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
He (God) removed strabism from their eyes, so that the earth became identical with the azure heavens.2265
احولی از چشم ایشان دور کرد ** تا زمین شد عین چرخ لاژورد
He said, “There is no god,” and He said, “except God”: not (any god) became except God, and Unity blossomed forth (was revealed).
لا اله گفت و الا الله گفت ** گشت لا الا الله و وحدت شکفت
The time has come for that righteous beloved and dear friend (of God) to pull my ear (and lead me)
آن حبیب و آن خلیل با رشد ** وقت آن آمد که گوش ما کشد
Towards the fountain (of Unity), saying, “Wash thy mouth clean of these things: do not tell that which we have concealed from the people.
سوی چشمه که دهان زینها بشو ** آنچ پوشیدیم از خلقان مگو
And if thou tell (it), it will not become manifest, (yet) thou wilt be guilty of attempting to reveal it.
ور بگویی خود نگردد آشکار ** تو به قصد کشف گردی جرم‌دار
But, mark, I am compassing them about: I am at once the speaker and the hearer of this (mystery).2270
لیک من اینک بریشان می‌تنم ** قایل این سامع این هم منم