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گرد پایهی حوض دل گرد ای پسر ** هان ز پایهی حوض تن میکن حذر 1370
- Haunt the steps of the heart's tank, O son; take heed and always beware of the steps of the body's tank.
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بحر تن بر بحر دل بر هم زنان ** در میانشان برزخ لا یبغیان
- The sea of the body is dashing against the sea of the heart, (but) between them is a barrier which they shall not cross.
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گر تو باشی راست ور باشی تو کژ ** پیشتر میغژ بدو واپس مغژ
- Whether you be straight (righteous) or crooked, always creep forwards to Him; do not creep backwards.
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پیش شاهان گر خطر باشد به جان ** لیک نشکیبد از او با همتان
- If in the presence of kings there be danger to life, yet they that aspire cannot refrain from (presence with) Him.
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شاه چون شیرینتر از شکر بود ** جان به شیرینی رود خوشتر بود
- Since the King is sweeter than sugar, ’tis better that life should go (as a sacrifice) to (that) sweetness.
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ای ملامت گر سلامت مر ترا ** ای سلامت جو تویی واهی العری 1375
- O blamer (of lovers), safety be thine! O seeker of safety, thou art infirm.
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جان من کوره ست با آتش خوش است ** کوره را این بس که خانهی آتش است
- My soul is a furnace: it is happy with the fire: ’tis enough for the furnace that it is the fire's house.
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همچو کوره عشق را سوزیدنی است ** هر که او زین کور باشد کوره نیست
- For Love, as (for) the furnace, there is something to be burned: any one that is blind to this is not a furnace.
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برگ بیبرگی ترا چون برگ شد ** جان باقی یافتی و مرگ شد
- When the provision of unprovidedness has become your provision, you have gained life everlasting, and death is gone.
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چون ترا غم شادی افزودن گرفت ** روضهی جانت گل و سوسن گرفت
- When the pain (of love) has begun to increase your (spiritual) joy, roses and lilies have taken possession of the garden of your soul.