- So that in his boyhood, (advancing) little by little beyond the plaything, his spirit may become acquainted with the ocean of Reason.
- تا ز لعبت اندک اندک در صبا ** جانش گردد با یم عقل آشنا
- By means of that play the boy is (gradually) acquiring reason, though superficially it (his play) is repugnant (to reason). 2255
- عقل از آن بازی همی‌یابد صبی ** گرچه با عقلست در ظاهر ابی
- How can a demented child play? There must be (in the child) a part (of reason) in order that it (the part) may attain to the whole.
- کودک دیوانه بازی کی کند ** جزو باید تا که کل را فی کند
- Returning to the Story of the dome and the treasure.
- رجوع کردن به قصه‌ی قبه و گنج
- Lo, the idea of that fakir with (his cries) “Come! come!” has rendered me unfeignedly (really) unable (to resist his appeal).
- نک خیال آن فقیرم بی‌ریا ** عاجز آورد از بیا و از بیا
- You do not hear his cry, (but) I hear it, because I am his confidant in my inmost thoughts.
- بانگ او تو نشنوی من بشنوم ** زانک در اسرار همراز ویم
- Do not regard him as a seeker of the treasure; he is the treasure himself, how should the lover in reality be other than the beloved?
- طالب گنجش مبین خود گنج اوست ** دوست کی باشد به معنی غیر دوست
- At even moment he is bowing down (in worship) to himself: the bowing is (performed) in front of the mirror for the sake of (beholding) the face. 2260
- سجده خود را می‌کند هر لحظه او ** سجده پیش آینه‌ست از بهر رو
- If he saw in the mirror a single mite without any phantasy, nothing would be left of him.
- گر بدیدی ز آینه او یک پشیز ** بی‌خیالی زو نماندی هیچ چیز
- Both his phantasies and he (himself) would vanish: his knowledge would be obliterated in nescience.
- هم خیالاتش هم او فانی شدی ** دانش او محو نادانی شدی
- From our nescience another knowledge would rise into clear view, saying, “Lo, I am (God.”
- دانشی دیگر ز نادانی ما ** سر برآوردی عیان که انی انا