دردها از مرگ می‌‌آید رسول ** از رسولش رو مگردان ای فضول‌‌

Pains are coming from Death as (his) messengers: do not avert thy face from his messenger, O foolish one!

هر که شیرین می‌‌زید او تلخ مرد ** هر که او تن را پرستد جان نبرد

Whoever lives sweetly (pleasantly) dies bitterly (painfully): whoever serves his body does not save his soul.

گوسفندان را ز صحرا می‌‌کشند ** آن که فربه تر مر آن را می‌‌کشند

Sheep are driven from the plains (to the town): they kill those that are fattest.

شب گذشت و صبح آمد ای تمر ** چند گیری این فسانه‌‌ی زر ز سر

The night is past and dawn is come. O my soul, how long wilt thou take up (again) this tale of gold from the beginning?

تو جوان بودی و قانع‌‌تر بدی ** زر طلب گشتی خود اول زر بدی‌‌ 2305

Thou wert young (once), and (then) thou wert more contented: (now) thou hast become a seeker of gold, (but) at first thou wert gold indeed (precious and perfect).

رز بدی پر میوه چون کاسد شدی ** وقت میوه پختنت فاسد شدی‌‌

Thou wert a fruitful vine: how hast thou become unsaleable (worthless)? How hast thou become rotten when thy fruit is ripening?

میوه‌‌ات باید که شیرین‌‌تر شود ** چون رسن تابان نه واپس‌‌تر رود

Thy fruit ought to become sweeter and not move farther backwards like rope-makers.

جفت مایی جفت باید هم صفت ** تا بر آید کارها با مصلحت‌‌

Thou art my wife: the wife must be of the same quality (as the husband) in order that things may go rightly.

جفت باید بر مثال همدگر ** در دو جفت کفش و موزه در نگر

The married pair must match one another: look at a pair of shoes or boots.

گر یکی کفش از دو تنگ آید بپا ** هر دو جفتش کار ناید مر ترا 2310

If one of the shoes is too tight for the foot, the pair of them is of no use to thee.