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  • The bowl is visible, the plenty (contained) in it is hidden: (only) he who tastes it (the contents) knows what he is eating or drinking from it.
  • کاسه پیدا اندرو پنهان رغد  ** طاعمش داند کزان چه می‌خورد 

  • The form of Joseph was like a beauteous cup: from it his father drank a hundred exhilarating wines. 3300
  • صورت یوسف چو جامی بود خوب  ** زان پدر می‌خورد صد باده‌ی طروب 

  • Again, to his brethren (the draught they took) from it was poisoned water which was increasing in them anger and hatred.
  • باز اخوان را از آن زهراب بود  ** کان دریشان خشم و کینه می‌فزود 

  • Again, to Zalíkhá (the draught she took) from it was (sweet as) sugar: she was quaffing a different opiate from (the hand of) Love.
  • باز از وی مر زلیخا را سکر  ** می‌کشید از عشق افیونی دگر 

  • The nutriment which came from Joseph to that fair one was other than that which came to Jacob.
  • غیر آنچ بود مر یعقوب را  ** بود از یوسف غذا آن خوب را 

  • The sherbets are various, but the pot is one, in order that no doubt may remain in thee concerning the wine of the Unseen.
  • گونه‌گونه شربت و کوزه یکی  ** تا نماند در می غیبت شکی 

  • The wine belongs to the Unseen, the pot to this world: the pot is apparent, the wine in it is very hidden: 3305
  • باده از غیبست و کوزه زین جهان  ** کوزه پیدا باده در وی بس نهان 

  • Very hidden from the eyes of the uninitiated, but manifest and evident to the adept.
  • بس نهان از دیده‌ی نامحرمان  ** لیک بر محرم هویدا و عیان 

  • O my God, our eyes have been intoxicated. Forgive us: our burdens have been made heavy.
  • یا الهی سکرت ابصارنا  ** فاعف عنا اثقلت اوزارنا 

  • O concealed One who hast filled (the world) from East to West (with Thy radiance) and art exalted above the light of the Orient and the Occident,
  • یا خفیا قد ملات الخافقین  ** قد علوت فوق نور المشرقین 

  • Thou art an inmost Ground of consciousness revealing our inmost thoughts, Thou art a bursting (Force) that causes our (dammed-up) rivers to burst forth.
  • انت سر کاشف اسرارنا  ** انت فجر مفجر انهارنا 

  • O Thou whose Essence is hidden while Thy gifts are sensible, Thou art as the water and we as the millstone. 3310
  • یا خفی الذات محسوس العطا  ** انت کالماء و نحن کالرحا 

  • Thou art as the wind and we as the dust: the wind is hidden while the dust blown by it is plainly visible.
  • انت کالریح و نحن کالغبار  ** تختفی الریح و غبراها جهار 

  • Thou art the Spring, we are fair as the verdant orchard: it (the Spring) is hidden while its bounty is manifest.
  • تو بهاری ما چو باغ سبز خوش  ** او نهان و آشکارا بخششش 

  • Thou art as the spirit, we are like hand and foot: the closing and opening of the hand is due to the spirit.
  • تو چو جانی ما مثال دست و پا  ** قبض و بسط دست از جان شد روا 

  • Thou art as the reason, we are like this tongue: this tongue hath its (power of) expression from the reason.
  • تو چو عقلی ما مثال این زبان  ** این زبان از عقل دارد این بیان 

  • Thou art like the joy, and we are the laughter, for we are the result of (Thy) blessed joy. 3315
  • تو مثال شادی و ما خنده‌ایم  ** که نتیجه‌ی شادی فرخنده‌ایم 

  • (All) our movement (action) is really a continual profession of faith which bears witness to the Eternal Almighty One.
  • جنبش ما هر دمی خود اشهدست  ** که گواه ذوالجلال سرمدست 

  • The turning of the millstone in agitation is a profession of faith in the existence of the waterbrook.
  • گردش سنگ آسیا در اضطراب  ** اشهد آمد بر وجود جوی آب 

  • O Thou who art beyond my conception and utterance, dust be on the head of me and my similes!
  • ای برون از وهم و قال و قیل من  ** خاک بر فرق من و تمثیل من 

  • Thy servant cannot refrain from depicting Thy beauty: every moment he says to Thee, “May my soul be Thy carpet!”
  • بنده نشکیبد ز تصویر خوشت  ** هر دمت گوید که جانم مفرشت 

  • (He is) like the shepherd who used to say, “O God, come to Thy shepherd and lover, 3320
  • هم‌چو آن چوپان که می‌گفت ای خدا  ** پیش چوپان و محب خود بیا 

  • That I may seek out the lice in Thy smock and stitch Thy shoon and kiss Thy skirt.”
  • تا شپش جویم من از پیراهنت  ** چارقت دوزم ببوسم دامنت 

  • There was none equal to him in passion and love, but he fell short in glorification and (respectful) speech.
  • کس نبودش در هوا و عشق جفت  ** لیک قاصر بود از تسبیح و گفت 

  • His love pitched its tent on the sky: the (beloved) Soul became the dog (guardian) of that shepherd's tent.
  • عشق او خرگاه بر گردون زده  ** جان سگ خرگاه آن چوپان شده