- I am the (devoted) slave of that eye-seeking Lamp from which thy lamp received splendour.
- من غلام آن چراغ چشم جو ** که چراغت روشنی پذرفت از او
- I am the slave of the the billow of that Sea of Light which brings a pearl like this into view. 3985
- من غلام موج آن دریای نور ** که چنین گوهر بر آرد در ظهور
- Offer me the profession of the (Moslem) Faith, for I regard you as the exalted one of the time.”
- عرضه کن بر من شهادت را که من ** مر ترا دیدم سرافراز زمن
- Near fifty persons of his kindred and tribe lovingly turned their faces towards the Religion (of Islam).
- قرب پنجه کس ز خویش و قوم او ** عاشقانه سوی دین کردند رو
- By the sword of clemency he ('Ali) redeemed so many throats and such a multitude from the sword.
- او به تیغ حلم چندین حلق را ** وا خرید از تیغ و چندین خلق را
- The sword of clemency is sharper than the sword of iron; nay, it is more productive of victory than a hundred armies.
- تیغ حلم از تیغ آهن تیزتر ** بل ز صد لشکر ظفر انگیزتر
- Oh, alas, two mouthfuls were eaten, and thereby the ferment of thought was frozen up. 3990
- ای دریغا لقمهای دو خورده شد ** جوشش فکرت از آن افسرده شد
- A grain of wheat eclipsed the sun of Adam, as the descending node is (the cause of) eclipse to the brilliance of the full-moon.
- گندمی خورشید آدم را کسوف ** چون ذنب شعشاع بدری را خسوف
- Behold the beauty of the heart, how its moon scatters the Pleiades (how its light is broken and disordered) by a single handful of clay.
- اینت لطف دل که از یک مشت گل ** ماه او چون میشود پروین گسل
- When the bread was spirit, it was beneficial; since it became form, it rouses disbelief.
- نان چو معنی بود خوردش سود بود ** چون که صورت گشت انگیزد جحود