- Even the imitator is not disappointed of the (Divine) recompense: the professional mourner gets his wages at the (time of) reckoning.
- هم مقلد نیست محروم از ثواب ** نوحهگر را مزد باشد در حساب
- (Both) infidel and true believer say “God,” but there is a good difference between the two.
- کافر و مومن خدا گویند لیک ** در میان هر دو فرقی هست نیک
- The beggar says “God” for the sake of bread; the devout man says “God” from his soul.
- آن گدا گوید خدا از بهر نان ** متقی گوید خدا از عین جان
- If the beggar distinguished (God as He really is) from his own saying (the name of God), neither less nor more would remain before his eye.
- گر بدانستی گدا از گفت خویش ** پیش چشم او نه کم ماندی نه پیش
- For years that bread-seeker says “god”; like the ass, he carries the Qur’án for the sake of (being fed with) straw. 500
- سالها گوید خدا آن نان خواه ** همچو خر مصحف کشد از بهر کاه
- Had the word on his lips shone forth in his heart, his body would have been shivered to atoms.
- گر بدل در تافتی گفت لبش ** ذره ذره گشته بودی قالبش
- In sorcery the name of a demon finds the way (to success); you are earning a petty coin by means of the Name of God.
- نام دیوی ره برد در ساحری ** تو به نام حق پشیزی میبری
- How a peasant stroked a lion in the dark, because he thought it was his ox.
- خاریدن روستایی در تاریکی شیر را به گمان آن که گاو اوست
- A peasant tied an ox in the stable: a lion ate his ox and sat in its place.
- روستایی گاو در آخر ببست ** شیر گاوش خورد و بر جایش نشست
- The peasant went into the stable to (see) the ox: the man, groping into corners, was seeking the ox at night.
- روستایی شد در آخر سوی گاو ** گاو را میجست شب آن کنج کاو
- He was rubbing his hand on the limbs of the lion, back and side, now above, now below. 505
- دست میمالید بر اعضای شیر ** پشت و پهلو گاه بالا گاه زیر