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  • صورتی از صورتت بیزار کن  ** خفته‌ای هر خفته را بیدار کن 
  • (’Tis) a form that frees thee from (the illusion of) form, a sleeper that awakens every one who is asleep (to the Truth).
  • آن کلامت می‌رهاند از کلام  ** وان سقامت می‌جهاند از سقام 
  • The words (spoken by him) deliver (thee) from words (of idle disputation), and the sickness (of love inspired by him) lets thee escape from the sickness (of sensuality).
  • پس سقام عشق جان صحتست  ** رنجهااش حسرت هر راحتست 
  • Therefore the sickness of love is the (very) soul of health: its pains are the envy of every pleasure.
  • ای تن اکنون دست خود زین جان بشو  ** ور نمی‌شویی جز این جانی بجو  4595
  • O body, now wash thy hands of this (animal) soul, or if thou wilt not wash (thy hands of it), seek another soul than this!
  • حاصل آن شه نیک او را می‌نواخت  ** او از آن خورشید چون مه می‌گداخت 
  • In short, the King cherished him (the prince) fondly, and in (the beams of) that Sun he was melting away like the moon.
  • آن گداز عاشقان باشد نمو  ** هم‌چو مه اندر گدازش تازه‌رو 
  • The melting (wasting) away of lovers is (the cause of their spiritual) growth: like the moon, he (the lover) hath a fresh (shining) face whilst he is melting away.
  • جمله رنجوران دوا دارند امید  ** نالد این رنجور کم افزون کنید 
  • All the sick hope to be cured, but this sick one sobs, crying, “Increase my sickness!
  • خوش‌تر از این سم ندیدم شربتی  ** زین مرض خوش‌تر نباشد صحتی 
  • I have found no drink sweeter than this poison: no state of health can be sweeter than this disease.
  • زین گنه بهتر نباشد طاعتی  ** سالها نسبت بدین دم ساعتی  4600
  • No act of piety can be better than this sin: years in comparison with this moment are (but) an hour.”
  • مدتی بد پیش این شه زین نسق  ** دل کباب و جان نهاده بر طبق 
  • In this fashion he remained with this King for a long while, his heart (roasted like) kabáb and his soul laid on the tray (of self-devotion).