He has escaped from the five senses and the six directions: he has made you acquainted with (what lies) beyond all that.
رست او از پنج حس و شش جهت ** از ورای آن همه کرد آگهت
His intimations are the intimations of Eternity: he has transcended all conceptions and withdrawn himself apart.
شد اشاراتش اشارات ازل ** جاوز الاوهام طرا و اعتزل
Unless he is outside of this hexagonal well, how should he bring up a Joseph from the inside (of it)?4570
زین چه شش گوشه گر نبود برون ** چون بر آرد یوسفی را از درون
He is one who goes to draw water above the unpillared firmament, (while) his body, like a bucket, is (low down) in the well, helping (to rescue the fallen).
واردی بالای چرخ بی ستن ** جسم او چون دلو در چه چاره کن
The Josephs cling to his bucket, escape from the well, and become kings of Egypt.
یوسفان چنگال در دلوش زده ** رسته از چاه و شه مصری شده
The other buckets seek water from the well: his bucket has no concern with the water, it seeks (only) friends (in trouble).
دلوهای دیگر از چه آب‌جو ** دلو او فارغ ز آب اصحاب‌جو
The (other) buckets plunge into the water for food: his bucket is the food and life of the soul of the fish.
دلوها غواص آب از بهر قوت ** دلو او قوت و حیات جان حوت
The (other) buckets are attached to the lofty wheel (of Fortune): his bucket is (held) in two Almighty fingers.4575
دلوها وابسته‌ی چرخ بلند ** دلو او در اصبعین زورمند
What bucket and what cord and what wheel? This is a very weak comparison, O pasha.
دلو چه و حبل چه و چرخ چی ** این مثال بس رکیکست ای اچی
(But) whence shall I get a comparison that is without frailty? One to match him (the knower of God) will not come, and never has come, (to hand).
از کجا آرم مثالی بی‌شکست ** کفو آن نه آید و نه آمدست