- His turning his face back is that greed and cupidity (of his); his turning his face to the Way is sincerity and supplication.
- روی واپس کردنش آن حرص و آز ** روی در ره کردنش صدق و نیاز
- Every herb that has a propensity for (moving) upwards is in (the state of) increase and life and growth;
- هر گیا را کش بود میل علا ** در مزید است و حیات و در نما
- When it has turned its head towards the earth, (it is) in (the state of) decrease and dryness and failure and disappointment.
- چون که گردانید سر سوی زمین ** در کمی و خشکی و نقص و غبین
- When the propensity of your spirit is upwards, (you are) in (the state of) increase, and that (lofty) place is the place to which you will return;
- میل روحت چون سوی بالا بود ** در تزاید مرجعت آن جا بود
- But if you are upside down, (with) your head towards the earth, (then) you are one that sinks: God loves not them that sink. 1815
- ور نگون ساری سرت سوی زمین ** آفلی حق لا یحب الآفلین
- How Moses, on whom be peace, asked the high God (to explain) the secret of the predominance of the unjust.
- پرسیدن موسی علیه السلام از حق تعالی سر غلبهی ظالمان
- Moses said, “O Bounteous Disposer, O Thou whom to commemorate for one moment is (worth) a long life,
- گفت موسی ای کریم کارساز ** ای که یک دم ذکر تو عمر دراز
- I have seen the crooked, misshapen image in (the mould of) water and clay, and like the angels, my heart has raised an objection,
- نقش کژمژ دیدم اندر آب و گل ** چون ملایک اعتراضی کرد دل
- As to what is the purpose of making an image and casting therein the seed of corruption.
- که چه مقصود است نقشی ساختن ** و اندر او تخم فساد انداختن
- To kindle the fire of iniquity and corruption; to burn the mosque and those who bend low in prayer;
- آتش ظلم و فساد افروختن ** مسجد و سجده کنان را سوختن
- To set boiling the source of bloody tears for the sake of (receiving) humble entreaties (from the suffering and oppressed)— 1820
- مایهی خونابه و زردآبه را ** جوش دادن از برای لابه را
- I know for certain that it is the essence of wisdom (on Thy part), but my aim is (to know this by) actual seeing and vision.
- من یقین دانم که عین حکمت است ** لیک مقصودم عیان و رویت است
- That certainty (of mine) says to me, ‘keep silence’; the craving for vision says to me, ‘Make a stir (and outcry).’
- آن یقین میگویدم خاموش کن ** حرص رویت گویدم نه جوش کن
- Thou hast shown Thy secret to the angels, (namely) that such honey as this is worth the sting.
- مر ملایک را نمودی سر خویش ** کاین چنین نوشی همیارزد به نیش
- Thou hast displayed the Light of Adam manifestly to the angels, (so that all) the difficulties were explained.
- عرضه کردی نور آدم را عیان ** بر ملایک گشت مشکلها بیان
- Thy Resurrection declares what is the secret of death: the fruits declare what is the secret of the leaves.” 1825
- حشر تو گوید که سر مرگ چیست ** میوهها گویند سر برگ چیست
- The secret of blood and seed is the excellence of Man; after all, inferiority is antecedent to every superiority.
- سر خون و نطفه حسن آدمی است ** سابق هر بیشیی آخر کمی است
- The ignorant (child) first washes the tablet, then he writes the letters upon it.
- لوح را اول بشوید بیوقوف ** آن گهی بروی نویسد او حروف
- (So) He (God) turns the heart into blood and abject tears, then He writes the (spiritual) mysteries upon it.
- خون کند دل را و اشک مستهان ** بر نویسد بر وی اسرار آن گهان
- At the time of washing the tablet (of the heart) one must recognise that it will be made into a book (of mysteries).
- وقت شستن لوح را باید شناخت ** که مر آن را دفتری خواهند ساخت
- When they lay the foundation of a house (to rebuild it), they dig up the first foundation. 1830
- چون اساس خانهای میافگنند ** اولین بنیاد را بر میکنند
- (Also), people first fetch up clay from the depths of the earth in order that at last you may draw up flowing water.
- گل بر آرند اول از قعر زمین ** تا به آخر بر کشی ماء معین
- Children weep piteously at cupping, for they know not the secret of the matter;
- از حجامت کودکان گریند زار ** که نمیدانند ایشان سر کار
- (But) a man, in sooth, gives the cupper gold and fondles the blood-drinking lancet.
- مرد خود زر میدهد حجام را ** مینوازد نیش خون آشام را
- The porter runs to the heavy load: he snatches the load from others.
- میدود حمال زی بار گران ** میرباید بار را از دیگران
- Behold the struggle of the porters for the load! Such is the endeavour of him that sees (the truth of) things, 1835
- جنگ حمالان برای بار بین ** این چنین است اجتهاد کار بین