- This heart of mine has never trembled in vain; this is the Light of God, not pretence or idle brag.
- این دلم هرگز نلرزید از گزاف ** نور حق است این نه دعوی و نه لاف
- I am the true believer who has become seeing by the Light of God. Beware and beware! Flee from this fire-temple!”
- مومنم ینظر بنور الله شده ** هان و هان بگریز از این آتشکده
- He said all this, and it entered not his ear: suspicion is a thick barrier to a man.
- این همه گفت و به گوشش در نرفت ** بد گمانی مرد را سدی است زفت
- He took his hand, and he (the man with the bear) withdrew his hand from him. The other said, “I will go, since you are not a well-guided friend.” 2025
- دست او بگرفت و دست از وی کشید ** گفت رفتم چون نهای یار رشید
- “Go,” cried he; “be not troubled for me; don't carve (retail) so much wisdom, O meddlesome one!”
- گفت رو بر من تو غم خواره مباش ** بو الفضولا معرفت کمتر تراش
- He answered him, (saying), “I am not your enemy: it would be a kindness if you would come after me.”
- باز گفتش من عدوی تو نیام ** لطف باشد گر بیایی در پیام
- “I am sleepy,” said he; “let me alone, go!” He replied, “Pray, give in to your friend,
- گفت خوابستم مرا بگذار و رو ** گفت آخر یار را منقاد شو
- So that you may sleep under the safeguard of a sage, under the protection of one loved (by God), a man of heart (spiritual insight).”
- تا بخسبی در پناه عاقلی ** در جوار دوستی صاحب دلی
- The man was thrown by his (the other's) earnestness into a (groundless) fancy: he became angry and quickly averted his face, 2030
- در خیال افتاد مرد از جد او ** خشمگین شد زود گردانید رو
- Thinking, “Mayhap this man has come to attack me—he is a murderer; or he has hope (of gain)—he is a beggar and a tout;
- کاین مگر قصد من آمد خونی است ** یا طمع دارد گدا و تونی است