بوشناسانند حاذق در مصاف ** تو به جلدی های هو کم کن گزاف
In the battle-field (of this world) there are sagacious ones who know (distinguish) the smell: do not in (your) presumption idly utter (imitate) the ecstatic cries (of the true enthusiasts).
تو ملاف از مشک کان بوی پیاز ** از دم تو می‌کند مکشوف راز1775
Do not brag of musk, for that smell of onions is revealing the secret (true nature) of your breath (words and professions).
گل‌شکر خوردم همی‌گویی و بوی ** می‌زند از سیر که یافه مگوی
You are saying, “I have eaten rose-sugar,” while the smell of garlic is striking (your hearers) and saying (in effect), “Don't talk nonsense.”
The heart is like unto a great house: the house of the heart hath neighbours concealed (from view):
از شکاف روزن و دیوارها ** مطلع گردند بر اسرار ما
Through the window-slit and (crevices in) the walls they observe the hidden thoughts—
از شکافی که ندارد هیچ وهم ** صاحب خانه و ندارد هیچ سهم
Through a slit whereof the owner of the house hath no conception and in which he hath no share.
از نبی بر خوان که دیو و قوم او ** می‌برند از حال انسی خفیه بو1780
Recite from the Qur’án (the verse which declares) that the Devil and his tribe secretly get scent of (become acquainted with) the (inward) state of humankind,
از رهی که انس از آن آگاه نیست ** زانک زین محسوس و زین اشباه نیست
By a way of which humankind are ignorant, because it is not of this sensible (world) or one of these semblances (phenomenal objects).
در میان ناقدان زرقی متن ** با محک ای قلب دون لافی مزن
Do not devise any fraud amongst the assayers: do not address any idle boast to the touchstone, O base spurious coin.
مر محک را ره بود در نقد و قلب ** که خدایش کرد امیر جسم و قلب
The (spiritual) touchstone hath a way to (know) the genuine and the spurious coin, for God made him the commander of (both) body and heart.