- The faces of particulars are set towards the universal: nightingales are in love with the face of the rose.
- جزوها را رویها سوی کل است ** بلبلان را عشق با روی گل است
- The ox has his colour outside, but in the case of a man seek the red and yellow hues within.
- گاو را رنگ از برون و مرد را ** از درون جو رنگ سرخ و زرد را
- The good colours are from the vat of purity; the colour of the wicked is from the black water of iniquity. 765
- رنگهای نیک از خم صفاست ** رنگ زشتان از سیاه‌‌آبه‌‌ی جفاست
- The baptism of God is the name of that subtle colour; the curse of God is the smell of this gross colour.
- صبغة الله نام آن رنگ لطیف ** لعنة الله بوی این رنگ کثیف
- That which is of the sea is going to the sea: it is going to the same place whence it came—
- آن چه از دریا به دریا می‌‌رود ** از همانجا کامد آن جا می‌‌رود
- From the mountain-top the swift-rushing torrents, and from our body the soul whose motion is mingled with love.
- از سر که سیلهای تیز رو ** وز تن ما جان عشق آمیز رو
- How the Jewish king made a fire and placed an idol beside it, saying, “Whoever bows down to this idol shall escape the fire.”
- آتش کردن پادشاه جهود و بت نهادن پهلوی آتش که هر که این بت را سجود کند از آتش برست
- Now see what a plan this currish Jew contrived! He set up an idol beside the fire,
- آن جهود سگ ببین چه رای کرد ** پهلوی آتش بتی بر پای کرد
- Saying, “He that bows down to this idol is saved, and if he bow not, he shall sit in the heart of the fire.” 770
- کان که این بت را سجود آرد برست ** ور نیارد در دل آتش نشست
- Inasmuch as he did not give due punishment to this idol of self, from the idol of his self the other idol was born.
- چون سزای این بت نفس او نداد ** از بت نفسش بتی دیگر بزاد
- The idol of your self is the mother of (all) idols, because that (material) idol is (only) a snake, while this (spiritual) idol is a dragon.
- مادر بتها بت نفس شماست ** ز آن که آن بت مار و این بت اژدهاست