He (the saint) is a theatre for the manifestation of the (Divine) Glory, and he is the real beloved (of God): he has carried off the prize from (taken precedence over) all the Cherubim.
مظهر عزست و محبوب به حق ** از همه کروبیان برده سبق
The worship of Adam (by the angels) is clear evidence of his superiority: the husk always bows down (pays homage) to the kernel.
سجده آدم را بیان سبق اوست ** سجده آرد مغز را پیوست پوست
O old woman, (if) you puff (try to put out) God's candle, you will be burnt, you and your head at the same time, O foul-mouthed one.
شمع حق را پف کنی تو ای عجوز ** هم تو سوزی هم سرت ای گندهپوز
How should the sea be defiled by a dog's muzzle? How should the sun be extinguished by a puff?
کی شود دریا ز پوز سگ نجس ** کی شود خورشید از پف منطمس
Even if you judge (only) by appearances, tell (me), what is more apparent than this Light?2080
حکم بر ظاهر اگر هم میکنی ** چیست ظاهرتر بگو زین روشنی
In comparison with this appearance all apparent things are in the utmost degree of imperfection and default.
جمله ظاهرها به پیش این ظهور ** باشد اندر غایت نقص و قصور
If any one puff at God's candle, how should the candle be extinguished? His jaws and nose will be burnt.
هر که بر شمع خدا آرد پف او ** شمع کی میرد بسوزد پوز او
Bats like you often dream that this world will be left orphaned (deprived) of the Sun.
چون تو خفاشان بسی بینند خواب ** کین جهان ماند یتیم از آفتاب
The fierce waves of the seas of the Spirit are a hundred times as many as was (the multitude of waves in) the Flood of Noah;
موجهای تیز دریاهای روح ** هست صد چندان که بد طوفان نوح
But hair grew (and formed an obstruction) in the eye of Canaan: he forsook Noah and the Ark and sought the mountain.2085
لیک اندر چشم کنعان موی رست ** نوح و کشتی را بهشت و کوه جست