- As he satirised him in succession (without intermission), like a bell, the King put his hand on his (the slave's) lips, saying, “Enough!”
- چون دمادم کرد هجوش چون جرس ** دست بر لب زد شهنشاهش که بس
- He said, “I know you from him by that (which you have spoken): in you the spirit is foul, and in your companion (only) the mouth. 1015
- گفت دانستم ترا از وی بدان ** از تو جان گنده ست و از یارت دهان
- Therefore do you sit far off, O foul-spirited one, that he may be the commander and you under his command.”
- پس نشین ای گنده جان از دور تو ** تا امیر او باشد و مأمور تو
- It is (said) in the Hadíth (Traditions of the Prophet): “Know, sire, that glorification (of God) from hypocrisy is like the verdure on a midden.”
- در حدیث آمد که تسبیح از ریا ** همچو سبزهی گولخن دان ای کیا
- Know, then, that a fair and goodly form with bad qualities (within) is not worth a farthing;
- پس بدان که صورت خوب و نکو ** با خصال بد نیرزد یک تسو
- And though the form be despicable and unpleasing, (yet) when his (that person's) disposition is good, die at his feet!
- ور بود صورت حقیر و ناپذیر ** چون بود خلقش نکو در پاش میر
- Know that the outward form passes away, (but) the world of reality remains for ever. 1020
- صورت ظاهر فنا گردد بدان ** عالم معنی بماند جاودان
- How long will you play at loving the shape of the jug? Leave the shape of the jug; go, seek the water.
- چند بازی عشق با نقش سبو ** بگذر از نقش سبو رو آب جو
- You have seen its (outward) form, you are unaware of the reality; pick out from the shell a pearl, if you are wise.
- صورتش دیدی ز معنی غافلی ** از صدف دری گزین گر عاقلی
- These shells of bodies in the world, though they all are living by (grace of) the Sea of Soul—
- این صدفهای قوالب در جهان ** گر چه جمله زندهاند از بحر جان