نوبت من رفت امسال آن قمار ** با دگر کس باز دست از من بدار
My turn is past: this year try that gamble on some one else and keep your hands off me!”
از شش و از پنج عارف گشت فرد ** محترز گشتست زین شش پنج نرد
The knower of God has been isolated from the six (directions) and the five (senses): (necessarily, therefore), he has become on his guard against the sixes and fives of the backgammon (played by the World and the Devil).
رست او از پنج حس و شش جهت ** از ورای آن همه کرد آگهت
He has escaped from the five senses and the six directions: he has made you acquainted with (what lies) beyond all that.
شد اشاراتش اشارات ازل ** جاوز الاوهام طرا و اعتزل
His intimations are the intimations of Eternity: he has transcended all conceptions and withdrawn himself apart.
زین چه شش گوشه گر نبود برون ** چون بر آرد یوسفی را از درون 4570
Unless he is outside of this hexagonal well, how should he bring up a Joseph from the inside (of it)?
واردی بالای چرخ بی ستن ** جسم او چون دلو در چه چاره کن
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).
یوسفان چنگال در دلوش زده ** رسته از چاه و شه مصری شده
The Josephs cling to his bucket, escape from the well, and become kings of Egypt.
دلوهای دیگر از چه آب‌جو ** دلو او فارغ ز آب اصحاب‌جو
The other buckets seek water from the well: his bucket has no concern with the water, it seeks (only) friends (in trouble).
دلوها غواص آب از بهر قوت ** دلو او قوت و حیات جان حوت
The (other) buckets plunge into the water for food: his bucket is the food and life of the soul of the fish.
دلوها وابسته‌ی چرخ بلند ** دلو او در اصبعین زورمند 4575
The (other) buckets are attached to the lofty wheel (of Fortune): his bucket is (held) in two Almighty fingers.