- He (Ziyá) said to him, “Thou art very tall: take a little off thy cypress-like stature in order to gain the (Divine) reward.”
- گفت او را بس درازی بهر مزد ** اندکی زان قد سروت هم بدزد
- (The ascetic said), “How, then, have you the intelligence, how have you the (necessary) understanding to drink wine, O enemy of knowledge? 3480
- پس ترا خود هوش کو یا عقل کو ** تا خوری می ای تو دانش را عدو
- (If) your face is very beautiful, put some indigo on it (as an ornament); (but) indigo on the face of an Abyssinian (negro) would be a laughing-stock.
- روت بس زیباست نیلی هم بکش ** ضحکه باشد نیل بر روی حبش
- When did any (spiritual) light enter into you, O misguided man, that you should become a seeker of unconsciousness and darkness?
- در تو نوری کی درآمد ای غوی ** تا تو بیهوشی و ظلمت‌جو شوی
- ’Tis the (approved) rule to seek the shadow during the day; (but) you seek the shadow on a cloudy night.
- سایه در روزست جستن قاعده ** در شب ابری تو سایه‌جو شده
- If it (wine) is lawful as sustenance for the common folk, (yet) it is unlawful to those who seek the Beloved.
- گر حلال آمد پی قوت عوام ** طالبان دوست را آمد حرام
- The wine for the lovers (of God) is their heart's blood: their eyes are (fixed) upon the Way and upon the Destination. 3485
- عاشقان را باده خون دل بود ** چشمشان بر راه و بر منزل بود
- In this Way across the terrible wilderness the guide, Reason, suffers a hundred eclipses.
- در چنین راه بیابان مخوف ** این قلاوز خرد با صد کسوف
- (If) you throw dust in the eyes of the guides, you will cause the caravan to perish and lose the way.
- خاک در چشم قلاوزان زنی ** کاروان را هالک و گمره کنی
- In sooth, barley bread is unlawful and injurious to the carnal soul: set (only) bread made of bran before it.
- نان جو حقا حرامست و فسوس ** نفس را در پیش نه نان سبوس