- 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
- The beggar says “God” for the sake of bread; the devout man says “God” from his soul.
- آن گدا گوید خدا از بهر نان ** متقی گوید خدا از عین جان
- If the beggar distinguished (God as He really is) from his own saying (the name of God), neither less nor more would remain before his eye.
- گر بدانستی گدا از گفت خویش ** پیش چشم او نه کم ماندی نه پیش
- For years that bread-seeker says “god”; like the ass, he carries the Qur’án for the sake of (being fed with) straw. 500
- سالها گوید خدا آن نان خواه ** همچو خر مصحف کشد از بهر کاه
- Had the word on his lips shone forth in his heart, his body would have been shivered to atoms.
- گر بدل در تافتی گفت لبش ** ذره ذره گشته بودی قالبش
- In sorcery the name of a demon finds the way (to success); you are earning a petty coin by means of the Name of God.
- نام دیوی ره برد در ساحری ** تو به نام حق پشیزی میبری
- How a peasant stroked a lion in the dark, because he thought it was his ox.
- خاریدن روستایی در تاریکی شیر را به گمان آن که گاو اوست