنگ آتش دارد الا آهن است
The colour of the iron is naughted in the colour of the fire: it (the iron) boasts of (its) fieriness, though (actually) it is like one who keeps silence.
رنگ آهن محو رنگ آتش است ** ز آتشی میلافد و خامشوش است
When it has become like gold of the mine in redness, then without tongue its boast is “I am the fire.”
چون به سرخی گشت همچون زر کان ** پس انا النار است لافش بیزبان
It has become glorified by the colour and nature of the fire: it says, “I am the fire, I am the fire.1350
شد ز رنگ و طبع آتش محتشم ** گوید او من آتشم من آتشم
I am the fire; if thou have doubt and suspicion, make trial, put thy hand upon me.
آتشم من گر ترا شک است و ظن ** آزمون کن دست را بر من بزن
I am the fire; if it seem dubious to thee, lay thy face upon my face for one moment.”
آتشم من بر تو گر شد مشتبه ** روی خود بر روی من یک دم بنه
When Man receives light from God, he is worshipped by the angels because of his being chosen (by God).
آدمی چون نور گیرد از خدا ** هست مسجود ملایک ز اجتبا
Also, (he is) worshipped by that one whose spirit, like the angel, has been freed from contumacy and doubt.
نیز مسجود کسی کاو چون ملک ** رسته باشد جانش از طغیان و شک
What fire? What iron? Close your lips: do not laugh at the beard of the assimilator's simile.1355