اینش گوید من شوم هم راز تو ** و آنش گوید نی منم انباز تو

اینش گوید من شوم هم راز تو ** و آنش گوید نی منم انباز تو 1850

This one says to him, “I will be thy confidant,” and that one says, “Nay, I am thy partner.”

اینش گوید نیست چون تو در وجود ** در جمال و فضل و در احسان و جود

This one says to him, “There is none in existence like thee for beauty and eminence and for kindness and liberality.”

آنش گوید هر دو عالم آن تست ** جمله جانهامان طفیل جان تست‌‌

That one says to him, “Both the worlds are thine, all our souls are thy soul's parasites.”

او چو بیند خلق را سر مست خویش ** از تکبر می‌‌رود از دست خویش‌‌

When he sees the people intoxicated with (desire for) him, because of arrogance he loses self-control.

او نداند که هزاران را چو او ** دیو افکنده ست اندر آب جو

He does not know that the Devil has cast thousands like him into the water of the river (of destruction).

لطف و سالوس جهان خوش لقمه‌‌ای است ** کمترش خور کان پر آتش لقمه‌‌ای است‌‌ 1855

The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel: eat less of it (eat it not), for it is a morsel full of fire.

آتشش پنهان و ذوقش آشکار ** دود او ظاهر شود پایان کار

Its fire is hidden and its taste is manifest: its smoke becomes visible in the end.

تو مگو آن مدح را من کی خورم ** از طمع می‌‌گوید او پی می‌‌برم‌‌

Do not say, “How should I swallow that praise? He is speaking from desire (for reward): I am on his track (and see quite well what he is after).”

مادحت گر هجو گوید بر ملا ** روزها سوزد دلت ز آن سوزها

If your belauder should satirise you in public, your heart would burn for (many) days on account of those scorches (of vituperation).

گر چه دانی کاو ز حرمان گفت آن ** کان طمع که داشت از تو شد زیان‌‌

Although you know that he (only) said it in disappointment because the hopes he had of you brought him no gain,