In this ruined monastery the man who sees double is (continually) removing from one nook to another, O (you who say to yourself), “The good (which I seek) is (to be found) there.”
هست احول را درین ویرانه دیر ** گوشه گوشه نقل نو ای ثم خیر
But if you get two eyes that can recognise God, (you will) see (that) the (entire) expanse of both worlds (is) full of the Beloved,
ور دو چشم حق‌شناس آمد ترا ** دوست پر بین عرصه‌ی هر دو سرا
(And so) you escape from being transferred from place to place in this Káshán (which is) filled with fear and hope.3235
وا رهیدی از حواله‌ی جا به جا ** اندرین کاشان پر خوف و رجا
(If) you have seen buds or trees (reflected) in this River, do not suppose that they are a phantom (illusion) like (those of) any (ordinary) river;
اندرین جو غنچه دیدی یا شجر ** هم‌چو هر جو تو خیالش ظن مبر
For by means of the very reflexion of these images God is made real to you and sells (to you) the fruit (of reality).
که ترا از عین این عکس نقوش ** حق حقیقت گردد و میوه‌فروش
By means of this Water the eye is freed from seeing double: it sees the reflexion, and the basket is filled (with fruit).
چشم ازین آب از حول حر می‌شود ** عکس می‌بیند سد پر می‌شود
Therefore this (Water) is really an orchard, not water: do not, then, like Bilqís, strip yourself from (fear of being splashed by) the waves.
پس به معنی باغ باشد این نه آب ** پس مشو عریان چو بلقیس از حباب
Diverse loads are (laid) upon the backs of asses: do not drive (all) these asses with one (and the same) stick.3240
بار گوناگونست بر پشت خران ** هین به یک چون این خران را تو مران
One ass is laden with rubies and pearls, another with (common) stones and marble.
بر یکی خر بار لعل و گوهرست ** بر یکی خر بار سنگ و مرمرست
Do not apply this (uniform) principle to all rivers; in this River behold the Moon (itself), and do not call it a (mere) reflexion.
بر همه جوها تو این حکمت مران ** اندرین جو ماه بین عکسش مخوان