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
The (Divine) call was coming (to the angels)—”Bow down to Adam, for ye are (essentially) Adam, and for a moment see yourselves to be (identical with) him.”
اسجدوا لادم ندا آمد همی ** که آدمید و خویش بینیدش دمی