Do not view all (things) in the distorting mirror of thy selfhood, O thou who art banned with an everlasting curse!”
در همه ز آیینه‌ی کژساز خود ** منگر ای مردود نفرین ابد
If I should tell what burst from the lips of the Siddíq at that moment, you would lose (both) foot and hand.1015
آنچ آن دم از لب صدیق جست ** گر بگویم گم کنی تو پای و دست
(Coming) from (the world) beyond spatial relations, the fountains of wisdom (copious) as the Euphrates were running from his mouth,
آن ینابیع الحکم هم‌چون فرات ** از دهان او دوان از بی‌جهات
As from the rock whence gushed a (great) water, (the rock) having no source of supply in (its own) side or interior;
هم‌چو از سنگی که آبی شد روان ** نه ز پهلو مایه دارد نه از میان
(For) God made that rock a shield (veil) for Himself and opened (a way for) the blue crystalline water,
اسپر خود کرده حق آن سنگ را ** بر گشاده آب مینارنگ را
Even as He hath caused the light to flow from the fountain of your eye without stint or abatement:
هم‌چنانک از چشمه‌ی چشم تو نور ** او روان کردست بی‌بخل و فتور
It has no source of supply either in the fat (the white of the eye) or in the coating (retina); (but) the Beloved made (these) a veil (for Himself) when bringing (the light) into existence.1020
نه ز پیه آن مایه دارد نه ز پوست ** روی‌پوشی کرد در ایجاد دوست
The attracting air in the cavity of the ear apprehends that which is spoken, (whether) true or false.
در خلای گوش باد جاذبش ** مدرک صدق کلام و کاذبش
What is that air within that little bone, (that air) which receives the words and sounds uttered by the story-teller?
آن چه بادست اندر آن خرد استخوان ** کو پذیرد حرف و صوت قصه‌خوان
The bone and the air are only a veil: in the two worlds there is none except God.
استخوان و باد روپوشست و بس ** در دو عالم غیر یزدان نیست کس