And when a fault and evil deed issues (from you), that (feeling of) life and rapture disappears.
چونک تقصیر و فسادی می‌رود ** آن حیات و ذوق پنهان می‌شود
Do not abandon your own eye (judgement) from regard for the vile, for these vultures will lead you to the carcase.
دید خود مگذار از دید خسان ** که به مردارت کشند این کرکسان
You close your narcissus-like eye, saying, “What (is it)? Hey, sir, take my stick (and show me the way), for I am blind”;3490
چشم چون نرگس فروبندی که چی ** هین عصاام کش که کورم ای اچی
But if you would only look, (you would see that) the guide whom you have chosen for the journey is (even) blinder than you.
وان عصاکش که گزیدی در سفر ** خود ببینی باشد از تو کورتر
Grasp in a blind man's fashion the rope of Allah: do not cling to aught but the Divine commandments and prohibitions.
دست کورانه به حبل الله زن ** جز بر امر و نهی یزدانی متن
What is the rope of Allah? To renounce self-will, for this self-will was a roaring wind (of destruction) to (the people of) ‘Ád.
چیست حبل‌الله رها کردن هوا ** کین هوا شد صرصری مر عاد را
’Tis from self-will that folk are sitting in gaol, ’tis from self-will that the (trapped) bird's wings are tied.
خلق در زندان نشسته از هواست ** مرغ را پرها ببسته از هواست
’Tis from self-will that the fish is (cooked) in a hot pan, ’tis from self-will that shame (bashfulness) is gone from the modest.3495
ماهی اندر تابه‌ی گرم از هواست ** رفته از مستوریان شرم از هواست
The anger of the police magistrate is a fiery spark from self-will; crucifixion and the awfulness of the gallows are (the consequence) of self-will.
خشم شحنه شعله‌ی نار از هواست ** چارمیخ و هیبت دار از هواست
You have seen the magistrate (who carries out the punishment) of bodies on the earth: (now) see also the magistrate who executes judgements against the soul.
شحنه‌ی اجسام دیدی بر زمین ** شحنه‌ی احکام جان را هم ببین