- That which is the dread of others is your safety (safeguard): the duck is (made) strong by the river, the domestic fowl weak. 1380
- آن چه خوف دیگران آن امن تست ** بط قوی از بحر و مرغ خانه سست
- Once more have I become mad, O Physician! Once more have I become frenzied, O Beloved!
- باز دیوانه شدم من ای طبیب ** باز سودایی شدم من ای حبیب
- The rings (links) of Thy chain are multiform: every single ring gives a different madness.
- حلقههای سلسلهی تو ذو فنون ** هر یکی حلقه دهد دیگر جنون
- The gift of every ring is (consists in) different forms: therefore I have a different madness at every moment.
- داد هر حلقه فنونی دیگر است ** پس مرا هر دم جنونی دیگر است
- So “Madness is of different forms”—this has become a proverb; especially (is it true) as regards the chain of this most glorious Prince.
- پس فنون باشد جنون این شد مثل ** خاصه در زنجیر این میر اجل
- Such a madness has broken the bonds (of my reason) that all madmen would give me admonition. 1385
- آن چنان دیوانگی بگسست بند ** که همه دیوانگان پندم دهند
- How friends came to the madhouse for Dhu ’l-Nún—may God sanctify his honoured spirit!
- آمدن دوستان به بیمارستان جهت پرسش ذو النون مصری
- It so happened to Dhu ’l-Nún the Egyptian that a new agitation and madness was born within him.
- این چنین ذو النون مصری را فتاد ** کاندر او شور و جنونی نو بزاد
- His agitation became so great that salt (bitterness) from it was reaching (all) hearts up to above the sky.
- شور چندان شد که تا فوق فلک ** میرسید از وی جگرها را نمک
- Beware, O (thou of) salty soil, do not put thy agitation beside (in comparison with) the agitation of the holy lords (saints).
- هین منه تو شور خود ای شوره خاک ** پهلوی شور خداوندان پاک
- The people could not endure his madness: his fire was carrying off their beards.
- خلق را تاب جنون او نبود ** آتش او ریشهاشان میربود