کوه و کنعان را فرو برد آن زمان ** نیم موجی تا به قعر امتهان
Then half a wave swept the mountain and Canaan down into the abyss of dishonour.
مه فشاند نور و سگ وع وع کند ** سگ ز نور ماه کی مرتع کند
The moon scatters her light and the dog bays: how should the dog feed on the light of the moon?
شب روان و همرهان مه بتگ ** ترک رفتن کی کنند از بانگ سگ
Those who travel by night and move swiftly with the moon on her way, how should they relinquish their journey because of the dog's yelping?
جزو سوی کل دوان مانند تیر ** کی کند وقف از پی هر گنده‌پیر
The part is speeding like an arrow towards the Whole: how should it stop on account of any old hag?
جان شرع و جان تقوی عارفست ** معرفت محصول زهد سالفست 2090
The gnostic is the soul of religion and the soul of piety: gnosis is the result of past asceticism.
زهد اندر کاشتن کوشیدنست ** معرفت آن کشت را روییدنست
Asceticism is the labour of sowing; gnosis is the growth of the seed.
پس چو تن باشد جهاد و اعتقاد ** جان این کشتن نباتست و حصاد
Therefore the (ascetic's) hard struggle and his firm religious conviction are like the body, (while) the soul of this sowing is the growth (of the seed) and its harvesting.
امر معروف او و هم معروف اوست ** کاشف اسرار و هم مکشوف اوست
He (the gnostic) is both the command to do right and the right (itself); he is both the revealer of mysteries and that which is revealed.
شاه امروزینه و فردای ماست ** پوست بنده‌ی مغز نغزش دایماست
He is our king to-day and to-morrow: the husk is for ever a slave to his goodly kernel,
چون انا الحق گفت شیخ و پیش برد ** پس گلوی جمله کوران را فشرد 2095
When the Shaykh (Halláj) said ‘I am God’ and carried it through (to the end), he throttled (vanquished) all the blind (sceptics).