- He wants a morsel of food, he does not want God: do not set dishes before a lifeless picture!
- فقر لقمه دارد او نی فقر حق ** پیش نقش مرده‌‌ای کم نه طبق
- The dervish that wants bread is a land-fish: (he has) the form of a fish, but (he is) fleeing from the sea.
- ماهی خاکی بود درویش نان ** شکل ماهی لیک از دریا رمان
- He is a domestic fowl, not the Símurgh of the air: he swallows sweet morsels (of food), he does not eat from God. 2755
- مرغ خانه ست او نه سیمرغ هوا ** لوت نوشد او ننوشد از خدا
- He loves God for the sake of gain: his soul is not in love with (God's) excellence and beauty.
- عاشق حق است او بهر نوال ** نیست جانش عاشق حسن و جمال
- If he conceives that he is in love with the Essence (of God), conception of the (Divine) names and attributes is not the Essence.
- گر توهم می‌‌کند او عشق ذات ** ذات نبود وهم اسما و صفات
- Conception is created; it has been begotten: God is not begotten, He is lam yúlad.
- وهم مخلوق است و مولود آمده ست ** حق نزاییده ست او لم یولد است
- How should he that is in love with his own imagination and conception be one of them that love the Lord of bounties?
- عاشق تصویر و وهم خویشتن ** کی بود از عاشقان ذو المنن
- If the lover of that (false) conception be sincere, that metaphor (unreal judgement) will lead him to the reality. 2760
- عاشق آن وهم اگر صادق بود ** آن مجاز او حقیقت کش شود
- The exposition of this saying demands a commentary, but I am afraid of senile (feeble) minds.
- شرح می‌‌خواهد بیان این سخن ** لیک می‌‌ترسم ز افهام کهن
- Senile and short-sighted minds bring a hundred evil fancies into their thoughts.
- فهم‌‌های کهنه‌‌ی کوته نظر ** صد خیال بد در آرد در فکر