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  • تا بدین جا بهر دینار آمدم ** چون رسیدم مست دیدار آمدم‌‌
  • I came all the way to this place for the sake of dinars: as soon as I arrived, I became drunken with sight (contemplation).”

  • بهر نان شخصی سوی نانوا دوید ** داد جان چون حسن نانوا را بدید 2785
  • A person ran to the baker for bread: on seeing the beauty of the baker, he gave up the ghost.

  • بهر فرجه شد یکی تا گلستان ** فرجه‌‌ی او شد جمال باغبان‌‌
  • A certain man went to the rose-garden to take his pleasure, and found it in the beauty of the gardener,

  • همچو اعرابی که آب از چه کشید ** آب حیوان از رخ یوسف چشید
  • Like the desert Arab who drew water from the well and tasted the Water of Life from the (lovely) face of Joseph.

  • رفت موسی کاتش آرد او به دست ** آتشی دید او که از آتش برست‌‌
  • Moses went to fetch fire: he beheld such a Fire (the Burning Bush) that he escaped from (searching after) fire.

  • جست عیسی تا رهد از دشمنان ** بردش آن جستن به چارم آسمان‌‌
  • Jesus sprang up, to escape from his enemies: that spring carried him to the Fourth Heaven.

  • دام آدم خوشه‌‌ی گندم شده ** تا وجودش خوشه‌‌ی مردم شده‌‌ 2790
  • The ear of wheat became a trap for Adam, so that his existence became the wheat-ear (seed and origin) of mankind.

  • باز آید سوی دام از بهر خور ** ساعد شه یابد و اقبال و فر
  • The falcon comes to the snare for food: it finds the fore-arm (wrist) of the King and fortune and glory.

  • طفل شد مکتب پی کسب هنر ** بر امید مرغ با لطف پدر
  • The child went to school to acquire knowledge, in hope of (getting) its father's pretty bird (as a prize);

  • پس ز مکتب آن یکی صدری شده ** ماهگانه داده و بدری شده‌‌
  • Then, by (going to) school, that child rose to the top, paid monthly fees (to his teacher), and became perfect (in knowledge).