- Homogeneity is not in respect of form and essence: water becomes homogeneous with earth in the plant.
- نیست جنسیت ز روی شکل و ذات ** آب جنس خاک آمد در نبات
- Wind (air) becomes homogeneous with fire in consistency; wine at last becomes homogeneous with the constitution (of the body).
- باد جنس آتش آمد در قوام ** طبع را جنس آمده ست آخر مدام
- Since my genus is not the genus of my King, my ego has passed away (faná) for the sake of His ego.
- جنس ما چون نیست جنس شاه ما ** مای ما شد بهر مای او فنا
- Inasmuch as my ego passed away, He remained alone: I roll at the feet of His horse, like dust.
- چون فنا شد مای ما او ماند فرد ** پیش پای اسب او گردم چو گرد
- The (individual) soul (self) became dust, and the (only) signs of it are the mark of His feet on its dust. 1175
- خاک شد جان و نشانیهای او ** هست بر خاکش نشان پای او
- Become dust at His feet for the sake of this mark, in order that you may become the crown on the head of the lofty.
- خاک پایش شو برای این نشان ** تا شوی تاج سر گردن کشان
- Let not my form beguile you: partake of my dessert before my departure.”
- تا که نفریبد شما را شکل من ** نقل من نوشید پیش از نقل من
- Oh, (there is) many a one whom the form waylaid: he aimed at the form (of the holy man) and (in reality) struck at God.
- ای بسا کس را که صورت راه زد ** قصد صورت کرد و بر الله زد
- After all, this soul is joined to the body, (but) has this soul any likeness to the body?
- آخر این جان با بدن پیوسته است ** هیچ این جان با بدن مانند هست
- The sparkle of the eye's light is paired with the fat; the light of the heart is hidden in a drop of blood; 1180
- تاب نور چشم با پیه است جفت ** نور دل در قطرهی خونی نهفت