- The throat that has been cut drinks (the Divine) sherbet, but (only) the throat that has been delivered from Nay and has died in Yea.
- حلق ببریده خورد شربت ولی ** حلق از لا رسته مرده در بلی
- Make an end, O pusillanimous short-fingered (infirm) one! How long will the life of thy spirit be (sustained) by bread?
- بس کن ای دون همت کوته بنان ** تا کی‌‌ات باشد حیات جان به نان
- Like the willow, thou hast no fruit, because thou hast lost thine honour for the sake of white bread.
- ز آن نداری میوه‌‌ای مانند بید ** کآبرو بردی پی نان سپید
- If the sensual soul cannot refrain from this bread, take the elixir and turn thy copper into gold.
- گر ندارد صبر زین نان جان حس ** کیمیا را گیر و زر گردان تو مس
- Wouldst thou wash thy garment (clean), O so-and-so, do not avert thy face from the bleachers' quarter. 3880
- جامه شویی کرد خواهی ای فلان ** رو مگردان از محله‌‌ی گازران
- Although the bread has broken thy fast, cling to Him that binds what is broken, and ascend!
- گر چه نان بشکست مر روزه‌‌ی ترا ** در شکسته بند پیچ و برتر آ
- Inasmuch as His hand binds what is broken, it follows that His breaking is assuredly mending.
- چون شکسته بند آمد دست او ** پس رفو باشد یقین اشکست او
- It thou break it, He will say to thee, “Come, make it whole (again)”; and thou hast neither hand nor foot (thou art helpless).
- گر تو آن را بشکنی گوید بیا ** تو درستش کن نداری دست و پا
- Therefore He (alone) has the right to break, for He (alone) can mend what has been broken.
- پس شکستن حق او باشد که او ** مر شکسته گشته را داند رفو
- He that knows how to sew (together) knows how to tear (asunder); whatsoever He sells, He buys (something) better (in exchange). 3885
- آن که داند دوخت او داند درید ** هر چه را بفروخت نیکوتر خرید