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آبی و خاکی و بادی و آتشی ** عرشی و فرشی و رومی و گشی 2390
- Watery and earthen and airy and fiery, celestial and terrestrial, (some) of Rúm and (some) of Kash.
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از امید عود هر یک بسته طرف ** اندرین کاروانسرا از بیم برف
- In this (bodily) caravanseray one and all, from fear of the snow, have closed their eyes to the hope of returning (to their final destination).
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برف گوناگون جمود هر جماد ** در شتای بعد آن خورشید داد
- The various snows are (symbolise) the congelation of every inanimate thing in the winter of farness from that Sun of justice.
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چون بتابد تف آن خورشید جشم ** کوه گردد گاه ریگ و گاه پشم
- (But) when the heat of the angry Sun flames (forth), the mountain becomes now (like) sand and now (like) wool.
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در گداز آید جمادات گران ** چون گداز تن به وقت نقل جان
- The gross inanimate things dissolve, like the dissolution of the body at the hour of the spirit's departure.
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چون رسیدند این سه همره منزلی ** هدیه‌شان آورد حلوا مقبلی 2395
- When these three fellow-travellers arrived at a certain hostelry, a man of fortune brought them (some) halwá (sweetmeat) as a gift.
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برد حلوا پیش آن هر سه غریب ** محسنی از مطبخ انی قریب
- A benefactor brought to the three strangers (some) halwá from the kitchen of Lo, I am near.
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نان گرم و صحن حلوای عسل ** برد آنک در ثوابش بود امل
- One who had expectation of (earning) the (Divine) reward brought (to them) warm bread and a dish of halwá made with honey.
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الکیاسه والادب لاهل المدر ** الضیافه والقری لاهل الوبر
- Intelligence and culture are characteristic of townsmen; hospitality and entertainment (of guests) are characteristic of tent-dwellers.
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الضیافة للغریب والقری ** اودع الرحمن فی اهل القری
- The Merciful (God) has implanted hospitality to strangers and entertainment (of guests) in the villagers (countryfolk).