- How oft did the shepherd call them! And they came not: they were throwing the dust of resentment in the eyes of the shepherd,
- چند چوپانشان بخواند و نامدند ** خاک غم در چشم چوپان می‌زدند
- Saying, “Begone: we ourselves are better shepherds than thou. How should we become (thy) followers? We are chieftains, every one (of us).
- که برو ما از تو خود چوپان‌تریم ** چون تبع گردیم هر یک سروریم
- We are food for the wolf, and we are not for the Friend; we are fuel for the Fire, and we are not for dishonour.”
- طعمه‌ی گرگیم و آن یار نه ** هیزم ناریم و آن عار نه
- A heathen pride was in their brains: the raven croaked disaster over the traces of their habitation. 395
- حمیتی بد جاهلیت در دماغ ** بانگ شومی بر دمنشان کرد زاغ
- They were digging a pit for the oppressed” they (themselves) fell into the pit, crying “Alas!”
- بهر مظلومان همی‌کندند چاه ** در چه افتادند و می‌گفتند آه
- They tore the coats of the Josephs (the prophets and saints), and that which they gave they got, piece by piece.
- پوستین یوسفان بکشافتند ** آنچ می‌کردند یک یک یافتند
- Who is that Joseph? Thy God-seeking heart, bound as a captive in thy abode.
- کیست آن یوسف دل حق‌جوی تو ** چون اسیری بسته اندر کوی تو
- Thou hast bound a Gabriel on a pillar, thou hast wounded his wings and plumes in a hundred places.
- جبرئیلی را بر استن بسته‌ای ** پر و بالش را به صد جا خسته‌ای
- Thou settest before him a roasted calf, thou fetchest (ground) straw and bringest him to the straw-barn, 400
- پیش او گوساله بریان آوری ** گه کشی او را به کهدان آوری
- Saying, “Eat; this is a dainty meal for us,” (although) for him there is no food but meeting God face to face.
- که بخور اینست ما را لوت و پوت ** نیست او را جز لقاء الله قوت