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ظاهرش گیر ار چه ظاهر کژ پرد ** عاقبت ظاهر سوی باطن برد
- Take its outward (form)! Though the outward (form) fly crookedly (not straight), the outward (form) at last will lead (you) to the inward (meaning).
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اول هر آدمی خود صورتست ** بعد از آن جان کو جمال سیرتست
- In sooth, the first (stage) of every human being is the form; after that (comes) the spirit, which is beauty of disposition.
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اول هر میوه جز صورت کیست ** بعد از آن لذت که معنی ویست
- How is the first (stage) of every fruit anything but the form? After that (comes) the delicious taste which is its real meaning.
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اولا خرگاه سازند و خرند ** ترک را زان پس به مهمان آورند
- First they make or buy a tent; afterwards they bring the Turcoman (their beloved) as a guest.
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صورتت خرگاه دان معنیت ترک ** معنیت ملاح دان صورت چو فلک 530
- Deem your form to be the tent, your real essence the Turcoman, regard your essence as the sailor, your form as the ship.
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بهر حق این را رها کن یک نفس ** تا خر خواجه بجنباند جرس
- For God’s sake, quit this (topic) for a moment, so that the Khwaja’s ass may shake its bell (proceed on its journey).
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رفتن خواجه و قومش به سوی ده
- How the Khwaja and his family went to the country.
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خواجه و بچگان جهازی ساختند ** بر ستوران جانب ده تاختند
- The Khwaja and his children prepared an outfit and galloped on their beasts towards the country.
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شادمانه سوی صحرا راندند ** سافروا کی تغنموا بر خواندند
- Merrily they rode a field; they chanted, “Travel, that ye may gain advantage”;
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کز سفرها ماه کیخسرو شود ** بی سفرها ماه کی خسرو شود
- For by traveling the moon becomes (splendid, like) Kay Khusraw: how should it become an emperor (khusraw) without traveling?
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از سفر بیدق شود فرزین راد ** وز سفر یابید یوسف صد مراد 535
- Through travel the pawn becomes a noble queen, and through travel Joseph gained a hundred objects of desire.