در کمان ننهند الا تیر راست ** این کمان را باژگون کژ تیرهاست
Only the straight arrow is put on the bow, (but) this bow (of the self) has (its) arrows bent back and crooked.
راست شو چون تیر و واره از کمان ** کز کمان هر راست بجهد بی‌‌گمان1385
Be straight, like an arrow, and escape from the bow, for without doubt every straight (arrow) will fly from the bow (to its mark).
چون که واگشتم ز پیکار برون ** روی آوردم به پیکار درون
When I turned back from the outer warfare, I set my face towards the inner warfare.
قد رجعنا من جهاد الاصغریم ** با نبی اندر جهاد اکبریم
We have returned from the lesser Jihád, we are engaged along with the Prophet in the greater Jihád.
قوت از حق خواهم و توفیق و لاف ** تا به سوزن بر کنم این کوه قاف
I pray God to grant me strength and aid and (the right of) boasting, that I may root up with a needle this mountain of Qáf.
سهل شیری دان که صفها بشکند ** شیر آن است آن که خود را بشکند
Deem of small account the lion (champion) who breaks the ranks (of the enemy): the (true) lion is he that breaks (conquers) himself.
آمدن رسول روم تا نزد عمر و دیدن او کرامات عمر را
How the ambassador of Rúm came to the Commander of the Faithful, ‘Umar, may God be well-pleased with him, and witnessed the gifts of grace with which ‘Umar, may God be well-pleased with him, was endowed.
تا عمر آمد ز قیصر یک رسول ** در مدینه از بیابان نغول1390
To ‘Umar in Medina there came through the wide desert an ambassador from the Emperor of Rúm.
گفت کو قصر خلیفه ای حشم ** تا من اسب و رخت را آن جا کشم
He said, “O ye attendants, where is the palace of the Caliph, that I may take thither my horse and baggage?”
قوم گفتندش که او را قصر نیست ** مر عمر را قصر، جان روشنی است
The folk said to him, “He has no palace: ‘Umar's (only) palace is an illumined spirit.
گر چه از میری و را آوازه‌‌ای است ** همچو درویشان مر او را کازه‌‌ای است
Though he has a (great) renown from being Commander (of the Faithful), he has (no dwelling except) a hut, like the poor.