- How is the first (stage) of every fruit anything but the form? After that (comes) the delicious taste which is its real meaning.
- اول هر میوه جز صورت کیست ** بعد از آن لذت که معنی ویست
- First they make or buy a tent; afterwards they bring the Turcoman (their beloved) as a guest.
- اولا خرگاه سازند و خرند ** ترک را زان پس به مهمان آورند
- Deem your form to be the tent, your real essence the Turcoman, regard your essence as the sailor, your form as the ship. 530
- صورتت خرگاه دان معنیت ترک ** معنیت ملاح دان صورت چو فلک
- For God’s sake, quit this (topic) for a moment, so that the Khwaja’s ass may shake its bell (proceed on its journey).
- بهر حق این را رها کن یک نفس ** تا خر خواجه بجنباند جرس
- How the Khwaja and his family went to the country.
- رفتن خواجه و قومش به سوی ده
- The Khwaja and his children prepared an outfit and galloped on their beasts towards the country.
- خواجه و بچگان جهازی ساختند ** بر ستوران جانب ده تاختند
- Merrily they rode a field; they chanted, “Travel, that ye may gain advantage”;
- شادمانه سوی صحرا راندند ** سافروا کی تغنموا بر خواندند
- For by traveling the moon becomes (splendid, like) Kay Khusraw: how should it become an emperor (khusraw) without traveling?
- کز سفرها ماه کیخسرو شود ** بی سفرها ماه کی خسرو شود
- Through travel the pawn becomes a noble queen, and through travel Joseph gained a hundred objects of desire. 535
- از سفر بیدق شود فرزین راد ** وز سفر یابید یوسف صد مراد
- By day they scorched their faces in the sun, by night they were learning the away from the stars.
- روز روی از آفتابی سوختند ** شب ز اختر راه میآموختند
- The bad road to them seemed good: from (their) delight in the country the road seemed like Paradise.
- خوب گشته پیش ایشان راه زشت ** از نشاط ده شده ره چون بهشت