A friend becomes a foe because he is still two: no one (ever) engaged in a battle with himself.
دوست دشمن گردد ایرا هم دو است ** هیچ یک با خویش جنگی در نبست
Blessings on the universal love of the Master, (which) gave oneness to hundreds of thousands of motes!
آفرین بر عشق کل اوستاد ** صد هزاران ذره را داد اتحاد
(They were) as dust scattered on the thoroughfare: the hand of the Potter made them one jug.
همچو خاک مفترق در رهگذر ** یک سبوشان کرد دست کوزهگر
(But the simile fails as applied to souls), for the oneness of bodies (formed) of water and clay is imperfect: the (oneness of) soul is not like this.
که اتحاد جسمهای آب و طین ** هست ناقص جان نمیماند بدین
If I should here utter similitudes in comparison (illustration), I fear it might disorder (perplex) the understanding.3730
گر نظایر گویم اینجا در مثال ** فهم را ترسم که آرد اختلال
Even now there exists (a) Solomon, but we are blinded by exulting in (our) farsightedness.
هم سلیمان هست اکنون لیک ما ** از نشاط دور بینی در عما
Far-sightedness keeps a man blind, just as one sleeping in a house is blind to the house.
دور بینی کور دارد مرد را ** همچو خفته در سرا کور از سرا
We are much addicted to subtle discussions, we are exceedingly fond of solving problems;
مولعیم اندر سخنهای دقیق ** در گرهها باز کردن ما عشیق
And to the end that we may tie knots and (then) undo them, (we are) making many rules for (posing and stating) the difficulty and for answering (the questions raised by it),
تا گره بندیم و بگشاییم ما ** در شکال و در جواب آیین فزا
Like a bird which should undo the fastenings of a snare, and tie (them together) at times, in order that it might become perfect in skill:3735
همچو مرغی کاو گشاید بند دام ** گاه بندد تا شود در فن تمام