- A certain man, (when) his beloved let (him) sit beside her, produced a letter and read it to her.
- آن یکی را یار پیش خود نشاند ** نامه بیرون کرد و پیش یار خواند
- In the letter were verses and praise and laud, lamentation and wretchedness and many humble entreaties.
- بیتها در نامه و مدح و ثنا ** زاری و مسکینی و بس لابه‌ها
- The beloved said, “If this is for my sake, (to read) this at the time of (our) meeting is to waste one's life.
- گفت معشوق این اگر بهر منست ** گاه وصل این عمر ضایع کردنست
- I am here beside thee, and thou reading a letter! This, at any rate, is not the mark of (true) lovers.”
- من به پیشت حاضر و تو نامه خوان ** نیست این باری نشان عاشقان
- He replied, “Thou art present here, but I am not gaining my pleasure well (completely). 1410
- گفت اینجا حاضری اما ولیک ** من نمی‌یایم نصیب خویش نیک
- That which I felt last year on account of thee is non-existent at this moment, though I am experiencing union (with thee).
- آنچ می‌دیدم ز تو پارینه سال ** نیست این دم گرچه می‌بینم وصال
- I have drunk cool water from this fountain, I have refreshed eye and heart with its water.
- من ازین چشمه زلالی خورده‌ام ** دیده و دل ز آب تازه کرده‌ام
- I am (still) seeing the fountain, but the water is not there: maybe some brigand has waylaid (and cut off) my water.”
- چشمه می‌بینم ولیکن آب نی ** راه آبم را مگر زد ره‌زنی
- She said, “Then I am not thy beloved: I am in Bulghár, and the object of thy desire is in Qutú
- گفت پس من نیستم معشوق تو ** من به بلغار و مرادت در قتو
- Thou art in love with me and (also) with a state of feeling; the state of feeling is not in thy hand (in thy possession), O youth. 1415
- عاشقی تو بر من و بر حالتی ** حالت اندر دست نبود یا فتی