His bad (sensual) eye is a bandage on his (inward) eye: his very (awareness of) removing the barrier has become a barrier for him.
بند چشم اوست هم چشم بدش ** عین رفع سد او گشته سدش
His (self-)consciousness has become the plug of his (inward) ear: keep thy consciousness (directed) towards God (alone), O thou who art bewildered in Him.
بند گوش او شده هم هوش او ** هوش با حق دار ای مدهوش او
Commentary on the saying of Mustafá (Mohammed), on whom be peace, “Whosoever shall make his cares one care, God will relieve him of all his cares; and whosoever is distracted by his cares, God will not care in what valley He destroys him.”
در تفسیر قول مصطفی علیه‌السلام من جعل الهموم هما واحدا کفاه الله سائر همومه و من تفرقت به الهموم لا یبالی الله فی ای واد اهلکه
Thou hast distributed thy consciousness in (all) directions: those vanities are not worth a cress.
هوش را توزیع کردی بر جهات ** می‌نیرزد تره‌ای آن ترهات
Every thorn-root draws the water of thy consciousness (towards itself): how should the water of thy consciousness reach the fruit?1085
آب هش را می‌کشد هر بیخ خار ** آب هوشت چون رسد سوی ثمار
Hark, smite that evil bough, lop it off: water this goodly bough, refresh it.
هین بزن آن شاخ بد را خو کنش ** آب ده این شاخ خوش را نو کنش
Both are green at this (present) time, (but) look to the end (and see) that this one will come to naught, (while) fruit will grow from that one.
هر دو سبزند این زمان آخر نگر ** کین شود باطل از آن روید ثمر
To this one the water in the orchard is lawful, to that one (it is) unlawful. In the end thou wilt see the difference, and (so) farewell.
آب باغ این را حلال آن را حرام ** فرق را آخر ببینی والسلام
What is justice? Giving water to trees. What is injustice? To give water to thorns.
عدل چه بود آب ده اشجار را ** ظلم چه بود آب دادن خار را
Justice is (consists in) bestowing a bounty in its proper place, not on every root that will absorb water.1090
عدل وضع نعمتی در موضعش ** نه بهر بیخی که باشد آبکش
What is injustice? To bestow (it) in an improper place that can only be a source of calamity.
ظلم چه بود وضع در ناموضعی ** که نباشد جز بلا را منبعی