Thou art conceiving a false opinion of thy nearness to God, thinking that the Tray-maker is not far from the tray;
تو توهم می‌کنی از قرب حق ** که طبق‌گر دور نبود از طبق
(And) thou dost not see this, that the nearness of the saints (to God) hath a hundred miracles and pomps and powers.
این نمی‌بینی که قرب اولیا ** صد کرامت دارد و کار و کیا
By David iron is made (soft as) a piece of wax; in thy hand wax is (hard) as iron.
آهن از داوود مومی می‌شود ** موم در دستت چو آهن می‌بود
Nearness (to God) in respect of (His) creating and sustaining (us) is common to all, (but only) these noble ones possess the nearness (consisting) of the inspiration of Love.
قرب خلق و رزق بر جمله‌ست عام ** قرب وحی عشق دارند این کرام
Nearness is of various kinds, O father: the sun strikes (both) on the mountains and on the gold (in the mine);705
قرب بر انواع باشد ای پدر ** می‌زند خورشید بر کهسار و زر
But between the sun and the gold there is a nearness (affinity) of which the bíd-tree hath no knowledge.
لیک قربی هست با زر شید را ** که از آن آگه نباشد بید را
(Both) the dry and fresh bough are near to the sun: how should the sun be screened off from either?
شاخ خشک و تر قریب آفتاب ** آفتاب از هر دو کی دارد حجاب
But where is the nearness of the sappy bough, from which you eat ripe fruit?
لیک کو آن قربت شاخ طری ** که ثمار پخته از وی می‌خوری
From nearness to the sun let the dry bough get (if it can) anything besides withering sooner!
شاخ خشک از قربت آن آفتاب ** غیر زوتر خشک گشتن گو بیاب
O man without wisdom, do not be an inebriate of the sort that (when) he comes (back) to his wits he feels sorry;710
آنچنان مستی مباش ای بی‌خرد ** که به عقل آید پشیمانی خورد