لقمه‌بخشی آید از هر کس به کس ** حلق‌بخشی کار یزدانست و بس

Bestowal of mouthfuls comes (to pass) from every one to some one, (but) bestowal of a throat is the work of God alone.

حلق بخشد جسم را و روح را ** حلق بخشد بهر هر عضوت جدا

He bestows a throat on the body and on the spirit; He bestows a separate throat for every part of you.

این گهی بخشد که اجلالی شوی ** وز دغا و از دغل خالی شوی

This He bestows at the time when you become Majestical and become void of guile and deceit,

تا نگویی سر سلطان را به کس ** تا نریزی قند را پیش مگس 20

So that you will not tell the King's secret to any one nor pour out sugar before flies.

گوش آنکس نوشد اسرار جلال ** کو چو سوسن صدزبان افتاد و لال

The secrets of the (Divine) Majesty are drunk in by the ear of that one who, like the lily, hath a hundred tongues and is dumb.

حلق بخشد خاک را لطف خدا ** تا خورد آب و بروید صد گیا

The grace of God bestows a throat on the earth, to the end that it may drink water and make a hundred herbs to grow.

باز خاکی را ببخشد حلق و لب ** تا گیاهش را خورد اندر طلب

Again, He bestows on the creature of earth (the animal) a throat and lip, in order that it may eat its (the earth's) herbage in desire.

چون گیاهش خورد حیوان گشت زفت ** گشت حیوان لقمه‌ی انسان و رفت

When the animal has eaten its herbage, it becomes fat: the animal becomes a mouthful for Man and goes (disappears).

باز خاک آمد شد اکال بشر ** چون جدا شد از بشر روح و بصر 25

In turn it becomes earth and becomes a devourer of Man, when the spirit and the sight are separated from Man.

ذره‌ها دیدم دهانشان جمله باز ** گر بگویم خوردشان گردد دراز

I beheld the atoms (of created existence) with their mouths all open: if I should tell of their food, it (the tale) would become long.