- That sweet-tongued (spiritual) king has said with truth that every hair of gnostics becomes an eye.
- راست گفتست آن شه شیرینزبان ** چشم گرد مو به موی عارفان
- Certainly the eye had no eye (vision) at first: it was an embryo of flesh in the womb.
- چشم را چشمی نبود اول یقین ** در رحم بود او جنین گوشتین
- Deem not the fat (the white of the eye) to be the cause of sight, O son; otherwise none would see (visible) forms in dream.
- علت دیدن مدان پیه ای پسر ** ورنه خواب اندر ندیدی کس صور
- The genie and the demon see the like, and there is no fat in the sight-organ of either.
- آن پری و دیو میبیند شبیه ** نیست اندر دیدگاه هر دو پیه
- In fact there was (originally) no relationship between light and the fat (of the eye): the loving Creator gave them relationship. 2405
- نور را با پیه خود نسبت نبود ** نسبتش بخشید خلاق ودود
- Adam is of earth, (but) how does he resemble earth? The genie is of fire without any participation (of the other elements);
- آدمست از خاک کی ماند به خاک ** جنیست از نار بیهیچ اشتراک
- (But) the genie is not similar (in form) to fire, though when thou considerest (thou wilt acknowledge that) it is his origin.
- نیست مانندای آتش آن پری ** گر چه اصلش اوست چون میبنگری
- The bird is (originally) of wind (air), (but) how does it resemble wind? God gave relationship to the unrelated.
- مرغ از بادست و کی ماند به باد ** نامناسب را خدا نسبت به داد
- The relation of these derivatives to the originals is ineffable, although He connected them.
- نسبت این فرعها با اصلها ** هست بیچون ار چه دادش وصلها
- Since man is born of dust, where is the relation between this son and his father? 2410
- آدمی چون زادهی خاک هباست ** این پسر را با پدر نسبت کجاست