- Beware! Do not say “To-morrow”—for (many) to-morrows have passed. Let not the days of sowing pass away altogether.
- هین مگو فردا که فرداها گذشت ** تا به کلی نگذرد ایام کشت
- Listen to my admonition that the body is a strong bond: put off the old, if you have desire for newness. 1270
- پند من بشنو که تن بند قوی است ** کهنه بیرون کن گرت میل نوی است
- Shut the lips and open the palm filled with gold: leave off being a miser with the body, exhibit munificence.
- لب ببند و کف پر زر بر گشا ** بخل تن بگذار و پیش آور سخا
- Munificence is the abandonment of lusts and pleasures; no one who is sunken in lust rises up (again).
- ترک شهوتها و لذتها سخاست ** هر که در شهوت فرو شد بر نخاست
- This munificence is a branch of the cypress of Paradise: woe to him that lets such a branch go from his hand!
- این سخا شاخی است از سرو بهشت ** وای او کز کف چنین شاخی بهشت
- This abandonment of sensuality is the firmest handle: this branch draws the spirit up to Heaven.
- عروة الوثقی است این ترک هوا ** بر کشد این شاخ جان را بر سما
- (So act) that the branch of munificence, O righteous man, drawing you aloft may bear you to its origin. 1275
- تا برد شاخ سخا ای خوب کیش ** مر ترا بالا کشان تا اصل خویش
- You are Joseph (full) of beauty, and this world is as the well, and this rope (to draw you forth) is patience with (submission to) the command of God.
- یوسف حسنی و این عالم چو چاه ** وین رسن صبر است بر امر اله
- O Joseph, the rope is come: put your two hands upon it. Do not neglect the rope, (for) it has grown late.
- یوسفا آمد رسن در زن دو دست ** از رسن غافل مشو بیگه شده ست
- Praise be to God, that this rope has been dangled, (and that) grace and mercy have been blended together,
- حمد لله کین رسن آویختند ** فضل و رحمت را بهم آمیختند