- By exertion abstinence, (which is) the accident, becomes the substance: through abstinence the acrid mouth becomes (sweet as) honey.
- گشت پرهیز عرض جوهر به جهد ** شد دهان تلخ از پرهیز شهد
- Land, through sowing, is turned into ears of corn; remedies for the hair turn the hair into chains (make it long and curly). 950
- از زراعت خاکها شد سنبله ** داروی مو کرد مو را سلسله
- Conjugal intercourse was the accident; it passed away, and the substance, (which is) the child, was produced from us.
- آن نکاح زن عرض بد شد فنا ** جوهر فرزند حاصل شد ز ما
- The mating of horse or camel is the accident; the object is the birth of the colt, (which is) the substance.
- جفت کردن اسب و اشتر را عرض ** جوهر کره بزاییدن غرض
- Similarly, the planting of the garden is the accident; the produce (of the garden) became the substance: take ( it and) behold the object!
- هست آن بستان نشاندن هم عرض ** گشت جوهر کشت بستان نک غرض
- Regard, also, the practice of alchemy as the accident; if a substance is produced by that alchemy, bring (it into view).
- هم عرض دان کیمیا بردن بکار ** جوهری ز آن کیمیا گر شد بیار
- Burnishing is the accident, O prince; from this accident is born the substance, purity. 955
- صیقلی کردن عرض باشد شها ** زین عرض جوهر همیزاید صفا
- Do not say, then, ‘I have done deeds’; show the income (fruit) of those accidents, do not evade (my request).
- پس مگو که من عملها کردهام ** دخل آن اعراض را بنما مرم
- This attribution of qualities is (only) an accident. Be silent: do not kill for sacrifice the goat's shadow!”
- این صفت کردن عرض باشد خمش ** سایهی بز را پی قربان مکش
- The slave said, “O King, the mind cannot but despair if you say that accidents are not carried over.
- گفت شاها بیقنوط عقل نیست ** گر تو فرمایی عرض را نقل نیست