- Mind gains strength from another mind: the sugar-cane is made perfect by the sugar-cane.
- عقل قوت گیرد از عقل دگر ** نی شکر کامل شود از نیشکر
- I have seen (wondrous) things (arising) from the deceitfulness of the fleshly soul, for by her magic she takes away the faculties of discernment.
- من ز مکر نفس دیدم چیزها ** کاو برد از سحر خود تمییزها
- She will proffer afresh to you promises that she has broken thousands of times.
- وعدهها بدهد ترا تازه به دست ** که هزاران بار آنها را شکست
- If your life be prolonged even for a hundred years, she will lay before you a new pretext every day. 2280
- عمر اگر صد سال خود مهلت دهد ** اوت هر روزی بهانهی نو نهد
- She utters cold (vain) promises (as though) warm (from the heart); (she is) a witch, she ties up the manhood of a man.
- گرم گوید وعدههای سرد را ** جادویی مردی ببندد مرد را
- O (thou who art the) radiance of God, Husámu’ddín, come! for without thee no herbs will grow from the brackish soil.
- ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین بیا ** که نروید بیتو از شوره گیا
- A curtain has been let down from heaven because of the curse of one whose heart is sorely vexed.
- از فلک آویخته شد پردهای ** از پی نفرین دل آزردهای
- This destiny only the (Divine) destiny can cure: the understanding of His creatures is stunned at His destiny, stunned.
- این قضا را هم قضا داند علاج ** عقل خلقان در قضا گیج است گیج
- The lack serpent that was (as) a worm fallen on the road has become a dragon; 2285
- اژدها گشته ست آن مار سیاه ** آن که کرمی بود افتاده به راه
- (But) in thy hand, O thou with (love for) whom the soul of Moses is intoxicated, the dragon or serpent became (as) the rod (in the hand of Moses).
- اژدها و مار اندر دست تو ** شد عصا ای جان موسی مست تو