He said, “You will hear this noise to-morrow, (namely) cries of ‘Oh, alas!’ and ‘Oh, woe is me!’”
گفت فردا بشنوی این بانگ را ** نعره یا حسرتا وا ویلتا
That (story of the hare and the elephant) is a lie and false and made up; moreover, thou hast not perceived the secret (the esoteric meaning) of that falsehood.2805
آن دروغست و کژ و بر ساخته ** سر آن کژ را تو هم نشناخته
The answer to the parable which the unbelievers related concerning the hare's being sent as ambassador with a message to the elephant from the Moon in heaven.
جواب آن مثل کی منکران گفتند از رسالت خرگوش پیغام به پیل از ماه آسمان
Know that the hidden nature of that hare is the insolent Devil who came as an ambassador to thy soul,
سر آن خرگوش دان دیو فضول ** که به پیش نفس تو آمد رسول
In order that he might deprive thy foolish soul of the Water of Life whence Khizr drank.
تا که نفس گول را محروم کرد ** ز آب حیوانی که از وی خضر خورد
Thou hast perverted its (the parable's) meaning, thou hast uttered blasphemy: prepare thyself for the sting (of Divine chastisement).
بازگونه کرده‌ای معنیش را ** کفر گفتی مستعد شو نیش را
Thou hast spoken of the moon's being disturbed in the limpid water, whereby the jackal (hare) frightened the elephants;
اضطراب ماه گفتی در زلال ** که بترسانید پیلان را شغال
Thou relatest the story of the hare and the elephant and the water, and the elephant's fear of the moon when it was disturbed:2810
قصه‌ی خرگوش و پیل آری و آب ** خشیت پیلان ز مه در اضطراب
O ye half-baked blind men, pray, how does this bear any resemblance to the Moon to whom (both) lords and commons are subject?
این چه ماند آخر ای کوران خام ** با مهی که شد زبونش خاص و عام
What is the moon and what is the sun and what is the sky? What are intelligences and souls and angels?
چه مه و چه آفتاب و چه فلک ** چه عقول و چه نفوس و چه ملک
“The Sun of the sun of the sun”: what is this I am saying (of God)? Surely I am asleep.
آفتاب آفتاب آفتاب ** این چه می‌گویم مگر هستم بخواب