سرکه را گر گرم کردی ز آتش آن ** چون خوری سردی فزاید بیگمان3695
If you have made vinegar hot by means of fire, (still) when you drink it, it will undoubtedly increase the coldness (of your constitution),
ز انکه آن گرمی او دهلیزی است ** طبع اصلش سردی است و تیزی است
Because that (artificially produced) heat of it is exotic: its fundamental nature is coldness and tartness.
ور بود یخ بسته دوشاب ای پسر ** چون خوری گرمی فزاید در جگر
And (on the other hand), though grape-syrup be frozen, my son, it will add heat to the liver when you drink it.
پس ریای شیخ به ز اخلاص ماست ** کز بصیرت باشد آن وین از عماست
Hence the Shaykh's hypocrisy is better than our sincerity, for the former arises from (spiritual) insight, while the latter arises from (spiritual) blindness.