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  • آن اشر چون جفت آن شاد آمدی  ** پنج ساله قصه‌اش یاد آمدی 
  • Whenever the exultant (mouse) consorted with the merry (frog), a five years' tale would come into his mind.

  • جوش نطق از دل نشان دوستیست  ** بستگی نطق از بی‌الفتیست 
  • Flow of speech from the heart is a sign of (intimate) friendship; obstruction of speech arises from lack of intimacy.

  • دل که دلبر دید کی ماند ترش  ** بلبلی گل دید کی ماند خمش 
  • The heart that has seen the sweetheart, how should it remain bitter? (When) a nightingale has seen the rose, how should he remain silent?

  • ماهی بریان ز آسیب خضر  ** زنده شد در بحر گشت او مستقر  2640
  • At the touch of Khadir the roasted fish came to life and took its abode in the sea.

  • یار را با یار چون بنشسته شد  ** صد هزاران لوح سر دانسته شد 
  • To the friend, when he is seated beside his Friend, a hundred thousand tablets of mystery are made known.

  • لوح محفوظ است پیشانی یار  ** راز کونینش نماید آشکار 
  • The brow of the Friend is a Guarded Tablet: to him (his friend) it reveals plainly the secret of the two worlds.

  • هادی راهست یار اندر قدوم  ** مصطفی زین گفت اصحابی نجوم 
  • The Friend is the guide on the way during (his friend's) advance: hence Mustafá (Mohammed) said, “My Companions are (like) the stars.”

  • نجم اندر ریگ و دریا رهنماست  ** چشم اندر نجم نه کو مقتداست 
  • The star shows the way in (desert) sands and on the sea: fix thine eye on the (spiritual) Star, for he is the one to be followed.

  • چشم را با روی او می‌دار جفت  ** گرد منگیزان ز راه بحث و گفت  2645
  • Keep thine eye always paired with (unseparated from) his face: do not stir up dust by way of discussion and argument,

  • زانک گردد نجم پنهان زان غبار  ** چشم بهتر از زبان با عثار 
  • Because the Star will be hidden by that dust: the eye is better than the stumbling tongue.