At dawn I show my face to reprimand you, lest from egoism ye become (included) among the people of the left hand.”
رو نمایم صبح بهر گوشمال ** تا نگردید از منی ز اهل شمال
Leave that (topic), for that topic is lengthy: (he who is the final cause of) the command “Be!” hath forbidden lengthiness.685
ترک آن کن که درازست آن سخن ** نهی کردست از درازی امر کن
How Mustafá (Mohammed), on whom be peace, made trial of ‘Á’isha, may God be pleased with her, and said, “Why art thou hiding? Do not hide, for the blind man cannot see thee,” in order that it might appear whether ‘Á’isha was acquainted with the secret thoughts of Mustafá, on whom be peace, or whether she was (merely) one who would follow his expressed wishes.
امتحان کردن مصطفی علیه‌السلام عایشه را رضی الله عنها کی چه پنهان می‌شوی پنهان مشو که اعمی ترا نمی‌بیند تا پدید آید کی عایشه رضی الله عنها از ضمیر مصطفی علیه السلام واقف هست یا خود مقلد گفت ظاهرست
The Prophet said by way of trial, “He cannot see thee: do not hide.”
گفت پیغامبر برای امتحان ** او نمی‌بیند ترا کم شو نهان
‘Á’isha made a sign with her hands (as though to say), “(If) he does not see (me), yet I see him.”
کرد اشارت عایشه با دستها ** او نبیند من همی‌بینم ورا
Reason's jealousy of the beauty of the Spirit is (the cause of) this sincere admonition being full of similitudes and allegories.
غیرت عقل است بر خوبی روح ** پر ز تشبیهات و تمثیل این نصوح
Notwithstanding that this Spirit is so hidden, why is Reason so jealous of Him?
با چنین پنهانیی کین روح راست ** عقل بر وی این چنین رشکین چراست
O jealous one, from whom art thou hiding Him whose face is concealed by His light?690
از که پنهان می‌کنی ای رشک‌خو ** آنک پوشیدست نورش روی او
This Sun goes with face uncovered: His face is veiled by the excess of His light.
می‌رود بی‌روی‌پوش این آفتاب ** فرط نور اوست رویش را نقاب
From whom art thou hiding Him, O jealous one? The sun (itself) cannot see a trace of Him.
از که پنهان می‌کنی ای رشک‌ور ** که آفتاب از وی نمی‌بیند اثر
(Reason says), “The jealousy in my body is (all) the greater because I desire to hide Him even from myself.
رشک از آن افزون‌ترست اندر تنم ** کز خودش خواهم که هم پنهان کنم