- Because the heart (though it) is a tank, yet in ambush (out of sight) it has a hidden channel to the Sea.
- ز انکه دل حوض است لیکن در کمین ** سوی دریا راه پنهان دارد این
- Your finite purity wants reinforcement; otherwise, number is diminished in (the course of) expenditure. 1365
- پاکی محدود تو خواهد مدد ** ور نه اندر خرج کم گردد عدد
- The water said to the defiled one, “Hasten (to come) into me.” The defiled one said, “I feel shame before the water.”
- آب گفت آلوده را در من شتاب ** گفت آلوده که دارم شرم از آب
- Said the water, “Without me how shall this shame go? Without me how shall this defilement be removed?”
- گفت آب این شرم بیمن کی رود ** بیمن این آلوده زایل کی شود
- Every defiled one who hides from the water is (an example of the saying that) “Shame hinders Faith.”
- ز آب هر آلوده کاو پنهان شود ** الحیاء یمنع الإیمان بود
- The heart is muddied by the steps of the body's tank; the body is cleansed by the water of the heart's tanks.
- دل ز پایهی حوض تن گلناک شد ** تن ز آب حوض دلها پاک شد
- Haunt the steps of the heart's tank, O son; take heed and always beware of the steps of the body's tank. 1370
- گرد پایهی حوض دل گرد ای پسر ** هان ز پایهی حوض تن میکن حذر
- The sea of the body is dashing against the sea of the heart, (but) between them is a barrier which they shall not cross.
- بحر تن بر بحر دل بر هم زنان ** در میانشان برزخ لا یبغیان
- Whether you be straight (righteous) or crooked, always creep forwards to Him; do not creep backwards.
- گر تو باشی راست ور باشی تو کژ ** پیشتر میغژ بدو واپس مغژ
- If in the presence of kings there be danger to life, yet they that aspire cannot refrain from (presence with) Him.
- پیش شاهان گر خطر باشد به جان ** لیک نشکیبد از او با همتان