When thou art observant and dost grasp the cord (of apprehension), thou needest not the coming of the Resurrection (to reveal the ultimate effects).
چون مراقب باشی و گیری رسن ** حاجتت ناید قیامت آمدن
He that truly knows (the meaning of) an indication does not need to have it plainly declared to him.
آنک رمزی را بداند او صحیح ** حاجتش ناید که گویندش صریح
This tribulation befalls thee from (thy) stupidity in not understanding the subtle hints and indications.
این بلا از کودنی آید ترا ** که نکردی فهم نکته و رمزها
When thy heart has been blackened and darkened by wickedness, understand! One ought not to become besotted here;
از بدی چون دل سیاه و تیره شد ** فهم کن اینجا نشاید خیره شد
Otherwise, in sooth, that darkness will become an arrow (of woe), and the penalty of (thy) besottedness will overtake thee.2465
ورنه خود تیری شود آن تیرگی ** در رسد در تو جزای خیرگی
And if the arrow come not, ’tis from (God's) bounty; not because of (His) not seeing the defilement (of thy sin).
ور نیاید تیر از بخشایش است ** نه پی نادیدن آلایش است
Hark, be observant if thou wouldst have a (pure) heart, for something is born to thee in consequence of every action.
هین مراقب باش گر دل بایدت ** کز پی هر فعل چیزی زایدت
And if thou hast an aspiration greater than this, (and if) the enterprise goes beyond (the spiritual rank of) the observant,
ور ازین افزون ترا همت بود ** از مراقب کار بالاتر رود
[Explaining that the earthen body of man, like iron of fine substance, is capable of becoming a mirror, so that therein even in this world Paradise and Hell and the Resurrection et cetera are shown by immediate vision, not in the mode of phantasy.]
بیان آنک تن خاکی آدمی هم‌چون آهن نیکو جوهر قابل آینه شدن است تا درو هم در دنیا بهشت و دوزخ و قیامت و غیر آن معاینه بنماید نه بر طریق خیال
Then, though thou art dark-bodied like iron, make a practice of polishing, polishing, polishing,