- Men are amazed at the Fidá’í, (but) every one of us is a Fidá’í in his behaviour.
- از فدایی مردمان را حیرتیست ** هر یکی از ما فدای سیرتیست
- Oh, blest is he that has sacrificed his body for the sake of that for which it is worth while to sacrifice one's self.
- ای خنک آنک فدا کردست تن ** بهر آن کارزد فدای آن شدن
- Inasmuch as every one is devoted to some calling wherein he spends his life and is killed—
- هر یکی چونک فدایی فنیست ** کاندر آن ره صرف عمر و کشتنیست
- Is killed somewhere (either) in the West or in the East, at which time neither the desiring subject nor the desired object remains (in existence)— 3545
- کشتنی اندر غروبی یا شروق ** که نه شایق ماند آنگه نه مشوق
- After all, this fortunate man is devoted to the calling wherein a hundred lives are (gained) in being killed;
- باری این مقبل فدای این فنست ** کاندرو صد زندگی در کشتنست
- Its lover and beloved and love are everlastingly prosperous and renowned in both worlds.
- عاشق و معشوق و عشقش بر دوام ** در دو عالم بهرمند و نیک‌نام
- O my generous friends, have pity on the votaries of passion: ’tis their business to go down to destruction after destruction.
- یا کرامی ارحموا اهل الهوی ** شانهم ورد التوی بعد التوی
- (The people said), “O Amír, pardon his (the ascetic's) violence: consider his sorrow and ill-fortune,
- عفو کن ای میر بر سختی او ** در نگر در درد و بدبختی او
- In order that God may pardon thy sins likewise and heap forgiveness on thy faults. 3550
- تا ز جرمت هم خدا عفوی کند ** زلتت را مغفرت در آکند
- Thou hast heedlessly broken many a jug and set thy heart on the hope of pardon.
- تو ز غفلت بس سبو بشکسته‌ای ** در امید عفو دل در بسته‌ای