- The sinner’s heart becomes afraid of Us, but in his fear there are a hundred hopes.
- خاطر مجرم ز ما ترسان شود ** لیک صد اومید در ترسش بود
- I frighten the impudent man who has lost the (right) way: why should I frighten him who is afraid?
- من بترسانم وقیح یاوه را ** آنک ترسد من چه ترسانم ورا
- Fire is used for the cold pot, not for that (pot) which is boiling over.
- بهر دیگ سرد آذر میرود ** نه بدان کز جوش از سر میرود
- I frighten the unafraid by (My) knowledge; I take away the fear of the afraid by (My) clemency.
- آمنان را من بترسانم به علم ** خایفان را ترس بردارم به حلم
- I am a patcher: I put the patch in (its proper) place; I give drink to every one in due measure.” 4385
- پارهدوزم پاره در موضع نهم ** هر کسی را شربت اندر خور دهم
- A man’s inmost consciousness is like the root of a tree; hence his leaves grow from the hard wood.
- هست سر مرد چون بیخ درخت ** زان بروید برگهاش از چوب سخت
- The leaves grow according to the root, in the tree and in souls and in minds.
- درخور آن بیخ رسته برگها ** در درخت و در نفوس و در نهی
- From the trees of faithfulness there are wings (that soar) to heaven its root is fast (in the earth), and its branch is in the sky.
- برفلک پرهاست ز اشجار وفا ** اصلها ثابت و فرعه فی السما
- Since through love grew the wing (that soars) to heaven, how should it not grow in the heart of the Sadr-i Jahán?
- چون برست از عشق پر بر آسمان ** چون نروید در دل صدر جهان
- Forgiveness of the sin was surging in his heart, for as much as there is a window from each heart to (every other) heart; 4390
- موج میزد در دلش عفو گنه ** که ز هر دل تا دل آمد روزنه