- And if in good faith he made the zephyr his envoy, that zephyr would be darkened by a (cloud of) dust.
- ور صبا را پیک کردی در وفا ** از غباری تیره گشتی آن صبا
- If he sewed the letter on the wing of a bird, the bird's wing would be burnt by the ardour of the letter. 4755
- رقعه گر بر پر مرغی دوختی ** پر مرغ از تف رقعه سوختی
- The (Divine) jealousy barred (all) the ways of device and broke the banner of the army of cogitation.
- راههای چاره را غیرت ببست ** لشکر اندیشه را رایت شکست
- At first, expectation was the comforting friend of (his) sorrow; at last, there broke him—who? Even (the same) expectation.
- بود اول مونس غم انتظار ** آخرش بشکست کی هم انتظار
- Sometimes he would say, “This is an irremediable affliction”; sometimes he would say, “No, it is the life of my spirit.”
- گاه گفتی کین بلای بی‌دواست ** گاه گفتی نه حیات جان ماست
- Sometimes (self-) existence would lift up a head from him (appear in him); sometimes he would eat of the fruit of non-existence.
- گاه هستی زو بر آوردی سری ** گاه او از نیستی خوردی بری
- When this (bodily) nature became cold (irksome and useless) to him, the fountain of union (with the beloved) would boil hotly. 4760
- چونک بر وی سرد گشتی این نهاد ** جوش کردی گرم چشمه‌ی اتحاد
- When he put up with (contented himself with) the unprovidedness of exile, the provision of unprovidedness hastened towards him.
- چونک با بی‌برگی غربت بساخت ** برگ بی‌برگی به سوی او بتاخت
- The wheat-ears of his thought were purged of chaff: he became, like the moon, a guide to the night-travellers.
- خوشه‌های فکرتش بی‌کاه شد ** شب‌روان را رهنما چون ماه شد
- Oh, there is many a parrot that speaks though it is mute; oh, there is many a sweet-spirited one whose face is sour.
- ای بسا طوطی گویای خمش ** ای بسا شیرین‌روان رو ترش