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  • آنچ او اندر کتب بر خوانده بود  ** چشم را در صورت آن بر گشود 
  • He opened (the inward) eye (and gazed) on the (ideal) form of that which he had (only) read in books.

  • از غبار مرکب آن شاه نر  ** یافت او کحل عزیزی در بصر 
  • From the dust of the mighty King's horse he obtained a precious collyrium for his eyesight.

  • برچنین گلزار دامن می‌کشید  ** جزو جزوش نعره زن هل من مزید 
  • In such a garden of flowers he was trailing his skirt, while every part of him was crying, “Is there any more?”

  • گلشنی کز بقل روید یک دمست  ** گلشنی کز عقل روید خرمست 
  • The flowers that grow from plants are (living but) a moment; the flowers that grow from Reason are (ever) fresh.

  • گلشنی کز گل دمد گردد تباه  ** گلشنی کز دل دمد وافر حتاه  4650
  • The flowers that bloom from earth become faded; the flowers that bloom from the heart—oh, what a joy!

  • علم‌های با مزه‌ی دانسته‌مان  ** زان گلستان یک دو سه گل‌دسته دان 
  • Know that (all) the delightful sciences known to us are (only) two or three bunches of flowers from that Garden.

  • زان زبون این دو سه گل دسته‌ایم  ** که در گلزار بر خود بسته‌ایم 
  • We are devoted to these two or three bunches of flowers because we have shut the Garden-door on ourselves.

  • آن‌چنان مفتاح‌ها هر دم بنان  ** می‌فتد ای جان دریغا از بنان 
  • Alas, O (dear) soul, (that) on account of (thy greed for) bread such (admirable) keys are always dropping from thy fingers!

  • ور دمی هم فارغ آرندت ز نان ** گرد چادر گردی و عشق زنان
  • And if for a moment thou art relieved from preoccupation with bread, thou danglest about the chádar and (givest thyself up to) thy passion for women;

  • باز استسقات چون شد موج‌زن  ** ملک شهری بایدت پر نان و زن  4655
  • And then, when (the sea of) thy dropsy (lust) breaks into billows, thou must needs have under thy sway a (whole) city full of bread and women.