هر چه گوید مرد عاشق بوی عشق ** از دهانش می‌‌جهد در کوی عشق‌‌

هر چه گوید مرد عاشق بوی عشق ** از دهانش می‌‌جهد در کوی عشق‌‌ 2880

Whatsoever the man in love (with God) speaks, the scent of Love is springing from his mouth into the abode of Love.

گر بگوید فقه فقر آید همه ** بوی فقر آید از آن خوش دمدمه‌‌

If he speak (formal) theology, it all turns to (spiritual) poverty: the scent of poverty comes from that man of sweet and beguiling discourse.

ور بگوید کفر دارد بوی دین ** ور به شک گوید شکش گردد یقین‌‌

And if he speak infidelity, it has the scent of (the true) religion, and if he speak doubtfully, his doubt turns to certainty.

کف کژ کز بحر صدقی خاسته است ** اصل صاف آن فرع را آراسته است‌‌

The perverse froth that has risen from a sea of sincerity— that branch (derivative) has been adorned by the pure root (source).

آن کفش را صافی و محقوق دان ** همچو دشنام لب معشوق دان‌‌

Know that its froth is pure and worthy: know that it is like revilement from the lips of the beloved,

گشته آن دشنام نامطلوب او ** خوش ز بهر عارض محبوب او 2885

Whose unsought reproaches have become sweet (to the lover) for the sake of her cheek which he desires.

گر بگوید کژ نماید راستی ** ای کژی که راست را آراستی‌‌

If he (the lover of God) speak falsehood, it seems (like) the truth. O (fine) falsehood that would adorn (even) the truth!

از شکر گر شکل نانی می‌‌پزی ** طعم قند آید نه نان چون می‌‌مزی‌‌

If you cook (a confection) of sugar in the form of a loaf of bread, it will taste of candy, not of bread, while you are sucking it.

ور بیابد مومنی زرین وثن ** کی هلد آن را برای هر شمن‌‌

If a true believer find a golden idol, how should he leave it (there) for the sake of every idolator?

بلکه گیرد اندر آتش افکند ** صورت عاریتش را بشکند

Nay, he will take it and cast it into the fire: he will break (destroy) its borrowed (unreal) form,