This one (the Jabrí) says, “He (the Sunní) is astray and lost,” (being) unaware of his (real) state and of the (Divine) command, “Arise (and preach)!”
این همیگوید که آن ضالست و گم ** بیخبر از حال او وز امر قم
And that one (the Sunní) says, “What awareness has this one (the Jabrí)?” God, by fore-ordainment, hath cast them into strife.
و آن همی گوید که این را چه خبر ** جنگشان افکند یزدان از قدر
He maketh manifest the real nature of each, He displays the congener by (contrast with) the uncongenial.1505
گوهر هر یک هویدا میکند ** جنس از ناجنس پیدا میکند
Every one knows (can distinguish) mercy from vengeance, whether he be wise or ignorant or vile,
قهر را از لطف داند هر کسی ** خواه دانا خواه نادان یا خسی
But a mercy that has become hidden in vengeance, or a vengeance that has sunk into the heart of mercy,
لیک لطفی قهر در پنهان شده ** یا که قهری در دل لطف آمده
No one knows except the divine (deified) man in whose heart is a spiritual touchstone.
کم کسی داند مگر ربانیی ** کش بود در دل محک جانیی
The rest hold (only) an opinion of these two (qualities): they fly to their nest with a single wing.
باقیان زین دو گمانی میبرند ** سوی لانهی خود به یک پر میپرند
Explaining that Knowledge has two wings, and Opinion (only) one: “Opinion is defective and curtailed in flight”; and a comparison illustrating opinion and certainty in knowledge.
بیان آنک علم را دو پرست و گمان را یک پرست ناقص آمد ظن به پرواز ابترست مثال ظن و یقین در علم
Knowledge has two wings, Opinion one wing: Opinion is defective and curtailed in flight.1510
علم را دو پر گمان را یک پرست ** ناقص آمد ظن به پرواز ابترست
The one-winged bird soon falls headlong; then again it flies up some two paces or (a little) more.
مرغ یکپر زود افتد سرنگون ** باز بر پرد دو گامی یا فزون
The bird, Opinion, falling and rising, goes on with one wing in hope of (reaching) the nest.
افت خیزان میرود مرغ گمان ** با یکی پر بر امید آشیان