- The leaves, when they had burst (forth from) the bough, made haste to reach the top of the tree;
- برگها چون شاخ را بشکافتند ** تا به بالای درخت اشتافتند
- With the tongue of (seed that put forth) its sprouts each fruit and tree severally is singing thanks to God,
- با زبان شطاه شکر خدا ** می‌‌سراید هر بر و برگی جدا
- Saying, “The Bounteous Giver nourished our root until the tree grew big and stood upright.” 1345
- که بپرورد اصل ما را ذو العطا ** تا درخت استغلظ آمد و استوی
- (Even so) the spirits bound in clay, when they escape glad at heart from their (prisons of) clay,
- جانهای بسته اندر آب و گل ** چون رهند از آب و گلها شاد دل
- Begin to dance in the air of Divine Love and become flawless like the full moon's orb,
- در هوای عشق حق رقصان شوند ** همچو قرص بدر بی‌‌نقصان شوند
- Their bodies dancing, and their souls—nay, do not ask (how their souls fare); and of that which surrounds the soul—nay, do not ask of those things!
- جسمشان در رقص و جانها خود مپرس ** و آن که گرد جان از آنها خود مپرس
- The hare lodged the lion in prison. Shame on a lion who was discomfited by a hare!
- شیر را خرگوش در زندان نشاند ** ننگ شیری کاو ز خرگوشی بماند
- He is in such a disgrace, and still—this is a wonder—he would fain be addressed by the title of Fakhr-i Dín. 1350
- در چنان ننگی و آن گه این عجب ** فخر دین خواهد که گویندش لقب
- O thou lion that liest alone at the bottom of this well, thy fleshly soul, like the hare, has shed and drunk thy blood;
- ای تو شیری در تک این چاه فرد ** نفس چون خرگوش خونت ریخت و خورد
- Thy hare-soul is feeding in the desert, (whilst) thou art (lying) at the bottom of this well of “How?” and “Why?”
- نفس خرگوشت به صحرا در چرا ** تو به قعر این چه چون و چرا