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  • از سر مهر و صفاء است و خضوع ** حق آن کس که بدو دارم رجوع‌‌
  • They are from (inspired by) love and sincerity and humbleness, (I swear) by the truth of that One to whom I turn.

  • گر به پیشت امتحان است این هوس ** امتحان را امتحان کن یک نفس‌‌ 2680
  • If this affection (which I am showing) seems to thee a trial, do thou for one moment put the (supposed) trial (of thee) to the test.

  • سر مپوشان تا پدید آید سرم ** امر کن تو هر چه بر وی قادرم‌‌
  • Do not hide thy secret (but reveal it), in order that mine may be revealed: command anything that I am able to do.

  • دل مپوشان تا پدید آید دلم ** تا قبول آرم هر آن چه قابلم‌‌
  • Do not hide thy heart (but reveal it), in order that mine may be revealed and that I may accept whatever I am capable of (performing).

  • چون کنم در دست من چه چاره است ** در نگر تا جان من چه کاره است‌‌
  • How shall I do? What remedy is in my power? Look what a plight my soul is in.”

  • تعیین کردن زن طریق طلب روزی کدخدای خود را و قبول کردن او
  • How the wife specified to her husband the way to earn daily bread and how he accepted (her proposal).

  • گفت زن یک آفتابی تافته ست ** عالمی زو روشنایی یافته ست‌‌
  • The wife said, “A sun has shone forth, a (whole) world has received light from him—

  • نایب رحمان خلیفه‌‌ی کردگار ** شهر بغداد است از وی چون بهار 2685
  • The Vicar of the Merciful (God), the Khalífa of the Creator: through him the city of Baghdád is (gay and happy) as the season of spring.

  • گر بپیوندی بدان شه شه شوی ** سوی هر ادبار تا کی می‌‌روی‌‌
  • If thou gain access to that King, thou wilt become a king: how long wilt thou go after every (kind of) misfortune?”

  • همنشینی مقبلان چون کیمیاست ** چون نظرشان کیمیایی خود کجاست‌‌
  • Companionship with kings is like the Elixir: indeed, how is an Elixir like (to be compared with) their looks (of favour)?

  • چشم احمد بر ابو بکری زده ** او ز یک تصدیق صدیق آمده‌‌
  • The eye of Ahmad (Mohammed) was cast upon an Abú Bakr: he by a single act of faith became a Siddíq.