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غافلی هم حکمتست و نعمتست ** تا نپرد زود سرمایه ز دست
- True, heedlessness is (a manifestation of) Divine Wisdom and Bounty, in order that (his) stock-in-trade may not suddenly fly out of (his) hand;
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لیک نی چندانک ناسوری شود ** زهر جان و عقل رنجوری شود 2610
- But not (heedlessness) so great that it becomes an incurable sore and a poison to the spirit and intellect of one who is sick.
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خود کی یابد این چنین بازار را ** که به یک گل می‌خری گلزار را
- Who, really, can find bazaars like this where with a single rose thou art buying (whole) roseries;
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دانه‌ای را صد درختستان عوض ** حبه‌ای را آمدت صد کان عوض
- (Where) a hundred groves come (are offered) to thee in exchange for one seed, a hundred mines in exchange for one groat?
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کان لله دادن آن حبه است ** تا که کان‌الله له آید به دست
- Kána lilláh is the giving of that groat, in order that kána ’lláh lahú may come into (thy) hand;
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زآنک این هوی ضعیف بی‌قرار ** هست شد زان هوی رب پایدار
- For this weak unstable hú (personality) was brought into being by the steadfast (permanent) hú of the Lord.
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هوی فانی چونک خود فا او سپرد ** گشت باقی دایم و هرگز نمرد 2615
- When the hú that passes away has surrendered itself to Him, it becomes everlasting and never dies.
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هم‌چو قطره‌ی خایف از باد و ز خاک ** که فنا گردد بدین هر دو هلاک
- (’Tis) like a drop of water (which is) afraid of wind (air) and earth; for by means of these twain it is made to pass away (and perish.
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چون به اصل خود که دریا بود جست ** از تف خورشید و باد و خاک رست
- When it has leaped (thrown itself) into the sea, which was its source, it is delivered from the heat of the sun and from wind and earth.
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ظاهرش گم گشت در دریا و لیک ** ذات او معصوم و پا بر جا و نیک
- Its outward form has disappeared in the sea, but its essence is inviolate and permanent and goodly.