On that account these companions of ours are all at war, (but) no one (ever) heard of war amongst the prophets,450
زان همه جنگند این اصحاب ما ** جنگ کس نشنید اندر انبیا
Because the light of the prophets was the Sun, (while) the light of our senses is lamp and candle and smoke.
زانک نور انبیا خورشید بود ** نور حس ما چراغ و شمع و دود
One (of these lamps) dies, one lasts till daybreak; one is dim, another bright.
یک بمیرد یک بماند تا به روز ** یک بود پژمرده دیگر با فروز
The animal soul is (kept) alive by nutriment; however good or bad its state may be, it dies all the same.
جان حیوانی بود حی از غذا ** هم بمیرد او بهر نیک و بذی
If this lamp dies and is extinguished, (yet) how should the neighbour's house become dark?
گر بمیرد این چراغ و طی شود ** خانه‌ی همسایه مظلم کی شود
Inasmuch as without this (lamp) the light in that house is still maintained, hence (it follows that) the lamp of sense-perception is different in every house.455
نور آن خانه چو بی این هم به پاست ** پس چراغ حس هر خانه جداست
This is a parable of the animal soul, not a parable of the divine soul.
این مثال جان حیوانی بود ** نه مثال جان ربانی بود
Again, when the moon is born from the Hindú, Night, a light falls upon every window.
باز از هندوی شب چون ماه زاد ** در سر هر روزنی نوری فتاد
Count the light of those hundred houses as one, for the light of this (house) does not remain (in existence) without (the light of) the other.
نور آن صد خانه را تو یک شمر ** که نماند نور این بی آن دگر
So long as the sun is shining on the horizon, its light is a guest in every house;
تا بود خورشید تابان بر افق ** هست در هر خانه نور او قنق