- He is like a river-bed: it does not drink any water; the water passes through it to the water-drinkers.
- همچو جوی است او نه او آبی خورد ** آب از او بر آب خواران بگذرد
- The water does not settle in the river-bed because the river-bed is not thirsty and water-drinking.
- آب در جو ز آن نمیگیرد قرار ** ز آن که آن جو نیست تشنه و آب خوار
- Like a reed-flute, he makes a piteous lament, but he (only) seeks a purchaser (admirer). 490
- همچو نایی نالهی زاری کند ** لیک بیگار خریداری کند
- The imitator in his discourse is (like) a professional mourner: that wicked man has no motive except cupidity.
- نوحهگر باشد مقلد در حدیث ** جز طمع نبود مراد آن خبیث
- The professional mourner utters burning words (of grief), but where is the glow of heart (heartfelt sorrow) and the rent skirt?
- نوحهگر گوید حدیث سوزناک ** لیک کو سوز دل و دامان چاک
- Between the true knower and the blind imitator there are (great) differences, for the former is like David, while the other is (but) an echo.
- از محقق تا مقلد فرقهاست ** کاین چو داود است و آن دیگر صداست
- The source of the former’s words is a glow (of feeling), whereas the imitator is one who learns old things (by rote).
- منبع گفتار این سوزی بود ** و آن مقلد کهنه آموزی بود
- Beware! Be not duped by those sorrowful words” the ox bears the load, but it is the cart that moans (creaks). 495
- هین مشو غره بدان گفت حزین ** بار بر گاو است و بر گردون حنین
- Even the imitator is not disappointed of the (Divine) recompense: the professional mourner gets his wages at the (time of) reckoning.
- هم مقلد نیست محروم از ثواب ** نوحهگر را مزد باشد در حساب
- (Both) infidel and true believer say “God,” but there is a good difference between the two.
- کافر و مومن خدا گویند لیک ** در میان هر دو فرقی هست نیک