- Through asinine dullness thou didst cast thyself down in worship before a cow (calf); thy understanding fell a prey to Sámirí's magic. 2050
- پیش گاوی سجده کردی از خری ** گشت عقلت صید سحر سامری
- Thou didst steal thine eye away from the Light of the Glorious (God): here is plenteous folly for thee and the essence of perdition!
- چشم دزدیدی ز نور ذو الجلال ** اینت جهل وافر و عین ضلال
- Fie upon such an understanding and (faculty of) choice as thou hast! ’Twere fitting to kill a mine of folly like thee.
- شه بر آن عقل و گزینش که تراست ** چون تو کان جهل را کشتن سزاست
- The golden calf uttered a cry; prithee, what did it say, that all this desire (for it) blossomed in the fools?
- گاو زرین بانگ کرد آخر چه گفت ** کاحمقان را این همه رغبت شگفت
- Ye have seen from me many a thing more wonderful than that, but how should every rascal accept God?”
- ز آن عجبتر دیدهاید از من بسی ** لیک حق را کی پذیرد هر خسی
- What carries away (enraptures) worthless folk? Worthlessness. What pleases futile folk? Futility, 2055
- باطلان را چه رباید باطلی ** عاطلان را چه خوش آید عاطلی
- Because every kind is carried away (enraptured) by its own kind: how should the ox turn its face towards the fierce lion?
- ز انکه هر جنسی رباید جنس خود ** گاو سوی شیر نر کی رو نهد
- How should the wolf bear love for Joseph, unless, perchance, through cunning, in order to devour him?
- گرگ بر یوسف کجا عشق آورد ** جز مگر از مکر تا او را خورد
- When it is delivered from wolfishness, it will become familiar (with him); like the dog of the Cave, it will become one of the sons of Adam.
- چون ز گرگی وارهد محرم شود ** چون سگ کهف از بنی آدم شود
- When Abú Bakr smelt (made his first acquaintance with) Mohammed, he said, “This is not a face that lies;”
- چون ابو بکر از محمد برد بو ** گفت هذا لیس وجه کاذب