- If you cook (a confection) of sugar in the form of a loaf of bread, it will taste of candy, not of bread, while you are sucking it.
- از شکر گر شکل نانی میپزی ** طعم قند آید نه نان چون میمزی
- If a true believer find a golden idol, how should he leave it (there) for the sake of every idolator?
- ور بیابد مومنی زرین وثن ** کی هلد آن را برای هر شمن
- Nay, he will take it and cast it into the fire: he will break (destroy) its borrowed (unreal) form,
- بلکه گیرد اندر آتش افکند ** صورت عاریتش را بشکند
- In order that the idol-shape may not remain on the gold, because Form hinders and waylays (those who seek Reality). 2890
- تا نماند بر ذهب شکل وثن ** ز آن که صورت مانع است و راه زن
- The essence of its gold is the gift of Lordship (Divinity): the idol-stamp on the sterling gold is borrowed (unreal).
- ذات زرش ذات ربانیت است ** نقش بت بر نقد زر عاریت است
- Do not burn a blanket on account of a flea, and do not let the day go (to waste) on account of every gnat's headache.
- بهر کیکی تو گلیمی را مسوز ** وز صداع هر مگس مگذار روز
- You are an idol-worshipper when you remain in (bondage to) forms: leave its (the idol's) form and look at the reality.
- بت پرستی چون بمانی در صور ** صورتش بگذار و در معنی نگر
- If you are a man (bound) for the Pilgrimage, seek a pilgrim (as your) companion, whether he be a Hindoo or a Turcoman or an Arab.
- مرد حجی همره حاجی طلب ** خواه هندو خواه ترک و یا عرب
- Do not look at his figure and colour, look at his purpose and intention. 2895
- منگر اندر نقش و اندر رنگ او ** بنگر اندر عزم و در آهنگ او
- If he is black, (yet) he is in accord with you: call him white, for (spiritually) his complexion is the same as yours.
- گر سیاه است او هم آهنگ تو است ** تو سپیدش خوان که هم رنگ تو است