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  • روز رویت روی خاتونان تر  ** کیر زشتت شب بتر از کیر خر  315
  • By day thy face is the face of fresh young ladies; noctu penis tuus turpis pejor est quam veretrum asini.” [By day thy face is the face of fresh young ladies; by night, your ugly penis (is) worse than the penis of an ass.”]
  • هم‌چنان جمله نعیم این جهان  ** بس خوشست از دور پیش از امتحان 
  • Even so all the pleasures of this world are very delightful (when viewed) from a distance before the (actual) test.
  • می‌نماید در نظر از دور آب  ** چون روی نزدیک باشد آن سراب 
  • Seen from a distance they appear (like refreshing) water, (but) when you approach (them) they are a mirage.
  • گنده پیرست او و از بس چاپلوس  ** خویش را جلوه کند چون نو عروس 
  • She (the World) is a stinking hag, though by reason of her great blandishments she displays herself like a young bride.
  • هین مشو مغرور آن گلگونه‌اش  ** نوش نیش‌آلوده‌ی او را مچش 
  • Hark! Do not be deceived by her rouge, do not taste her sherbet which is mixed with poison!
  • صبر کن کالصبر مفتاح الفرج  ** تا نیفتی چون فرج در صد حرج  320
  • Have patience (self-restraint), for patience is the key to joy, lest like Faraj you fall into a hundred (grievous) straits.
  • آشکارا دانه پنهان دام او  ** خوش نماید ز اولت انعام او 
  • Her (the World's) bait is visible, (but) her trap is hidden: at first (sight) her favours seem sweet to you.
  • در بیان آنک این غرور تنها آن هندو را نبود بلک هر آدمیی به چنین غرور مبتلاست در هر مرحله‌ای الا من عصم الله 
  • Explaining that this self-delusion was not (peculiar) to that Hindú alone; on the contrary, every human being is afflicted with a similar self-delusion at every stage (of the journey), except those whom God has preserved.
  • چون بپیوستی بدان ای زینهار  ** چند نالی در ندامت زار زار 
  • Since you are attached to those (worldly goods), oh, beware! How often (afterwards) will you sob piteously in repentance!
  • نام میری و وزیری و شهی  ** در نهانش مرگ و درد و جان‌دهی 
  • The names “princehood,” “vizierate,” and “kingship” (are enticing, but) hidden beneath them is death and pain and giving up the ghost.
  • بنده باش و بر زمین رو چون سمند  ** چون جنازه نه که بر گردن برند 
  • Be a slave (of God) and walk on the earth like a horse (under the rider), not like a bier which is carried on the necks (of the bearers).